Vacancy for: Mineral Processing Engineer
Yayasan Emas
Artisanal Indonesia (YEAI) is the local affiliate of the Artisanal Gold Council
(AGC) a not-for-profit organization based out of Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada dedicated to the sustainable development of artisanal and small-scale
gold mining (ASGM) communities in the developing world.
Sustainable
Development of the Artisanal Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Indonesia is a
5-year project (2015-2019) that AGC is implementing for Global Affairs Canada
in partnership with Indonesian NGOs.
The project
aims to improve incomes, health, and the environment of the vulnerable and
marginalized men and women dependent on the artisanal and small-scale gold
mining (ASGM) economy in proposed target areas in Central Kalimantan and other
provinces in Indonesia. The project
improves mining, environmental and social practices for men and women involved
in the ASGM, including identifying alternatives to mercury use. The project also supports targeted provincial
governments to better collaborate with the formal extractive sector and
supports the formalization of ASGM activities through legal trade of
responsible artisanal gold and value-added products in domestic and
international markets. Activities
include: (1) provide training on better practices for men and women miners; (2)
provide training to targeted government and civil society groups on ASGM
regulation and management; and (3) establish collaborative mechanisms with
other relevant initiatives promoting responsible gold and diversification of
the ASGM economy. This initiative
supports the Government of Indonesia’s implementation of the Minamata
Convention on mercury, which both Canada and Indonesia signed in 2013.
Job
Summary
The Mineral Processing Engineer focus in improving ore processing
systems for the ASGM sector. He/She will assist the AGC in designing,
improving, providing maintenance building, installing, and operating/training
mineral processing systems for our various projects with a focus on mercury
free high recovery systems. He/She will also assist the AGC in conducting
exploratory visits to various ASGM sites to determine viability of sites for
AGC’s project. The Mineral Processing Engineer is also required to engaged in
the community to lead, participate in the holistic in community engagement with
ASGM communities and will participate in the holistic implementation approaches
that the AGC develops. This position to be based in Parenggean, Central
Kalimantan.
Tasks and Qualifications
The
Mineral Processing Engineer is expected to undertake the following tasks and
possess the following knowledge, willingness or experience:
- Sample,
operate, design, calibrate, install, perform maintenance and improve crushing,
grinding, classification
; - Experience or knowledge in collecting representative ore samplings and sending to a lab for analysis (chemical and gravimetric);
- Interest in working with local, provincial and national government in mining and related issues to mining, e.g. health, environment, etc.);
- Interest in working with local communities in small-scale gold mining and other stakeholders, e.g. non-governmental organizations, etc.;
- Knowledge or experience in gravimetric processing as performing mass balances, plotting psd, grade recovery curves and circuit efficiencies is preferred;
- Travel to various provinces and sites in Indonesia required and some international travel may be needed;
- Able to speak, write, and read in English;
- Personal skills, open to challenges and enthusiastic.
- This position is also open to be applied by: Mechanical, Chemical or Environmental engineering.
- This position is to be based mostly in Parenggean, Central Kalimantan.
Please send
your CV with position applied on the email subject to:
supriyanto@artisanalgold.org.
Vacancy will be closed 30 May 2019 and only short-listed
candidates will be contacted for interview.
We look
forward to hearing from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to
grow and develop with us.
