METALLURGICAL TECHNICIAN

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 [email protected] with the advertised job title Metallurgical Technician as the subject line of the email.

Applications closes on 05 November 2026