Plant Manager (Chrome Experience)

In brief

Here's the job description rewritten into the mandatory structure: **Overview** This role is for an experienced Plant Manager at a mining company based in North-West, a client of Hire Resolve. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall safe, efficient, and profitable operation of a Chrome Wash Plant. This includes managing the process from Run-of-Mine (ROM) feed through to final concentrate dispatch and tailings deposition, with a key focus on optimizing production, yield, recovery, and product quality. **What you will do** * Take responsibility for plant health, safety, and environmental compliance, driving a Zero Harm culture and ensuring adherence to relevant legislation and regulations. * Manage the 24/7 plant operation to achieve production targets, including ROM throughput, concentrate production, yield, and recovery. * Oversee daily production meetings, shift handovers, ROM blending strategies, and stockpile levels. * Monitor plant availability, utilisation, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). * Oversee metallurgical processes, including DMS, spirals, comminution, and dewatering, ensuring optimal operating conditions and recovery. * Manage metallurgical accounting, mass balances, mine-to-plant reconciliation, and continuous improvement initiatives. * Oversee laboratory operations, sampling protocols, XRF analysis, weightometers, and moisture control. * Manage mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation maintenance, including planned, preventive, and predictive maintenance. * Oversee plant shutdowns, critical spares, wear parts, and asset integrity. * Manage plant operating expenditure, budgets, cost control, and capital expenditure motivations for plant upgrades and expansions. * Monitor key operational costs, including cost per ROM ton, cost per concentrate ton, FeSi consumption, water consumption, and power costs. * Lead and develop the plant team, including superintendents, metallurgists, maintenance personnel, laboratory staff, process controllers, and operators. * Drive training, coaching, succession planning, and the development of local employees. * Ensure final product quality meets off-taker specifications and manage product quality requirements. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Grade 12 * Degree or National Diploma in Metallurgy/Chemical Engineering * 15-20 years' experience within the mining industry of which minimum 5 years' should be as a Plant Manager/Process Manager * Minimum 6-10 years' experience within Chrome mining * Valid Driver's License **Who should apply** This role is suitable for an experienced Plant Manager with a robust background in the mining industry, specifically with significant experience in Chrome mining operations. The ideal candidate will possess 15-20 years of overall mining experience, including at least 5 years in a Plant Manager or Process Manager role, and 6-10 years dedicated to Chrome mining. A Degree or National Diploma in Metallurgy/Chemical Engineering is required, alongside a valid Driver's License. The candidate should be driven to ensure safe, efficient, and profitable plant operations, maintain a Zero Harm culture, and continuously optimize production, yield, recovery, and product quality. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.jobmail.co.za/jobs/building-construction-mining/other-building-construction-mining/rustenburg/plant-manager-chrome-experience-id-7612980 Source: jobmail

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