Vacancy title:
Metallurgist

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Finance, Category: Construction]

Jobs at:
GAMICO Ltd

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, September 19 2025

Duty Station:
Rwanda | Kigali | Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 12 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Metallurgist is responsible for overseeing all metallurgical aspects of processing operations to ensure maximum recovery, efficiency, and product quality. This role analyzes metallurgical data, identifies opportunities for improvement, troubleshoots operational issues, and works closely with operations, mining, mineral resources, maintenance, and management teams to optimize mine-to-plant performance.

2. Responsibilities

The Metallurgist has the following key responsibilities:

• Oversee metallurgical and processing operations and directly supervise and coordinate all metallurgical and processing activities.
• Ensure that the entire processing operations are optimized in ways that ensure maximum efficiency while maintaining the best industry standards.
• Monitor and evaluate the plants’ performance to ensure recovery, grade, and throughput targets are met.
• Analyze ore samples, metallurgical test results, and process data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Troubleshoot metallurgical and processing challenges, implementing corrective actions in collaboration with operations and engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain accurate metal accounting systems and databases.
• Establish and update metallurgical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for laboratory and plant testing.
• Coordinate with mineral resources and mining teams to align ore feed type, grade, and blending strategies with plant requirements.
• Work with the maintenance team to support plant availability and utilization targets.
• Design and maintain operational log sheets and reporting templates.
• Ensure strict compliance with safety, health, and environmental standards.

• Leading and motivating processing teams, including supervisors, plant operations and plant maintenance teams, to achieve production targets and maintain safety standards.
• Train and mentor plant operators, laboratory technicians, and samplers in metallurgical best practices.
• Provide technical advice on future processing plant upgrades, expansions, and laboratory facilities.

• Developing and implementing processing plans, including developing and monitoring budgets, managing costs, and ensuring efficient resource use and allocation.
• Investigate and identify opportunities for value recovery from tailings and by-products.

• Identifying and resolving operational issues, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring smooth workflows.

• Support continuous improvement projects and any additional tasks as assigned.
• Preparing and submitting reports.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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