Metallurgical Technician - Flotation & Grinding

About the role

Glencore is looking for a Metallurgical Technician to join its Growth and Sales team in Mumbai or Bangalore. Working closely with the client, process and sales teams, you will run test work at client sites across flotation, grinding and hydrometallurgical technologies and help turn test results into robust plant designs. The role involves significant domestic travel, up to 50-70% of the time, and requires fluent written and spoken English.

Key responsibilities

• Design, oversee and assist with test work programs on mine sites and in laboratories
• Support technology users and key stakeholders, and give advice on test work, analysis, equipment sizing, flowsheet development and commissioning
• Develop and validate flowsheets, mass balances and process simulations from test work data
• Lead equipment selection and sizing for Jameson Cell, IsaMill and Albion Process installations
• Translate metallurgical test results into engineering design and operating parameters
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and support the development, marketing and implementation of the technologies

Required profile

• Degree in chemical engineering, metallurgy or mining engineering
• +5 years' experience operating flotation circuits on a mine site
• Experience performing flotation and grinding testing at an industrial level and with metallurgical laboratories
• Experience operating industrial flotation plants and scaling test work into plant design
• Advanced English; knowledge of flotation mass balances, process simulation and mineralogical characterization
• Preferred: Jameson cell experience; grinding, stirred milling, hydrometallurgy, smelting and refining experience is an advantage