Job ID: 41989 |

Location:
Airoli, Maharashtra, India | Work Model: Onsite The Field Metallurgist is responsible for delivering on-site metallurgical testwork and technical services at customer concentrators and pellet plants. The role involves executing flotation, pelletizing and filtration trials, troubleshooting dosing and process-related issues, and providing technical interpretation and recommendations. The position also works closely with plant-level employees, Technical Service and R&D; teams to facilitate the acceptance and implementation of Clariant solutions. Responsibilities
• Deliver in office metallurgical testwork and technical services at customer concentrators and pellet plants.
• Run bench and pilot flotation programmes in customer laboratories and plants, including:
• Reagent screening
• Dosage-response curves
• pH and pulp density variation
• Collector/depressant/frother combinations
• Mass and metal balances against plant baseline
• Execute pelletizing testwork, including:
• Balling disc/drum trials




• Green pellet drop number and compressive strength
• Moisture optimisation
• Binder and additive evaluation
• Fired pellet quality checks
• Conduct filtration trials.
• Sample and log trial conditions and issue standardised trial reports with interpretation.
• Commission and troubleshoot dosing hardware, including pump calibration, suction and discharge faults, chemical transfer lines, IBC and ISO tank connections, heated storage, trace heating and viscosity-related feed problems.
• Diagnose in-circuit product behaviour, including overfrothing and froth carry-over, entrainment, froth stability collapse and water chemistry interference.
• Select and relocate dosage points where required.
• Work directly with shift operators and escalate unresolved issues to Technical Service and R&D.;
• Develop relationships with plant-level employees to facilitate acceptance of Clariant proposed solutions.

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