Perseus Mining (Tanzania) Limited (SMLC) is seeking a Metallurgical Technician.
As the Metallurgical Technician, you will play a crucial part in supporting the metallurgical operations and ensuring the efficiency and quality of all processing activities.
Position Responsibilities:
Management of Health, Safety, Environment, & Community Relations
- Adhere to company policies and procedures regarding health, safety, environment, health and community.
- Champion a zero-harm safety culture within all processing operations.
- Ensure processing facilities and practices meet all environmental obligations.
- Participate in incident investigations related to processing operations and make sure learnings are captured and transformed into actions.
- Ensure all metallurgical laboratory activities comply with safety and environmental regulations.
Leadership & People Management
- Foster a high-performance culture built on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Promote positive employee relations and ensure compliance with workplace policies, codes of conduct, and industrial relations frameworks.
- Encourage workforce engagement through clear communication of goals, expectations, and performance outcomes.
- Uphold a culture of process optimization and continuous improvement within the metallurgical team.
- Collaborate across functions without losing sight of processing priorities.
Operations
- Monitor and perform routine testing on mineral processing circuits to ensure optimal performance.
- Assist with metallurgical sampling and analysis, including preparation of samples for laboratory testing.
- Record and analyse metallurgical data, identifying trends and anomalies that may affect processing efficiency.
- Support the implementation of process improvements and optimisation initiatives within the processing plant.
- Maintain accurate records of all metallurgical tests, results, and operational parameters.
- Collaborate with the metallurgical and operations teams to troubleshoot processing issues and develop solutions.
- Conduct routine maintenance and calibration of metallurgical equipment and testing instruments.
Skills, Knowledge, Abilities and Attributes:
Essential
- Proven experience working in a metallurgical or mineral processing environment, ideally within the gold industry.
- Strong understanding of mineral processing circuits, sampling methodologies, and metallurgical testing procedures.
- Experience with metallurgical laboratory test works and sample preparations.
- Proficiency in data recording, analysis, and the use of laboratory equipment and instruments.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in conducting technical work and maintaining records.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively as part of a technical team.
- Problem-solving ability and commitment to continuous improvement.
Desired
- Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Minerals Processing, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Understanding of environmental and sustainability considerations related to metallurgical processing.
- Driven and results-oriented, setting ambitious targets and relentlessly pursuing them.
- Commercially astute, understanding the link between processing performance and business value.
- Solutions-focused, identifying problems quickly and moving with urgency to resolve them.
- High-integrity, honest, transparent, and consistent in approach.
Qualifications & Licences:
- Minimum of 3 years of experience as metallurgical technician in a gold plant.
- Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Minerals Processing, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Good technical foundation in mineral processing.
Application Mode:
Applications will only be received by email to perseus@globeconnect24-7.com with the advertised job title Metallurgical Technician as the subject line of the email.
Applications closes on 05 November 2026
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