As a Metallurgist within Northern Star’s Technical Services team, you’ll work across multiple gold operations in Australia and America, partnering with site teams to solve technical challenges, improve processing performance and help shape the future of one of Australia’s leading gold producers.
One week you could be investigating a recovery opportunity at site, the next you might be reviewing metallurgical performance. You role will involve developing technical standards, evaluating new technologies and supporting business improvement projects across multiple operations.
If you’re naturally curious, enjoy variety and want to broaden your technical experience further than a traditional site role can offer, we’d like to hear from you.
Here’s what awaits you:
This role offers something different. You’ll gain exposure to a diverse portfolio of gold operations, ore types, processing flowsheets and technical challenges while working alongside experienced metallurgists from across the business. You’ll have the opportunity to:
- Build technical expertise across multiple gold operations.
- Work on projects that have a visible impact across the business.
- Develop both your technical capability and your commercial understanding.
- Accelerate your career through broad operational exposure and meaningful technical responsibility.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting metallurgical performance across multiple gold processing operations.
- Travelling to site to assist operations, troubleshoot plant performance and identify improvement opportunities.
- Working alongside site metallurgists to solve complex processing challenges.
- Developing and maintaining technical standards, procedures and governance systems.
- Evaluating emerging technologies and supporting innovation across the business.
- Analysing operational data and identifying opportunities to improve plant performance.
- Contributing to strategic technical projects that deliver value across multiple operations.
No two weeks are the same.
To thrive in this role, you’ll need:
Experience:
We’re looking for a metallurgist with sound operational experience who is ready to take the next step in their career. This role is ideal for someone who has built a strong foundation in a site-based processing role and is looking to broaden their technical expertise, gain exposure to multiple operations and develop into a future technical leader.
Qualifications:
- Formal qualification in Metallurgical Engineering, Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering or similar.
- Current West Australian ‘C' Class Drivers Licence.
Discover the perks of working at Northern Star…
- Short-term incentive bonus program.
- Employee Share Plan programs.
- Gold standard parental leave policy.
- GoldSTARR rewards program - cash savings for everyday expenses.
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) that include free, confidential counselling and wellbeing services.
- Salary continuance (income protection) insurance from commencement.
- Salary sacrificing benefits, including novated leasing and remote area living benefit options.
Eligibility:
Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria which includes a medical, drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work and valid Australian national police clearance. Northern Star is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
Apply now to join the Northern Star team!
