Lynas Rare Earths is growing!

As part of our ‘Lynas 2025’ growth plan, we’re building a larger business to meet forecast demand growth in the critical metal industry.

Lynas’ rare earth materials are used in many high tech and future facing applications, including electronics, wind turbines and hybrid and electric vehicles. We’re diversifying our industrial footprint with processing facilities in optimal locations. This includes embarking on an expansion in Western Australia.

Our Rare Earths deposit in Mt Weld, Western Australia, is acknowledged as one of the highest-grade Rare Earths mines in the world. For this unique ore, the concentrator currently applies comminution (grind size of P80 20 microns), classification, oxide mineral flotation, and dewatering (thickening and filtration) with mud farming of the Tailings Storage Facility. Lynas is building a Processing facility in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia to process concentrate from the Mt Weld Mine and Concentration Plant. Mt Weld concentrator is looking to expand production to ensure capacity to feed the new Kalgoorlie processing facility.

Lynas is looking for a driven Senior Plant Metallurgist or experienced Plant Metallurgist looking to progress to join a small motivated metallurgical team, and be part of:

• Expansion opportunities;
• Production optimisation projects, including pilot testwork programs;
• Commissioning of new equipment in the concentrator.

As a Mt Weld Senior Plant Metallurgist, you will be crucial in optimising and improving the metallurgical performance of the concentrator. In this role, you will:

• Demonstrate personal commitment to safety.
• Ensure compliance to the various HSE, Quality and Environmental standards against which the Company is audited on its management systems.
• Provide supervision to the Plant Metallurgists, Metallurgical Technicians & Water Treatment Plant Technicians.
• Lead production forecasting and production budget management.
• Provide technical support & troubleshooting to the operations team to achieve production targets.
• Scope, supervise and ensure completion of plant optimisation projects in comminution, flotation, process control (including instrumentation), and dewatering.
• Supervise the commissioning of the new Courier OSA and Metallurgical Accounting Systems, and ensure all procedures related to these projects are created & implemented.
• Scope and manage metallurgical testwork in the laboratory.
• Have a high level of attention to detail with planning, analytical and decision-making skills.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

To be successful in this role, you will need to:

• Have operational experience in minerals processing, with flotation plant experience desirable;
• Have a tertiary qualification in Metallurgy or equivalent;

• Show initiative, self-motivation, and sound problem-solving skills in resolving technically challenging issues;
• Have a willingness to learn unique oxide mineral flotation, complex ore mineralogy, and related water chemistry challenges.
• Learn and assist where required in the water recycle treatment plant.
• Learn and apply radiation safety (Fixed gauge, X-Ray and NORM).
• Be able to come up with creative solutions to address production challenges.

This is a permanent role with Lynas Rare Earths based at Mt Weld Operation. At Lynas Rare Earths, we pride ourselves on offering competitive remuneration packages and offer a family-friendly roster of 8 days on, 6 days off fly-in fly-out (FIFO) from Perth.

We are committed to ensuring that our workplace is inclusive, where all our people feel that they belong, are valued, and respected.

We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, as well as candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds.