METALLURGICAL SUPERINTENDENT

POSITION TITLE:  METALLURGICAL SUPERINTENDENT

Location: Paddington

Roster: 8:6 (Residential or FIFO)

The Metallurgy Superintendent is responsible for leading the team of Metallurgists in providing accurate technical metallurgical information and operating parameters to Operations and Maintenance personnel in the Processing Plant while maintaining safety, behaviour and cost  commitment  consistent with  Norton Gold Fields Values.

About Norton Gold Fields

Norton Gold Fields is one of Australia’s largest domestic gold producers, with recent annual production of up to 200,000 ounces. The Company has a mining and processing complex in Western Australia’s world-class Kalgoorlie goldfield region, including a highly prospective tenement package of more than 1,000km² surrounding the 3.8Mtpa Paddington Mill. 

In 2020, Norton invested in a new Binduli low-grade project 30km south-west of Norton’s Paddington Mill, intending to boost the production and extend the life of mine for more years to come. Norton strategy would see the mining of refractory ore sources for treatment at the Paddington Mill.  The plans also include the building a new operation centre to support its low-grade mining and ore treatment facilities, which is about 30-km south-west of Norton’s Paddington Mill.  

Duties

• Provide leadership, advice and mentor the Metallurgical Team.
• Constantly improve metallurgical performance of processing plant by focusing on test work and evaluation of parameters.
• Provide effective technical support in the creation of budgets and processing plans.
• Direct technical input into the operation of the processing plan to ensure budget and forecast targets are met.
• Ensuring addition of each reagent is at optimum usage.
• Planning metallurgical test work to improve gold recovery and plant performance;
• Identify areas of improvement by presenting processing projects.
• Ensuring Process Technicians are able to operate and control the plant to required targets such as reagent addition, gold recovery and mill throughput.
• Maintain a vigilant approach to identify, manage and improve  technical  issues relating to the processing plant and services.
• Any other duties as required

Skills and Experience 

• Bachelor Science or Engineering in Extractive Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering
• Minimum 10+ years’ of relevant experience in CIL/CIP gold processing plant;
• Effective leadership of Metallurgy Team.
• Fully conversant with all aspects of gold processing.
• Fully conversant with details of every main equipment and processes; their operating parameters, dimensions, capability and alternatives.
• Fully conversant with technology that supports the gold process in Paddington Process Plant.
• Fully conversant with statistics and modelling.
• Basic knowledge of design parameters for operating equipment.
• Basic exposure to processing plant commissioning.
• Fully conversant with metallurgical simulations.
• Good understanding of the Mines Safety Act and Regulation;
• Good understanding of all relevant State and Federal legislation relevant to Mining Operations in Western Australia;
• Good understanding of applicable Health and Safety standards and codes of practice;
• Ability to interact proactively with management and staff at all levels of the organisation in the resolution of issues.

Benefits

• Salary

  • Performance Bonus
  • Residential Allowance
  • Insurance
  • Private Health Cover
  • Gym Membership Discount
  • Other Benefits
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs including
  • Discounted gym membership
  • EAP support
  • Family friendly roster

How to Apply

Click APPLY to submit your application or forward your application to ***********@padgold.com.au.

Please note that when you apply, you agree for Norton to conduct police verification check on you.