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Lead Metallurgical Expert

Hellas Gold S.A.
CompanyHellas Gold S.A.
CategoryManufacturing
Locationchalkidiki
RemoteOn-site (inferred)
EmploymentFull-time
LevelLead
SalaryNot stated by the employer
Posted24 Jun 2026
Last verified6 Aug 2026
SourceEmployer ATS (workable)
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Description
Hellas Gold Single Member S.A. is a mining company for gold, silver, lead, and zinc, headquartered in Athens. Since 2004, it has been responsibly and safely developing and operating the Kassandra Mines in NE Halkidiki under the strictest environmental terms. The Kassandra Mines consist of three mining projects: the Stratoni-Mavres Petres Mine, the Olympias Mine, and the Skouries Project. Continuing a 25-century mining history, Hellas Gold invests in the sustainable development of the Kassandra Mines, boosting economic growth and contributing to the prosperity of the local community with investments exceeding $3 billion, employing over 2,000 workers, actively supporting local suppliers, and making significant investments in local community support initiatives and projects. Since 2012, it operates as a subsidiary of Eldorado Gold Corporation, a Canadian mining company with over 30 years experience in the exploration, development, and operation of mines worldwide. We live our values in pursuit of our purpose: to find a better way to do things. We aim to break new ground in all that we do. We do this by creating a positive impact today, and for future generations, through our commitment to operating safely, sustainably, and profitably. The company offers the opportunity to those who wish to express interest in the position of “ Lead Metallurgical Expert ” , for its premises in Chalkidiki. The position will be reported to the Head of Processing, of the Process Plant department in Olympias. Main Responsibilities: • Senior metallurgical leadership and strategic direction for the processing operation, ensuring alignment with business objectives, annual plans, long-term operational goals, and corporate performance expectations. • Ownership of the metallurgical strategy, optimisation roadmap, and governance framework, including the identification, prioritisation, and oversight of plant improvement opportunities, debottlenecking initiatives, process optimisation programs, and future processing constraints. • Strategic oversight of metallurgical performance, driving sustainable improvements in throughput, recovery, concentrate quality, water management, operational stability, asset utilisation, and cost efficiency. • Metallurgical leadership and technical input into business planning, production forecasting, operational readiness, commissioning, ramp-up, stabilisation activities, plant expansions, capital projects, and long-term processing strategies. • Accountability for metallurgical governance, technical assurance, metallurgical accounting, reconciliation processes, KPI management, mass balance validation, reporting standards, and operational decision-support systems. • Technical oversight across all major processing areas, including crushing, grinding, flotation, concentrate and tailings dewatering, water treatment, paste/backfill systems, and associated process infrastructure. • Leadership of technical studies, trade-off analyses, due diligence reviews, process engineering assessments, technology evaluations, and innovation initiatives supporting operational and strategic objectives. • Cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, Projects, Technical Services, Corporate teams, consultants, OEMs, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment between operational execution, asset strategy, and business priorities. • Development and implementation of metallurgical standards, operating procedures, technical guidelines, risk-based processing strategies, and operational excellence initiatives. • Strategic oversight of laboratory operations, QA/QC systems, sampling methodologies, analytical reliability, process analyser governance, and metallurgical data integrity. • Leadership, mentoring, succession planning, talent development, and capability building for metallurgical professionals, graduate engineers, and broader processing teams. • Participation in the development, governan