Manager – Processing Engineer

Job Title: Manager Processing Engineer

Reporting To: Operations Head / Plant Head

Location: Jonagiri, Andhra Pradesh

Compensation: CTC 70,00080,000 per month (Approx. 9.6 LPA)

Experience & Qualifications

• 78+ years of hands-on experience in gold or similar mineral processing plants
• Strong practical knowledge of milling, thickening, leaching, and gold recovery circuits
• Proven ability to interpret metallurgical data, conduct mass balances, and analyze plant performance trends
• Bachelors degree in Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, or related field

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor refinery activities including recovery performance and reagent consumption
• Track daily plant performance, including recovery rates, reagent usage, and residence time
• Identify process bottlenecks and implement corrective actions to stabilize and improve plant performance
• Optimize operating parameters to maximize gold recovery
• Conduct and review metallurgical balances, recovery calculations, and reconciliation reports
• Optimize cyanide, lime, and other reagent dosages
• Monitor carbon activity, loading efficiency, transfer rates, and losses
• Supervise elution and electrowinning operations to ensure efficient gold recovery
• Lead root cause analysis for process upsets such as poor recovery, high tailings, thickener instability, or carbon losses
• Collaborate with operations and maintenance teams to resolve mechanical and process constraints
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance recovery and cost efficiency
• Ensure strict adherence to safety standards and regulatory requirements
• Ensure safe handling and storage of cyanide, reagents, and process chemicals
• Support development of SOPs and conduct operator training programs
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Gold recovery percentage and product grade
• Throughput stability and overall process efficiency
• Reagent consumption optimization
• Reduction in process-related downtime
• Successful implementation of improvement initiatives