Graduate Metallurgy/Chemical Engineer  [March 14, 2023]

Location: CSA Mine, Cobar, NSW, Australia

As a Graduate Metallurgy/Chemical Engineer, you will work in one of the world’s most iconic mining districts, which has the second highest grade copper mine in the country. Our industry-leading and experienced professionals will challenge you each step of the way – to think differently, ask questions and come up with creative solutions. You will have access to unrivalled opportunities and unlimited potential to grow your career. This is your opportunity to test your skills and creativity in real situations, working with some of the best in your field. If you are keen to grow with us, relish the opportunity to work and live in regional NSW and build an exciting career, we want to hear from you.

About the role

As a Graduate Metallurgist, you may be rotated through different departments dependant on commodity, bringing a unique experience and developing a well-rounded experience. In the area of throughput, we constantly assess our circuit performance to identify bottlenecks. We engineer and modify our assets to ensure we fully utilize our plants’ capacities. For yield we analyse our waste streams to ensure our resource is recovered efficiently. Finally, for cost, we aim to achieve the above in the most cost-effective manner, we do this by reducing waste, reducing consumable usage, and maintaining our assets operating at their process optimums.

A typical day for you may include extraction of metals and minerals from ores and refining the extracted metals to reduce impurities and improve value. You will assist in improving the process that separate, concentrate and recover valuable metals from ore. With around 1.2 million tonnes mined every year, the processing plant must keep up with large quantities and the team often fine-tune their processing methods in order to keep recovery rates high. Add all this learning opportunity to working in our close-knit high performing teams; you really get an unprecedented experience.

More information & apply