PROCESS ENGINEER (Mineral Processing Plant)

Position Summary

Seeking a Process Engineer to develop into a key technical resource responsible for understanding, monitoring and progressively improving the performance of the Company's mineral processing plant.

The role will initially focus on developing a comprehensive understanding of the plant process flow, equipment interaction, ore characteristics and operating philosophy.

The successful candidate will progressively take responsibility for plant performance monitoring, process troubleshooting, recovery improvement, throughput optimisation and ultimately technical cost optimisation.

A background in mineral processing or metallurgy is advantageous but not mandatory. Candidates with strong process, production or plant engineering experience from cement, steel, chemical, power, manufacturing or other continuous-process industries will also be considered and trained in mineral processing.

Key Responsibilities

1. Process & Plant Understanding

• Develop a detailed understanding of the complete plant process flow and operating philosophy.
• Understand the purpose and interaction of each major process unit and equipment.
• Develop working knowledge of crushing, screening, grinding, classification, magnetic separation, flotation, thickening, filtration, dewatering, tailings handling and other relevant process circuits.
• Understand material balance and water balance.
• Develop knowledge of ore characteristics and their impact on plant performance.
• Work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Laboratory / Metallurgy teams.

2. Plant Performance Monitoring

• Monitor plant performance against design parameters and operating targets.
• Establish and maintain relevant plant KPIs, including throughput, recovery, product grade, mass yield, metal losses, grinding performance, energy consumption, water consumption, reagent consumption and equipment utilisation.
• Analyse operating data and identify deviations from expected performance.
• Investigate causes of process losses, bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Prepare regular plant performance reports.

3. Process Optimisation

• Analyse process data and identify opportunities to improve plant performance.
• Work with Operations and Maintenance teams to improve process stability.
• Identify bottlenecks and recommend practical solutions.
• Support plant trials and process improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate the impact of changes in operating parameters on throughput, recovery, grade and cost.
• Assist in developing and implementing process improvement initiatives.

4. Metallurgy & Recovery Development

• Work closely with Laboratory and Metallurgy personnel.
• Develop progressively deeper knowledge of ore mineralogy and metallurgical characteristics.
• Monitor recovery and product grade trends.
• Investigate metal losses to tailings and other process streams.
• Support metallurgical testwork and plant trials.
• Evaluate opportunities to improve recovery through process changes.

5. Technical Cost Optimisation

• Identify opportunities to reduce operating costs through process optimisation.
• Evaluate energy, reagent, grinding media, water and other process-related costs.
• Assess the relationship between operating cost, throughput, recovery and product quality.
• Quantify potential savings from proposed process improvements.
• Develop technically supported recommendations for management consideration.
• Ensure cost optimisation initiatives do not negatively affect recovery, product quality, safety or plant reliability.

6. Continuous Improvement

• Establish a structured process improvement approach.
• Compare actual plant performance against design and historical performance.
• Conduct root-cause analysis of recurring process problems.
• Support debottlenecking and plant modification studies.
• Work with Engineering on process requirements for future plant modifications.
• Support future expansion and optimisation projects.

Requirements

• Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mineral Processing, Metallurgical Engineering, Process Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 3–7 years of relevant process, production or plant experience.
• Experience in process plant operations, commissioning or optimisation is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand process flow sheets, P&IDs, material balances and plant data.
• Strong interest in understanding complex industrial processes.
• Willingness to spend significant time in the processing plant and work closely with Operations.
• Strong technical and analytical capability, practical and hands-on, curious and willing to learn, strong interest in understanding the complete process rather than only one section of the plant, data-driven and detail-oriented, strong problem-solving ability, able to work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Metallurgy, commercially aware and focused on measurable improvement and able to translate technical analysis into practical recommendations.

Pay: RM4,000.00 - RM6,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Free parking
• Health insurance
• Opportunities for promotion
• Professional development

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Petaling Jaya: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• relevant process, production or plant : 3 years (Required)

Language:

• Mandarin (Required)

Work Location: In person