Production Metallurgist

JOB RESPONSIBILITES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

- Maximize the value of our natural resources, plant and equipment through: - Contributing to safe work environment with a goal of no lost time injuries. - Developing team members to increase value globally and within the team. - Achieving or exceeding budget compliant targets for gold production. - Achieving or exceeding budget compliant targets necessary for cost/tonne and AISC. - Actively improving areas of safety and environmental protection and awareness. - Contributing to departmental performance, in turn increasing milling OEE%. - Conduct and assist with investigative and systematic testing for plant recovery improvements, cost reduction and/or plant throughput improvements. - Attend a variety of production / metallurgy meetings and maintain required channels of communication. - Coordinate and manage external consultants and resources as required. - Help coordinate activities for metallurgical laboratory as required. - Attend trainings/development programs and perform other reasonable duties required by the Company. - Demonstrate at all times the OGC values of Respect, One Team, Contribute, and Knowledge. - Adhere to Health, Safety, and Environmental policies. Contributes to the achievement of targets & objectives, and applies procedures, permits and instructions.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Position Qualification:

- Basic understanding of Health, Safety, and Environmental (HS&E) requirements. - Basic knowledge of comminution, flotation, CIL, carbon handling, refining, cyanide destruction circuits. - Basic knowledge of analytical and metallurgical laboratory operations. - Basic knowledge of plant process control systems including advanced process control techniques. - Basic knowledge of metallurgical accounting procedures and gold standards protocols. - Advanced problem-solving skills with complex problems, including both definition of the problem and generation and evaluation of solutions. - Strong planning and organizational skills, including goal setting and monitoring of both own and others’ performance. - Knowledge of water treatment processes is beneficial.

- Skills & Abilities: - Proven commitment to behaviour-based safety culture. - Proven ability to interact with all levels of employees in a positive and cooperative manner for mutual success and the success of the company. - Ability to develop processing parameters for optimum gold production. - Ability to decide from a range of competing options where the outcomes are not entirely predictable. - Ability to quantify economic benefits associated with proposed and implemented process modifications. - Strong written and oral interpersonal skills, including motivating and harnessing the energies of others in a positive productive outcome. - Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented and the ability to work with others in a team environment.

- Education and Experience: - Degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or other science related field(s). - Two or more years of experience in ore processing operations preferred. - Communication Skills: - An advanced level of oral and written communication skills in English is required. - The ability to write and review detailed technical reports is required.

- Mathematics Ability: - College level mathematics skills required.

LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS:

- Demonstrate and promote OceanaGold’s behavior-based safety culture. - Act in a manner that builds trust and demonstrates integrity. - Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with others. - Demonstrate high levels of accountability and employee empowerment. - Demonstrate a strong commitment to continuously improving the safe and efficient operation of the process. Act with a sense of urgency when troubleshooting and resolving problems, especially problems concerning safety and our license to operate.

Key Competencies:

- Quality Communication: Communicates regularly, both written and oral, in a wide range of forums to both operations and maintenance personnel - Project Management: Coaches/supports others to manage improvement projects – required to track project progress and report - Time Management: Able to pace own work. Able to work unsupervised. Capable of readjusting priorities when necessary. - Managing/Directing People: Adopts a ‘supervisory’ role for TEAM Coordinators and the PDM Technicians. - Team Member/Contributing to Team Success: Able to understand own role and how it contributes to the overall output and objectives of the business. - Driving/Facilitating Change: Identify opportunities for improvement and deliver through implementation and the management of any associated change. - Maintaining Work Standards: Creates/revises work standards. Requires changes/improvement to work practices as an outcome of TEAM improvement projects. - Focus on Quality: Prepared to challenge the status quo. Demonstrates a high degree of attention to detail.

Physical Requirements:

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs, talk, hear, and see. - Must be able to work shift work with 12-hour shifts. - Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects (up to 50 pounds) during the workday. - Work is in a surface mine plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity. - Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine environment, including hart hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and any other protective equipment as required.