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Senior plant metallurgist

Mineral Resources Limited
Posted: 1 June
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What MinRes can offer you!

* World Class Facilities: Experience mining excellence at sites equipped with cutting‐edge facilities – enjoy award‐winning meals crafted by MinRes' own professional chefs.
* Career Development: We are committed to your professional growth. Upskill, lead, and thrive through industry‐leading training, mentoring, and leadership development programs.
* Comprehensive Benefits: We value what matters most. Access a range of benefits designed to support your family, health, wellbeing, lifestyle, and financial future.

The Opportunity

Our Metallurgy team are seeking an experienced Senior Plant Metallurgist on an 8D6X roster.

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 grinding, classification, flotation, 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
* Minimum 5 years' experience in Metallurgy, having supported a team in a Senior position
* Experience with oxide or base metal flotation
* Demonstrated problem‐solving skills, attention to detail, and strong communication abilities
* Previous experience within Lithium is highly regarded

About Mineral Resources (MinRes)

Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN) is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in lithium, iron ore, energy and mining services across Western Australia. We are a growing industry leader on the back of our desire to think differently, navigate challenging operating landscapes and seize new opportunities.

Be involved in the next chapter of our lithium story. We're exploring lithium opportunities in the Goldfields–Esperance region. This is a rare opportunity to play a key role in the future of lithium production both at MinRes and globally. Join us and be part of something being built from the ground up.

Mineral Resources Limited is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage applicants from a diverse background to apply.

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