Senior Metallurgist

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The Opportunity

Reporting to the Superintendent Metallurgy, you will provide technical leadership and operational support to improve plant performance, reduce processing costs, and drive continuous improvement.

This is a hands-on role where you will work closely with Processing, Maintenance, and other operational teams to ensure safety, production and quality targets are consistently met in line with MinRes values.

Key responsibilities

Monitor and optimise metallurgical performance of the processing plant, including crushing, grinding HPGR, gravity classification, DMS, and dewatering processes

Provide relevant technical support to production teams across site

Perform field safety interactions, hazard reporting, and critical risk management verifications. S26 Training desirable.

Monitor and enhance plant performance through analysis of operational data

Complete metallurgical accounting and report performance against forecasts and budgets

Identify process improvement opportunities and carry out projects to optimise performance, reduce costs, and improve safety

Supervise, support and mentor metallurgists and metallurgical technicians

What is Required:

Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent

Extensive experience in Metallurgy, having supported a team in a Senior position

Experience with complex processing plant (gravity, dense medium separation, magnetic separation or flotation)

Demonstrated problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and strong communication abilities

* Previous experience within Lithium is highly regarded

About Mt Marion

Mt Marion is located 40km south west of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. MinRes manages all mining activities at Mt Marion, including a spodumene concentrate processing plant with an annual production capacity of 600,000 tonnes (SC6 equivalent).

About Mineral Resources

MinRes is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in lithium, iron ore, energy and mining services across Western Australia. With a focus on people and innovation, MinRes has become one of the ASX’s best-performing companies since listing in 2006.

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