Control Room Advisor at Newmont Mining Corporation

In This Role You Will:

• Monitor key site metrics to identify opportunities that improve operational performance.
• Collaborate with and guide site personnel to implement necessary changes required to realize the full value of operational performance improvements.
• Develop and maintain a library of operational performance improvements inclusive of current status, value delivery and potential for scalability.
• Accelerate rapid replication through peer interactions, formal knowledge sharing and participation in global Community of Practice forums.
• Support the Principal Advisor – Control Room Operations to define appropriate standards and develop global skills and competency framework for control room operations.
• Train, assess, mentor and coach site Control Room Operators on a regular basis to improve performance in accordance with the global skills and competency framework.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• A minimum of high school education (secondary college preferred).
• Certificate IV or Advanced Diploma in Process Plant Technology or equivalent (preferred).

Experience: 

• A minimum of 10 years’ operating experience across common gold processing unit operations including crushing, grinding, gravity separation, flotation, thickening, leaching, filtration, elution and residue disposal.
• A minimum of 5 years’ control room operator experience in the minerals processing industry.
• Demonstrate understanding of best practice in mineral processing plant operation as well as previous experience in the optimization of mineral processing plant operation is essential.
• Experience in coaching/training control room operations is highly regarded.
• Experience working in multi-cultural working environment is highly regarded.
• Demonstrate experience in using analytical tools to assess processing plant operational performance (e.g. PI vision, Process Historian, Excel tools, etc.).

Technical Skills:

• Sound commitment to safety and solid understanding of risk management processes.
• Sound understanding of gold processing plant unit operation, and process optimisation.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of SCADA and Distributed Control Systems.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of Advanced Process Control (SGS Advanced Systems, Metso OCS4-D, etc.).
• Demonstrate initiative with a focus towards identifying the process performance improvement opportunities.
• Ability to diagnose, understand and communicate complicated operational challenges and solutions.
• Assertive, self-motivated and able to build collaborative and productive professional relationships across sites and regions.
• Sound communication, negotiation and facilitation skills across organizational levels.
• Effective training and monitoring skills.
• Advance computer competency and experience in the use of applications including Microsoft Office, PI vision, SAP, CMS, etc.
• Bilingual in Spanish/English or French/English is essential for South and North American roles, respectively.

Behavioural Attributes:

• Accuracy.
• Directive.
• Motivational.
• Results driven.
• Persuasion.
• Decisive
• Safety conscious.
• Team player.

Working Conditions

• The Control Room Advisor supports multiple sites and involves significant domestic and international travel.
• The role involves a combination of site and home / office work.