Job Description
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Project Manager (Niobium / Alluvial Operations / Coltan) based in Brazil.
This role offers the opportunity to lead field-based extraction and processing operations in a remote alluvial environment.
You will oversee day-to-day operations involving niobium and tantalum-bearing concentrates and gravity-based mineral processing.
The position combines operational leadership, mineral separation expertise, environmental stewardship, and remote-site management.
You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across mining, processing, maintenance, security, and HSE functions.
Strong community engagement and responsible supply-chain practices will be central to the role.
The successful candidate will help improve recovery rates, concentrate quality, operational efficiency, and overall site performance.
This is an impactful leadership opportunity for an experienced mining professional comfortable operating in complex and infrastructure-limited environments.
Accountabilities
- Lead the execution and daily management of alluvial mining operations targeting niobium and tantalum-bearing concentrates.
- Oversee extraction activities in river-based and alluvial deposit environments while maintaining safe and efficient field operations.
- Manage mineral processing and concentration systems, including gravity separation circuits, magnetic separation equipment, and electrostatic separation technologies.
- Direct water management activities to support operational continuity, responsible resource use, and environmental compliance.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams spanning mining, mineral processing, maintenance, security, and HSE functions.
- Ensure effective operations in remote locations with limited infrastructure, logistics, and supply support.
- Build and maintain constructive relationships with local communities through transparent engagement, workforce integration, and responsible operational practices.
- Ensure appropriate traceability and responsible sourcing practices for strategic and sensitive mineral supply chains.
- Monitor operational performance and identify opportunities to improve mineral recovery, concentrate quality, productivity, and overall field efficiency.
- Identify operational risks and implement practical measures to maintain continuity, safety, compliance, and performance.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience in mining operations, with documented experience in alluvial or river-based extraction.
- Proven experience working with heavy mineral sands, coltan-bearing deposits, niobium, tantalum, or comparable mineral processing environments.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of gravity separation systems, magnetic separation circuits, and electrostatic mineral separation technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to manage operations in remote, infrastructure-limited environments with complex logistical requirements.
- Experience managing large-scale water systems and implementing environmentally responsible site practices.
- Strong operational leadership skills with experience coordinating multidisciplinary field teams.
- Experience managing community-facing relationships and engaging effectively with local stakeholders and workforces.
- Understanding of responsible sourcing, mineral traceability, and compliance expectations applicable to strategic and sensitive mineral supply chains.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work independently, take ownership of operational priorities, and maintain high standards in challenging field conditions.
Benefits
- Full-time opportunity with significant operational ownership and leadership responsibility.
- Opportunity to work on complex mining and mineral processing projects involving strategic minerals.
- Exposure to multidisciplinary operations spanning extraction, processing, maintenance, HSE, logistics, and community engagement.
- Opportunity to contribute to responsible sourcing, traceability, environmental management, and operational improvement initiatives.
- International and cross-functional working environment.
- Professional growth opportunities through responsibility for complex remote-site operations.
- Compensation to be determined based on experience and role requirements.
How Jobgether works:
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