Senior Specialist Research Metallurgist📣 إعلان

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	نوع العقد	دوام كامل
	طبيعة الوظيفة	بالموقع
	الموقع	السعودية

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About Maaden and the Role

Maaden is seeking a Senior Specialist Research Metallurgist to join its team in Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is central to advancing Maaden’s technology and innovation agenda, focusing on converting metallurgical research and process development into tangible operational and commercial value.

Role Purpose and Contribution

The Senior Specialist Research Metallurgist strengthens decision-making and operational performance through deep technical expertise. This role is responsible for improving resource recovery, process efficiency, product quality, and operational effectiveness by reducing technical uncertainty through rigorous laboratory and pilot-scale investigations. It aims to accelerate innovation and mitigate operational and metallurgical risks by providing robust analysis and evidence-based recommendations, supporting sustainable growth and continuous improvement across Maaden’s mining and minerals processing operations.

Key Responsibilities

Metallurgical Research & Technical Evaluation: Deliver specialized metallurgical investigations to improve understanding of process performance, recovery opportunities, and technical constraints. Generate reliable laboratory and pilot-scale data that supports engineering studies, technology evaluations, and operational decisions. Strengthen confidence in metallurgical decisions through rigorous testing, analysis, and interpretation of complex datasets.
Process Development & Optimization: Improve recovery, grade, throughput, reagent efficiency, energy performance, and product quality through data-driven process recommendations. Develop and refine metallurgical flowsheets, operating parameters, and testing methodologies that enhance operational performance. Support scale-up and technology deployment activities with technically sound recommendations and evaluation inputs.
Technical Analysis & Decision Support: Deliver technical assessments, mass and metal balances, kinetics evaluations, and process analyses that enable informed decision-making. Translate complex metallurgical findings into clear recommendations for engineering, operations, and management stakeholders. Identify technical risks, uncertainties, and performance gaps while recommending practical mitigation and improvement actions.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Advance innovation initiatives through evaluation of new technologies, methodologies, and process improvement opportunities. Strengthen continuous improvement programs by identifying opportunities to enhance metallurgical performance and operational effectiveness. Support knowledge development and transfer that enables long-term technical capability growth.
Stakeholder Collaboration & Technical Leadership: Provide specialist metallurgical expertise to multidisciplinary teams, laboratories, pilot plant personnel, and external partners. Strengthen technical execution through guidance, mentoring, and alignment with approved quality and safety standards. Deliver clear technical reports, presentations, and recommendations that facilitate action and value realization.

Performance Expectations

Success in this role is defined by the consistent delivery of reliable data and actionable technical insights. This includes achieving enhanced recovery, product quality, efficiency, and operational performance through process improvement initiatives. The role is expected to provide technical recommendations that successfully support feasibility studies, pilot campaigns, technology evaluations, and process development projects. Early identification and resolution of metallurgical risks and process challenges with practical, evidence-based solutions are key. Additionally, providing clear, timely, and high-quality technical support to stakeholders is essential for improving decision quality and project outcomes, ensuring innovation, safety, quality, and continuous improvement objectives are met.