An established gold mining operation in Western Australia is seeking an experienced Metallurgical Superintendent to lead site‑based processing and metallurgy functions. This is a key leadership role, responsible for ensuring safe, efficient and compliant plant performance while driving continuous improvement across metallurgical processes.

Reporting to the Processing Director, you will oversee all metallurgical and laboratory activities on site, providing technical direction to ensure optimal gold recovery, plant availability and cost control.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing the site metallurgical and laboratory teams

• Managing metallurgical performance across crushing, milling, CIL/CIP and gold recovery circuits

• Monitoring plant KPIs and implementing improvement initiatives to maximise recovery and throughput

• Providing technical support to operations, maintenance and planning teams

• Ensuring compliance with statutory, environmental and safety requirements

• Analysing metallurgical data, test work and plant performance trends

• Contributing to budget preparation, cost management and reporting

Supporting continuous improvement and improvement projects across the processing plant

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• A degree in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience in a similar metallurgical leadership role within gold processing
• Strong technical knowledge of gold processing circuits
• Proven people leadership and stakeholder engagement skills
• A focus on safety, compliance and continuous improvement
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities
• Australian working rights

• Long term opportunity with a well‑established gold operation
• Competitive remuneration package commensurate with experience
• FIFO - family friendly roster
• Exposure to a supportive leadership team and stable long‑term operation

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