Job description
Provides technical knowledge in start-up and ramp-up activities, ensuring effective integration across process areas. Provides recognized technical expertise to different stakeholders, connecting technical requirements with business needs. Contributes to the technical positioning of products across regions, linking process knowledge with market needs.
Participates in technical evaluations and due diligence processes related to business opportunities. Establish trusted relationships across multiple plants, acting as a recognized technical partner who connects operational needs with process solutions and reinforces alignment across teams. Contribute to benchmarking and market-based analyses, translating external references into practical opportunities for process and performance enhancement.
Responsible for leading SSMA practices and collaboration routines that strengthen people development and operational discipline. Responsible for leading production plan simulations and integrating mass, quality, and tailings variables into technical planning routines. Responsible for defining ROM specifications and quality limits and ensuring alignment with geology and mine planning requirements.
Responsible for leading risk and optimization studies across operations and translating findings into practical technical actions. Responsible for leading start-up and ramp-up support and ensuring coordination across process areas. Responsible for leading process monitoring and critical analysis across areas to improve control, stability, and performance.
Responsible for leading production plan integration and anticipating risks to quality and production through better cross-functional alignment. Responsible for leading geometallurgical application and improving integration between mine and plant perspectives. Responsible for connecting operational demands and technical solutions across functions to strengthen alignment and execution.
Responsible for providing expertise to multiple stakeholders and connecting technical needs with operational and business requirements. Responsible for leading and enabling the application of simulation tools, ensuring their effectiveness in planning and optimization routines. Responsible for leading technical reviews, contributing to the definition of scale-up criteria and validation requirements, and developing characterization proposals and plans.
Responsible for leading optimized material handling solutions that improve stability, continuity, and performance. Responsible for contributing to technical product positioning across regions and linking process understanding with market needs. Responsible for leading technical assessments in origination and ensuring alignment between ore, plant, and market fit.
Responsible for leading process intelligence development and improving the quality of operational insights across teams. Responsible for participating in due diligence evaluations and helping connect technical findings with business needs. Responsible for leading evaluation and implementation of new technologies with practical application potential.
Responsible for leading industrial test execution and ensuring technical learning is captured and applied. Responsible for leading evaluation of budgets and gains and ensuring technical and economic alignment across initiatives. Responsible for leading R&D activities and coordinating partnerships with universities, suppliers, and research centers.
Builds trust through collaboration and knowledge sharing Academic background Bachelor's degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgical, or Chemical Engineering; Master's degree desirable as a differentiation factor. Years of Experience - 10-15 years Languages
- Fluency in English; Portuguese is desirable, depending on role and location context. Mineral characterization
- Solid experience applying mineral characterization to process performance and optimization. Mass balance / simulation / data reconciliation (METSIM / JKSim. Met / USIM PAC / BILCO)
- Adjusts models, interprets results, and uses software tools autonomously for process analysis, mass balance, and data integration. Statistics / DOE / advanced analysis (Minitab / JMP / Design-Expert / STATGRAPHICS
- Performs more robust statistical analysis (e.g., SPC, DOE) and interprets results with technical autonomy. Productivity / data analysis / technical communication (Excel / PowerPoint)
- Organizes data, performs simple calculations, and prepares clear basic technical presentations. Innovation processes
- Experience contributing to innovation projects and supporting implementation of new technologies. Due diligence
- Experience supporting due diligence with structured and consistent technical input. Project development
- Experience participating in and contributing to project development and optimization. International exposure
- Some experience interacting with different regions or supporting international initiatives.