Rustenburg: Process Optimisation Specialist

About the Role

Enable stable, predictable, and optimised processing operations through the design, deployment, and sustained adoption of digital process control, advanced analytics, and system-enabled optimisation capabilities. This role is accountable for how the plant is controlled and enabled rather than metallurgical ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical input and optimisation requirements into the definition, review, and maintenance of MES (Level 23) data context standards.
• Design, deploy, and continuously improve loop tuning and Advanced Process Control programmes.
• Develop and maintain analytical models to quantify process stability, variability drivers, control effectiveness, and optimisation benefits.
• Perform diagnostic and statistical analytics, including trending, variance analysis, correlation analysis, and regime detection.
• Interpret high-level plant indicators such as instability, excursions, and abnormal operating conditions.
• Analyse operational variability driven by feed changes, operating modes, and process conditions to improve detect-to-correct response through system-based logic and automation.
• Implement and technically support dynamic water balance systems.

Requirements

• BEng or BSc in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical (Control) Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in process control, advanced automation, or analytics-driven optimisation within mineral processing or heavy industrial environments.
• Hands-on experience in loop tuning, APC deployment, and control optimisation.
• Proven ability to apply analytics to explain operational variability and quantify optimisation impact beyond descriptive reporting.

Qualifications

• Lean or Six Sigma certification.
• APC, MES, control systems, or industrial analytics certifications.

Salary & Benefits

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