Principal Metallurgist

Closing Date: July 5, 2024

Teck Alaska Incorporated, Red Dog Operations, one of the world's largest producers of zinc concentrate, is recruiting for a Principal Metallurgist

Rotation schedule will be 2 weeks on-site with 2 weeks off-site

Responsibilities:

• Champion Safety and Environmental Compliance: Be a courageous safety leader, promoting a culture of safety leadership aligned with the company's Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance (HSEC) commitments. Ensure adherence to all relevant regulations and standards

• Leadership and Team Development: Supervise the technical development of the metallurgy team, including performance assessments, professional growth, and succession planning, ensuring alignment with company's strategic goals

• Integrated Planning: Manage metallurgical production planning for the 5-year business plan, 1-year budget plan, monthly and weekly plans. Ensuring plans are optimized and executable

• Continuous Improvement: Embed continuous improvements practices into planning process and lead efforts to enhance performance and/or reduce costs in crushing, grinding, flotation, dewatering, and water treatment operations

• Variance Management: Conduct effective variance management on mid- to short-range plans through trade-off and scenario analysis to optimize outcomes and improve future plans

• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Foster collaboration across department areas to create an integrated plans that maximizes value chain efficiency

• Milling Process Expertise and Operational Guidance: Offer subject matter expertise to address operational issues in milling processes. Provide expert guidance to Integrated Production and Execution teams, particularly in operational decision-making and variance response strategies

• Operational Modes Development: Assist in the development of operating modes and targeted action response plans (TARP)

• Production Reporting: Ensure accurate and reliable metallurgical and water treatment production reporting, including forecasts and reconciliation processes

• Concentrate Production Optimization: Collaborate with Marketing, Trail, and Corporate teams to optimize concentrate specifications and production plans

• Leadership Support: Act as a stand-in for the Superintendent, Integrated Planning as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science/Engineering degree (Mineral Processing, Metallurgical or Chemical.) is required

• Minimum ten (10) years senior level milling experience, preferably in base metals

• Prior experience coordinating and supervising technical teams

• Experience identifying, leading, and implementing projects that improve metallurgical performance and/or operating costs

• Strong communicator, able to communicate with key stakeholders clearly and concisely

• Highly motivated team player with ability to develop strong relationships across multi operational disciplines

• Exhibit courageous leadership in providing guidance in a variety of situations and environments

• Efficiently work under high pressure situations and embed effective time management in execution of responsibilities

• Advanced software skills in MS Office, especially spreadsheet

• Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities

• Knowledge of PowerBI and/or other data analytics platforms

• Familiarity with Process Control System, Grinding Expert Systems and JKSimMet software

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