Background information about the job or company:

The incumbent will be responsible to the Assistant Commissioner, Laboratories for performing the following duties:-

• Preparing work plans, training plans, budgets and performance reports for the Section;
• Supervising designing, reviewing or adapting of relevant technology for mineral processing and metallurgy;
• Supervising designing bench tests and pilot mineral dressing plants and scaling them up for industrial use;
• Supervising and enforcing metallurgical standards in plants under mining operations;
• Supervising and enforcing Occupational Health and Safety in laboratory operations;
• Supervising preparation of technical reports on findings;
• Supervising and appraising Senior Officers in the Section;
• Any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing work plans, training plans, budgets and performance reports for the Section;
• Supervising designing, reviewing or adapting of relevant technology for mineral processing and metallurgy;
• Supervising designing bench tests and pilot mineral dressing plants and scaling them up for industrial use;
• Supervising and enforcing metallurgical standards in plants under mining operations;
• Supervising and enforcing Occupational Health and Safety in laboratory operations;
• Supervising preparation of technical reports on findings;
• Supervising and appraising Senior Officers in the Section;
• Any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Qualifications:

• Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering; or Mineral Processing Engineering; or Extractive Metallurgical Engineering; or Industrial Chemistry plus a Masters Degree in Extractive Metallurgical Engineering; or Chemical Engineering; or Mineral Processing Engineering from a recognized University /Institution.

Experience needed:

Applicants should have a minimum of six (6) years relevant working experience, three (3) of which should have been served at Senior Mineral Dresser level in Government.

Any other provided details:

The incumbent will be responsible to the Assistant Commissioner, Laboratories for performing the duties mentioned above.

• Preparing work plans, training plans, budgets and performance reports for the Section;
• Supervising designing, reviewing or adapting of relevant technology for mineral processing and metallurgy;
• Supervising designing bench tests and pilot mineral dressing plants and scaling them up for industrial use;
• Supervising and enforcing metallurgical standards in plants under mining operations;
• Supervising and enforcing Occupational Health and Safety in laboratory operations;
• Supervising preparation of technical reports on findings;
• Supervising and appraising Senior Officers in the Section;
• Any other duties as assigned from time to time.

• Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering; or Mineral Processing Engineering; or Extractive Metallurgical Engineering; or Industrial Chemistry plus a Masters Degree in Extractive Metallurgical Engineering; or Chemical Engineering; or Mineral Processing Engineering from a recognized University /Institution.