HOD: PROCESSING – Swakop Uranium 193 views

To manage the entire processing plant including plant maintenance in order to produce uranium in a cost effective manner. Develop and implement management strategies to optimise and analyse productivity indicators and implement actions for improved productivity..

 

Key Performance Areas:

 

• Review production output statistics and investigate and action deviations.
• Develop and manage plant optimization initiatives and review results on a continuous basis.
• Manage the reliability, optimization and sustainability of the treatment plant to allow for continuous improvement in terms of recovery efficiency and uranium value.
• Review and regulate the commitment of resources within the processing department.
• Recommend structural and workforce plan changes and review and align Labour Utilization & KPI’s accordingly. Identify operational processes requiring investigation, formulate project plans and implement recommendations.
• Develop and implement process specific functional specifications and recommend modifications and improvements.
• Outline and mitigate risks within the plant that may have low to significant impact on the business.
• Review and set work standards, practices and procedures to achieve/optimize process specific utilization and efficiency.
• Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of metallurgical and maintenance processes and systems.
• Utilize Mining models to develop and maintain a metallurgical research capacity that allows for optimum use of external and internal resources and analyze Life of Mine trends.
• Manage the development and implementation of improved metallurgical processes and treatment quality standards and systems.
• Develop, optimise and manage the Processing department budget.
• Prepare the required Processing plant reports, legal register and statistics to comply with all company and statutory / external requirements.

Requirements and experience:

 

• BSc-Honours Degree in Minerals Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Extractive Metallurgical Engineering, Process Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in a Metallurgical and Processing environment of which 5 years’ should have been in a senior management capacity
• Experience in designing and implementing plant/process systems to increase productivity.
• Sound understanding of plant maintenance processes.
• Project management and uranium mining experience an advantage.
• Valid Code B/BE Driver’s License

Job Summary

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Job Type

Contract

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Location

Swakopmund

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Category

HOD

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Closing Date

June 9, 2023