About this role

Accountable for leading and integrating the process engineering and metallurgical work required to advance the El Alto Project through the Pre-Feasibility Study, subsequent study phases, project execution and operational readiness. The role is the project focal point for process design, metallurgical test work, GeoMet integration, flowsheet development, design criteria, mass and water balances, equipment selection, process risk management and technical interfaces with the EPCM, laboratories, consultants, operations and technology providers. A primary objective is to ensure the PFS is supported by representative, auditable and sufficiently mature metallurgical and process data, and that critical information requirements are built into drilling and sampling programs before the available drilling windows are lost.

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- Bachelor´s degree in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mineral Processing or a closely related discipline; professional registration or eligibility is advantageous.
- Ten (10)+ years’ of relevant experience in minerals processing experience, with substantial exposure to major studies and/or project delivery.
- Demonstrated experience leading process engineering for PFS/FS level studies and translating metallurgical test work into process design criteria.
- Strong experience in metallurgical test work design, sampling and composite strategies, process modelling, flowsheet development and equipment selection.
- Experience with gold and/or copper processing is strongly preferred; heap-leach residues, leaching, washing/solid-liquid separation and complex ore variability would be advantageous.
- Experience managing EPCM consultants, laboratories, OEMs and multi-disciplinary technical interfaces, with strong technical writing and the ability to communicate material risks and trade-offs to senior project leadership.