Job description

Purpose of the Role

The purpose of this role is to lead and manage instrumentation maintenance, reliability, and performance at gold processing plant, requiring strong technical leadership to establish robust instrumentation systems that support safe, stable, and optimized gold processing operations.

The role requires close cooperation with customer teams and Metso engineering and maintenance staff. Due to the remote site location, prior experience in similar isolated processing plant environments is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Instrumentation & Process Measurement

Lead all instrumentation maintenance activities across the process plant, including:

Flow, pressure, level, temperature, and analytical instruments

Slurry and density measurements

Gold processing-specific analysers

Manage installation, calibration, inspection, and troubleshooting of field instruments to ensure accurate and reliable process measurements

Ensure spare instruments, calibration equipment, and test tools are available and properly maintained

Analyzers & CarbonSense

Take ownership of process analysers used in Gold processing Plant, including sample conditioning systems where applicable

Coordinate analyser troubleshooting, cleaning, validation, and performance reporting

Work closely with process and metallurgical teams to resolve analyser-related process deviations

Lead maintenance and reliability of CarbonSense systems, ensuring accurate carbon concentration measurements and stable operation

Maintenance Management & Shutdowns

Develop, implement, and execute annual instrumentation maintenance strategies and plans

Prepare and maintain instrumentation procedures, calibration routines, and work instructions specific to Gold Processing Plant

Plan and manage all instrumentation scope during shutdowns, outages, breakdowns, and plant project works

Ensure proper handover, documentation, and closing out of works

Safety, Compliance & Performance

Take full responsibility for instrumentation safety compliance in line with company HSEQ policies and site safety procedures

Ensure all instrumentation work complies with plant safety, electrical, and process safety requirements

Lead RCA investigations related to instrumentation failures, analysers, or measurement reliability

Ensure timely and accurate reporting of KPIs, defects, RCAs, and maintenance performance

Leadership & Collaboration

Lead, supervise, and motivate instrumentation technicians to achieve sustained high performance

Ensure all instrumentation personnel are trained, competent, and authorized for their assigned tasks

Cooperate closely with Electrical, Automation, Mechanical, Metallurgy, and Operations teams to optimize plant performance

Support cost efficiency by monitoring instrumentation spares, consumables, contractor usage, and manpower allocation

Basic Requirements

Strong service attitude with a clear customer focus

Proactive and visible safety mindset

Solid experience in instrumentation maintenance within mineral or metallurgical processing plants

Understanding of Metso as a company and awareness of Metso Services offering and processes

Technical Competence

Degree or diploma in Instrumentation, Automation, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline

Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in mineral processing, metallurgical, or continuous process plants

Practical experience with:

Field instrumentation and calibration

Process analysers

CarbonSense or similar carbon measurement systems

PLC/DCS interfaces and instrumentation I/O

Industrial fieldbus networks

Basic understanding of ore processing and gold plant operations

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Proven supervisory experience leading instrumentation maintenance teams