Job Title: Metallurgist
Organisation: Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
REF: UNMC-2025-EE-02-14
About Organisation:
The Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC) was established under the Mining and Minerals Act, 2022, (Act No. 25 of 2022) and incorporated under the Companies Act 2012, (Act No.1 of 2012). It is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Government of Uganda. The overall function of UNMC is to manage the commercial holding and participating interests of the State in the mining and mineral industry to ensure that the country obtains optimal value from its mineral resources.
Job Summary: To undertake order of magnitude assessment related to processing and beneficiation to inform due diligence, scoping studies, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies among others.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performance of mining assignments at various field locations associated with particular projects.
- Office based analysis and design duties arising from either UNMC derived field data or data supplied by others.
- Preparation of draft reports for review by the Senior Metallurgist.
- Provide best practice technical input and support to operations and projects.
- Evaluate processes and identify areas for improvement.
- Identify emerging metallurgical issues and risks and assist in development of mitigation plans.
- Scoping / Prefeasibility / Feasibility studies.
- Design, plan, co-ordinate, analyze and report metallurgical trials.
- Conduct metallurgical accounting and reconciliation audits and reviews.
- Manage metallurgical improvements from project concept to implementation.
- Identify and evaluate innovations in metallurgy and assess their application to operations and projects.
- Any other task as may be assigned from time to time
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- An Honors Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering or Mineral Processing Engineering or Chemical Engineering or Mineral Processing.
- Four (4) years of professional experience in government or in a reputable private company.
- Demonstrated sound written and verbal communication skills.
- Certification is in a relevant field is an added advantage
- Ability to take ownership of work.
- An ability to write clear and concise reports.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills within multi-disciplinary technical teams.
- Post graduate qualifications in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
- Membership to a relevant engineering institution will be an added advantage.
- Age: 25-35 years
How to Apply:
Applicant should visit the UNMC website at www.unmc.co.ug or the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development website: www.memd.go.ug to view the detailed job description, select and apply for the job of choice and submit application through the online application system https://form.jotform.com/250122842226548
Only applications received online will be accepted. Applicants are required to attach CERTIFIED copies of the required academic documents. (Note that the academic documents should be certified by the awarding local institutions while awards by foreign institutions should be certified by the foreign institution or a duly authorized Certification body of that country) All applicants must attach soft copies of relevant motivation letter, CV and academic transcripts in word and PDF formats only.
Applications without Certified academic documents will not be considered.
UNMC offers a highly dynamic work environment and provides competitive and attractive benefits.
Deadline: Friday 19th April 2025 at 5:00pm
NB: Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted, and any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.
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