Metallurgical Superintendent

Tasmania Tin Operations

Renison Mine

About Bluestone

Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture Pty Ltd, is Australia’s largest Tin producer.  Bluestone is a well-established, high yield tin producer with a strong resource base supporting a mine life in excess of 10 years. The Renison mine is located on Tasmania’s beautiful West Coast between the towns of Zeehan and Rosebery.

About the mine

The Renison Processing Plant consists of a diverse range of processing stages, including a new crushing, screening and ore sorting plant, rod and ball mill grinding, sulphide and oxide flotation, gravity concentration, state-of-the-art 24 stream sampling and on-stream analysis, historian data management system, and concentrate leaching. A feasibility study into tailings retreatment via mineral processing and pyrometallurgical treatment is also currently underway.

About the role

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced metallurgical professional to drive the business forward using their creativity and leadership skills. Reporting to the Manager Processing you will ensure the efficient running of people and metallurgical services. You will partner with leaders, employees, and contractor work groups to provide support and advice creating a safe, effective, and positive workforce.

This position is being offered is on a preferred 5:2/4:3 roster with the possibility of FIFO/DIDO. Variations to this roster might be considered.

Core responsibilities

• Operating practices and processes to meet recovery, production, and quality targets.
• Report against parameters, challenging set points as required to allow delivery of the Business Plan.
• Creates a continuous improvement culture and implements improving initiatives.
• Demonstrated willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
• A strong focus on creating a positive engaging culture within your teams whilst maintaining safety a priority.
• Using experience and knowledge to monitor less experienced people to reach their potential.
• Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environment responsibility and sustainable development.

About you

You will have tertiary qualifications in Metallurgy or Chemical Engineering with experience in a similar role or ready to take the next step in your career.

Safety is a priority for you, and you actively contribute to making your workplace safe. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are a must, which allows you to build relationships across departments and to communicate at all levels.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and inclusive team where results are rewarded, and new ideas are encouraged and supported.

Bluestone Mines Tasmania offers a range of lifestyle options, catering for both residential and drive in drive out options.  Attractive residential benefits are available or alternatively, fully catered modern Single Persons Quarters are available for those seeking a drive-in-drive-out option.

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