Graduate Metallurgist job at Perseus Mining

Graduate Metallurgist

2026-08-20T09:28:49+00:00

CONTRACTOR

Mining

Science & Engineering, Energy & Mining

2026-09-09T17:00:00+00:00

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About the Role

Perseus Mining (Tanzania) Limited is seeking a Graduate Metallurgist to join its metallurgical team at the Nyanzaga Mine Site.

The Graduate Metallurgist will work closely with the metallurgical team to monitor, test, and optimize processing circuits, contributing directly to plant performance and production targets.

Key Responsibilities

Health, Safety, Environment and Community Relations

• Adhere to company policies and procedures relating to health, safety, environment, and community relations.
• Champion a zero-harm safety culture across processing operations.
• Ensure processing facilities and practices comply with environmental obligations.
• Participate in incident investigations related to processing operations and ensure lessons learned are captured and converted into actions.
• Ensure all metallurgical activities comply with applicable safety and environmental requirements.

Leadership and People Management

• Provide leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to metallurgical technicians and laboratory team members.
• Foster a high-performance culture based on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Promote positive employee relations and compliance with workplace policies, codes of conduct, and industrial relations frameworks.
• Encourage workforce engagement through clear communication of goals, expectations, and performance outcomes.
• Promote process optimization and continuous improvement within the metallurgical team.
• Collaborate across functions while maintaining focus on processing priorities.
• Provide training and guidance to operations staff on safe and effective metallurgical practices.

Operations

• Ensure metallurgical data is properly interpreted and translated into actionable improvements on the plant floor.
• Monitor plant performance at a high level and identify trends, opportunities, and areas for optimization.
• Monitor and perform routine testing on mineral processing circuits to ensure optimal performance.
• Work closely with the Processing Superintendent, Maintenance, and Technical Services teams to align metallurgical performance with production targets.
• Monitor key metallurgical KPIs and implement corrective actions when performance deviates from plan.
• Participate in identifying and implementing process improvements that deliver measurable gains in throughput, recovery, and cost efficiency.
• Provide technical expertise and support to the operations team.

Skills, Abilities, Knowledge and Attributes

Essential

• Good understanding of processing plant operations and metallurgical performance drivers affecting recovery, throughput, and cost.
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and drive operational improvements.
• Effective people leadership capabilities, including coaching and workforce development.
• Ability and commitment to develop and gain knowledge through theoretical and practical training.
• Strong alignment with Perseus values, including accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Desired

• Exposure to continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
• Understanding of environmental and sustainability considerations related to metallurgical processing.
• Driven and results-oriented, with the ability to set ambitious targets and consistently pursue them.
• Commercially astute, with an understanding of the relationship between processing performance and business value.
• An engaging leader who inspires high performance and develops others.
• Solutions-focused, with the ability to identify problems quickly and take action to resolve them.
• High level of integrity, honesty, transparency, and consistency.

Qualifications and Licences

• Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Minerals Processing, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong technical foundation in mineral processing.

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to undertake external training to complement operational requirements.
• Willingness to work outside normal working hours when required.
• Willingness to travel on company business when required.

Career Opportunities

Perseus Mining values its people and offers rewarding and diverse career opportunities for individuals seeking to build careers in the international gold mining industry.

• Adhere to company policies and procedures relating to health, safety, environment, and community relations.
• Champion a zero-harm safety culture across processing operations.
• Ensure processing facilities and practices comply with environmental obligations.
• Participate in incident investigations related to processing operations and ensure lessons learned are captured and converted into actions.
• Ensure all metallurgical activities comply with applicable safety and environmental requirements.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to metallurgical technicians and laboratory team members.
• Foster a high-performance culture based on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Promote positive employee relations and compliance with workplace policies, codes of conduct, and industrial relations frameworks.
• Encourage workforce engagement through clear communication of goals, expectations, and performance outcomes.
• Promote process optimization and continuous improvement within the metallurgical team.
• Collaborate across functions while maintaining focus on processing priorities.
• Provide training and guidance to operations staff on safe and effective metallurgical practices.
• Ensure metallurgical data is properly interpreted and translated into actionable improvements on the plant floor.
• Monitor plant performance at a high level and identify trends, opportunities, and areas for optimization.
• Monitor and perform routine testing on mineral processing circuits to ensure optimal performance.
• Work closely with the Processing Superintendent, Maintenance, and Technical Services teams to align metallurgical performance with production targets.
• Monitor key metallurgical KPIs and implement corrective actions when performance deviates from plan.
• Participate in identifying and implementing process improvements that deliver measurable gains in throughput, recovery, and cost efficiency.
• Provide technical expertise and support to the operations team.

• Good understanding of processing plant operations and metallurgical performance drivers affecting recovery, throughput, and cost.
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and drive operational improvements.
• Effective people leadership capabilities, including coaching and workforce development.
• Ability and commitment to develop and gain knowledge through theoretical and practical training.
• Strong alignment with Perseus values, including accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Exposure to continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
• Understanding of environmental and sustainability considerations related to metallurgical processing.
• Driven and results-oriented, with the ability to set ambitious targets and consistently pursue them.
• Commercially astute, with an understanding of the relationship between processing performance and business value.
• An engaging leader who inspires high performance and develops others.
• Solutions-focused, with the ability to identify problems quickly and take action to resolve them.
• High level of integrity, honesty, transparency, and consistency.

• Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Minerals Processing, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong technical foundation in mineral processing.
• Willingness to undertake external training to complement operational requirements.
• Willingness to work outside normal working hours when required.
• Willingness to travel on company business when required.

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