Processing Technical Services Manager

Origin Mining Company • Golden Valley, AZ

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Origin Mining Company (“OMC”) is a distinguished copper mining company that owns the open-pit Mineral Park copper and molybdenum mine in Kingman, Arizona. Our mission is to extract copper and molybdenum resources in a sustainable manner while making a positive impact on the local economy by creating high-quality employment. OMC is dedicated to operating with integrity and transparency. We are currently operating a hydromet and concentrator operation at the Mineral Park Mine and meet the growing global demand for copper. Serve as the technical authority for the Mineral Park Concentrator, providing metallurgical direction and leading process control, laboratory operations, and metallurgical accounting. The role provides the technical guidance required to achieve recovery, throughput, and product quality targets established by the Director of Process Operations through the optimization of metallurgy, flotation performance, reagent schemes, and process performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy, Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8–10 years of experience in concentrator metallurgy, including technical leadership within a flotation concentrator.
• Demonstrated experience leading metallurgical, laboratory, or process control teams, with the ability to influence cross-functional operational performance.
• Strong technical knowledge of comminution, copper and molybdenum flotation, process control, metallurgical accounting, and process optimization.
• Experience with metallurgical accounting, statistical process analysis, and performance monitoring systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with metallurgical software and PI/historian systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Metallurgy, Process Control, Flotation, Laboratory, and Metallurgical Accounting functions, providing technical leadership and direction to the concentrator.
• Develop metallurgical strategies, technical standards, and operating practices for the milling and flotation circuits.
• Optimize flotation performance, metallurgical recovery, concentrate quality, and reagent consumption to achieve production targets.
• Monitor plant performance, analyze metallurgical data, investigate production losses, and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage laboratory QA/QC, sampling programs, and metallurgical accounting to ensure accurate process monitoring and reporting.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Mine Engineering, and Mine Planning to improve plant performance and support operational decision-making.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, reagent procurement, and the execution of technical and capital improvement projects.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, environmental stewardship, and technical excellence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior