Process Engineer - 24 Month Contract

Why TACORA?

Tacora Resources Inc. (Tacora) is an innovative iron ore mining and development company focused on the acquisition and revitalization of iron ore assets. Our mining and processing facility, Scully Mine, is located in Wabush, Labrador, Canada. Tacora is servicing high demand customers throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to provide high-grade and high-quality iron ore products.

As a Tacora Resources employee, you will become part of a supportive, performance‐driven, highly engaged, dynamic environment. We focus on creating a work environment where employees can utilize their skills and knowledge while maintaining a team-based, inclusive approach to meeting greater challenges. We maintain straight lines of communication between our operations and management, so we can move collectively toward achieving our goals.

With our core values as the foundation of our Canadian operation, we are passionate about innovation, and we are excited about our future. We are collaborative in our approach to projects and with our entrepreneurial spirit, we aim to dig deeper and reach higher. We are innovative, turning obstacles into opportunities – and we do it all in ways that are safe and sustainable. We place the highest priority on employee safety, protecting the environment, and enhancing the development of the communities in which we operate. At TACORA, we are family.

At TACORA, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive and diverse work environment. You will be provided with the opportunity to expand your knowledge and skill set by working alongside dedicated employees from a variety of backgrounds and cultures.

This position can be based in Labrador West or Fly In Fly Out from our St. John’s office to our mine site in Labrador West. Shift will be 7 days on, 7 days off rotation (days and nights).

Job Responsibilities :

• Monitor quality and recovery, advise CROs to make changed to keep within targets and specifications or optimize process.
• Communicating with mine team to ensure good ore blend coming in the plant.
• Monitor process variables and advise Operations manager / supervisor if targets are not being met.
• Go in field and observe operation daily. Look for improvement opportunities, visually go look at equipment if abnormal trends are seen.
• Develop and / or create standard operating procedures for the control room and Operations teams, especially when changing the standard for better process control.
• Help troubleshoot any process related issues that arise. This could involve trending on HMI and / or going in field to look.
• Conduct RCA’s on process issues to avoid the same issue happening twice.
• Take samples as required for calibrations / troubleshooting
• Constantly looking for improvement opportunities to achieve better quality, recovery or production. Take lead on these projects / initiatives from conception to implementation.
• Prepare and conduct sampling campaigns based on improvement opportunities found or project given. Analysis results and provide recommendations.
• Attend daily / weekly meetings as required. Lead Metallurgically update meeting
• Other projects as determined by managers.

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We are an equal opportunity employer!

Only those candidates who most align with the ideal candidate profile will be contacted by Tacora Resources for an interview.