Scientist

Job category: RandD, Science and Scientific Research

Location: Randburg

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

Mintek has an exciting career opportunity for a Scientist in the Mineralogy division. All suitably qualified and experienced candidates are invited to apply. The successful candidate will have to acquire (through measurement and observation), collate, analyse, model, interpret and report mineralogical data (numerical and image based) for purposes of research or commercial service, according to predetermined time and cost schedules, and in compliance with Mineralogy’s quality standards. The candidate will be required to actively seek new income and opportunities for intellectual capital development.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

• Assist Head to maintain and expand on project work from the mining/ metallurgical industry and related research agencies, in line with Division’s current business plans, by providing competence and professional expertise, and interacting with clients, collaborators and potential partners.
• Ascertain industry needs and propose appropriate project work to obtain insights from mineralogical data, in consultation with senior staff.
• Execute projects so as to meet the time scheduling agreed to with client/stakeholder, contain costs for the Division and deliver valid conclusions with technical efficiency and professionalism.
• Lead and execute projects in which interactions with technical expertise and stakeholders are required at a professional level. This will involve algorithm/software development to extract appropriate information, and modelling, simulation and interpretation of mineral behaviour in processing and other environments using, primarily, image inputs from mineralogical equipment.
• Comply with the internal administration requirements of Mintek and MNL with respect to labour and machine time capture, business governance, professional reporting, project planning and management.
• Ensure that safety, health, environment and quality procedures are followed and project work is executed to produce valid conclusions and with maximum overall efficiency - technically and financially.
• Ensure that the documentation of work and procedures is appropriately captured and produce advanced professional level reports, algorithms, publications, and conference contributions.
• Ensure project work is executed to produce valid conclusions and with maximum overall efficiency - technically and financially.

Qualification:

• BSc in Geology or equivalent. (MSc will be advantageous)

Experience:

• 1 year or more of experience with mineralogical techniques and data interpretation for mineralogy applications in geology and beneficiation.
• Understanding of mineralogy instrumentation data outputs and/or data analytics techniques (Matlab, Python, R, Image J, VG StudioMax, Aviso, etc.).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Drafting proposals that meet client/stakeholder objectives.
• Highly organised and methodical.
• Ability to multitask and pay attention to detail.
• Ability to analyse and report mineralogical data.