Vacation Student – Metallurgy (Kalgoorlie, WA, AU)

Vacation Student – Metallurgy

• Gain specific practical experience and take ownership of real work and projects and make a real contribution
• The opportunity to learn on the job with an individual development plan
• A technical leader, to oversee your development and to provide discipline-specific guidance
• Operational and personal development training especially in safety and business skills

About us

Evolution Mining is a leading, growth-focused globally relevant gold company. We were created in late 2011 and operate five wholly owned mines across Australia and Ontario, Canada.

At Evolution, we’re passionate about Our Culture and Values. We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity, offering exceptional career environments at our Sites and our Group Office, that are challenging, rewarding and fun for all employees. We are regularly supporting our employees’ work-life integration and provide a stimulating and inclusive environment to foster development.

About the role

Metallurgists at Evolution are responsible for ensuring that key plant operating parameters remain within target and are accurately reported. They also monitor and ensure that consumption of process consumables remain in line with budget and carry out metallurgical test work and trials that are aimed at improving gold recovery, processing efficiencies and costs.

The vacation program is a 12-week structured program that is designed to develop your knowledge base and skills with practical work experience. This program is intended to set you up for future success and potential enrolment into our 2-year Graduate Program. The Vacation program provides students with the ability to make real contributions from day one, an onsite orientation and the opportunity to build relationships with other vacation students. You will have an experienced manager to supervise you day-to-day and provide one to one feedback and coaching to help you learn.

This is a site-based position, where you will reside in Kalgoorlie, WA working at our Mungari operation. The Mungari operation is located 600km east of Perth and 20km west of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. There are currently two registered native title claims over the majority of the Mungari tenements – the Maduwongga People and the Marlinyu Ghoorlie People. Our local communities are Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. To learn more about the Mungari operation, visit: Mungari – Evolution Mining

About you

• Completing 2nd, 3rd or penultimate year of a Metallurgy, Metallurgy Engineering, Engineering (Physical Metallurgy), Engineering (Process Metallurgy), Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or a similar degree to be eligible.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proactive and eager to learn
• Ability to work safely at all times

At Evolution we want to set you up with the skills you need to be successful so if you want to join an organisation that is small enough that everyone knows who you are but big enough to provide you with opportunities to excel, don’t wait, apply now!