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Engineer-in-Training, Metallurgy

Employer
Taseko Gibraltar Mines
Location
McLeese Lake, British Columbia
Salary
None Given
Closing date
Aug 22, 2021

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Company    Gibraltar Mines Limited
Location Mill Operations Metallurgy
Reporting Relationship    Senior Metallurgist
Website    https://www.tasekomines.com

Company Background and Culture
Taseko Mines is a dynamic international mining company, headquartered in Vancouver. Our strategy is to grow our company through developing our pipeline of high-quality advanced stage projects.

Taseko owns (75%) and operates the state-of-the-art Gibraltar Mine in central British Columbia.  Gibraltar is the second largest open pit copper mine in Canada and has a 700 person workforce.  Gibraltar has a long mine life and produces an average of 140 million pounds of copper and 2.5 million pounds of molybdenum per year.

The company has recently completed construction of a US$25 million demonstration plant at its Florence Copper Project in Arizona. Florence Copper is a unique in-situ copper recovery project which, when in production, will significantly increase Taseko’s copper production.  Engineering, design and permitting activities are underway in preparation for the 25-year commercial production phase of the project.

With the recent acquisition of Yellowhead Mining, Taseko has added a large, long-life copper project to its development portfolio.  The deposit, located 150km north of Kamloops, BC, is similar to the Gibraltar Mine deposit and the company is preparing to take the steps necessary to advance the technical and permitting work required to move the project towards production.  

In addition to the activities underway at Florence Copper and Yellowhead, Taseko continues engineering, permitting and environmental assessment related activities at its Aley niobium project in north central BC. For more information on Taseko visit our website at https://www.tasekomines.com.

Key Responsibilities

The rotational job duties performed by an EIT are:

  • Overseeing the day to day metallurgical performance of the plant and participate in optimizing a SAG/Ball mill and copper/molybdenum flotation circuits.
  • Maintaining and ensuring analysis equipment and controls are effective and operational.
  • Provide technical information and develop, train and set operational guidelines.
  • Developing and executing mill capital and operational projects.
  • Preparing and publishing daily metallurgical balances.
  • Investigating process problems and developing solutions to optimize efficiency.

Professional Experience / Qualifications

  • A degree in Metallurgical, Mineral Processing or Chemical Engineering and enrolled (or eligible) as an EIT with EGBC.
  • 0 - 3 years of base metal processing plant knowledge.
  • Experience with Crushing, Grinding, Flotation and dewatering is an asset.
  • Experience with metallurgical test programs – laboratory and plant scale is an asset.
  • Good working knowledge of all MS office applications with the ability to perform basic programming in Excel.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Education
A degree in Metallurgical, Mineral Processing or Chemical Engineering and enrolled (or eligible) as an EIT with EGBC. 

Compensation
At Taseko, we pride ourselves in offering a challenging and rewarding work environment. Our employees have the opportunity for career and professional growth through development, education, and succession plan programs.

In addition, our compensation benefit package includes competitive salaries and vacation packages, Health and Insurance benefit program, and Retirement Savings Plan. 

If you are qualified for the position posted and are interested in being part of reshaping the future of Taseko Mines Limited, please contact us either through our website

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