Technical Specialist: Metallurgy - Johannesburg - Service Solutions

Description

Mining Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Mining Specialist to join our team in Melrose Arch.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contract Management: Manage coal purchase and supply contracts, ensuring compliance with technical specifications. Contribute to establishing the technical scope of work during contract inception based on buyer or end-user requirements.
• Quality Management: Develop Comprehensive Quality Management Plans (CQMP) for procurement and coal supply contracts. Audit performance against CQMP and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Regularly engage laboratories for quality testing and validation, and provide recommendations for quality improvement.
• Process Improvement and New Projects: Utilize metallurgical expertise for product improvements and processing method developments. Develop quality-related scopes of work for new projects. Provide guidance, awareness, training, and solutions to ensure quality metallurgical outputs.
• Finance: Monitor costs or expenses to achieve cost efficiencies and reduce waste. Explore opportunities for cost reduction, analyze information to identify trends, discrepancies, and inconsistencies, and generate required reports.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Work collaboratively with colleagues, build sound relationships, and ensure good communications. Ensure timeous resolution of queries and complaints, and take ownership of issues.
• People: Ensure conflict resolution, respond to any complaints or concerns, and support skills development and transfer initiatives.
• Reporting: Report to production managers, addressing non-conformances and providing feedback on customer complaints. Develop and deliver technical reports and performance reports on the quality of products sold.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualification: Degree in Metallurgy or related field.

Preferred Qualification: Postgraduate degree in Metallurgy or related field.

Experience Required: Minimum 3 years of experience working as a process metallurgist for a mining company. Valid driver's license and distribution experience and knowledge of logistics principles.