Who We Are

Tronox Holdings plc (NYSE:TROX) is the world’s leading integrated manufacturer of titanium dioxide pigment. We mine titanium-bearing mineral sands and operate upgrading facilities that produce high-grade titanium feedstock materials, pig iron and other minerals. With 6,600 employees across six continents, our rich diversity, unmatched vertical integration model, and unparalleled operational and technical expertise across the value chain, position Tronox as the preeminent titanium dioxide producer in the world. Today, with $3.3 billion in annual revenue, we are the second largest in our industry, providing products that add brightness and durability to paints, plastics, paper, and other everyday products.

At Tronox, we believe living our values allows us to create a stronger, more successful company for everyone who works with us. We care deeply about our people, and we seek to attract and retain talented individuals who share our values. These are:

• We have an uncompromising focus on operating safe, reliable and responsible facilities
• We honor our responsibility to create value for stakeholders
• We treat others with respect, and act with personal and organizational integrity.
• We build our organization with diverse, talented people who make a positive difference, and we invest in their success
• We are adaptable, decisive, and effective
• We are trustworthy and reliable, and we build mutually rewarding relationships
• We share accountability and have high expectations for ourselves and one another
• We do the right work the right way in every aspect of our business
• We celebrate the joy of working together to accomplish great things

Position Title

Process Engineering Lead
 

Reports to

Manager, Concentration. 
 

Location

SA- Namakwa Sands 

 

Position Summary

Ensuring maximum plant efficiency by supporting production personnel to run optimum throughput, stable grade control and maximum zircon, rutile, and ilmenite recovery.

 

Qualification & Experience

• BEng, Met Eng. or BTech in either Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering Discipline
• At least 3-4 years in a Heavy Industrial Metallurgical or Chemical Process environment
• Valid Drivers License

Knowledge & Skills

• Process design (especially fluid flow calculations and designs)
• Full understanding of recovery, yield, and grade
• Excellent excel capabilities, trend analysis and query creation capabilities.
• People skills (you may be required to run a small team)
• Data and statistical analysis
• Gravity, Magnetic and electrostatic separation techniques, screening, pumping, milling, and thickening.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Basic mass and mineral balancing principles

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures plant operates within the prescribed process parameters.
• Conducts routine process and process unit audits and reports on process performance (quality, recovery, and throughput).
• Ensures quality performance meets product and customer specifications.
• Develop grade control procedures to assist production personnel with stable quality control.
• Initiate and conduct Non-conformance reports on product quality concerns.
• Manages product quality recovery management system (PQRMS, risk trees and check sheets)
• Continuous process and process control optimization
• Initiation and delivery of process and plant improvements (modifications and capital projects) including process design and financial evaluations.
• Provides technical support for company driven initiatives.
• Facilitate production and assist maintenance teams with trouble shooting (Root Cause Failure Analysis)
• Provides mentoring for production operators for effective process operation and operator development.
• Provide a professional and specialist advisory support service with regard to production and product quality across different levels within the organization.
• Technical input to new standard operating procedures, training material and SHEQ annual reporting
• Ensure technical documentation is up to date.

NOTE:

• Closing Date: 23 April 2025
• Pre- screening evaluation will form part of the selection process.
• Successful applicants will be required to undergo a medical assessment.
• Psychometric evaluations may form part of the selection process
• Applications received without supporting documents, will not be considered. 

 

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• The processing of your personal information and sharing it with third parties for verifications.
• The exercising of your rights provided for by POPIA.
• To acknowledge that TRONOX (Pty) Ltd will keep the record of your personal information confidential.
• Should you not hear from Tronox Namakwa Sands  Sands within (4) weeks of the closing date, please consider your application as being unsuccessful.