If you are looking for an opportunity to advance your career and challenge your engineering abilities, we invite you to submit your resume. We want people to join us that have initiative and want to distinguish themselves as a mining engineer or process engineer opposed to those seeking a typical career path at a larger firm.

Starkey & Associates is the name behind some of the largest grinding design and process engineering projects in the mining industry today. Our projects span the globe ranging from Australia and Russia in the East to Chile, Mexico and the United States in the West.

In addition to these professional activities, our patented testing procedure called the SAGDesign Test is analysed at our head office location in Oakville, Ontario and is supported internationally by testing centres in Australia, Russia and the United States.

If you are interested in becoming part of projects of this scale, learning and executing new and groundbreaking industry standards, please submit your resume in confidence noting the position to Info@SAGDesign.com


Mineral Processing Engineer (Intermediate/Senior)
Location: Oakville, Ontario

Responsibilities
Starkey & Associates, creators of the SAGDesign Test are seeking a Mining or Mineral Processing Engineer to join our team at the Oakville office. This career offers the right person the opportunity to advance their engineering careers by applying their knowledge in the area of Grinding Design and Process Engineering as well as becoming involved with the Standard Autogenous Grinding Design (SAGDesign) Test. The scope of work will include, but is not limited to the following:

• Providing technical and engineering design expertise towards a variety of mining related projects.
• Consult internally and to external clients on all aspects of surface and underground mining projects, especially as they pertain to grinding design and process engineering.
• Work towards developing skills related to SAG and Ball Mill design and SAGDesign Testing.
• Travel to client minesites worldwide to select samples for grinding tests. (Training will be provided).
• Prepare and write project reports;
• Interact with other project team members and clients and be responsible for project deliverables and client satisfaction;
• Assist with other metallurgical project work as required.

Requirements - Preferred candidates will possess the following:
• Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mining or Mineral Engineering;
• Professional Engineer status;
• Knowledge of standard engineering related software (Word, Excel, Access, AutoCAD, Power Point etc.);
• Knowledge of mine development and mine feasibility;
• Strong critical analysis and reporting skills;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Ability to work independently for extended periods, or in groups as part of a larger project team;
• Be available for local and international business travel and extended working hours when required; and
• Get along with people ensuring the client is respected and properly communicated with.