Plant Director - Koniambo Nickel

Overview

Exciting opportunity in New Caledonia with Koniambo Nickel Kone, Province North, New Caledonia. French and English language skills (preferably bilingual) Plant Director. This a permanent full‑time role residentially based in Koné, New Caledonia.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to manage the plant (NST/Refinery) safely in compliance with legal and regulatory provisions.
• Align short‑term and long‑term strategies to achieve targeted ramp‑up performance resulting in sustained production performance at 50ktNi/yr.
• Develop, in consultation with Business Improvement and Asset Management teams, improvement plans to improve reliability and performance by reducing downtime, reducing other costs and increasing and maintaining production.
• Execute the improvement plan to improve reliability and production.
• Develop and deliver a maintenance plan to sustainably maximize availability of plants.
• Provide detailed briefings/reports to Vice President Operations as required.
• Ensure that your team has an effective set of operating routines and systems such as shift start meetings and handover procedures in place and these are used to drive consistent and predictable outcomes for the Metallurgical Plant.
• Develop an understanding of where/how the Plant sites fit in the site value chain and operating strategy.
• Communicate this to your department so that team members have sufficient context to inform their decision making.
• Foster a learning and continuous improvement culture to improve all aspects of business performance, sustainability and business growth.
• Train and coach Plant Team members as necessary to improve performance and adopt new ways of working.

Qualifications and Experience

• Tertiary qualifications: Degree qualified in Mineral Processing, Metallurgy or Chemical Engineering. Further studies in Finance, business or commercial disciplines are an advantage.
• Minimum five years in a leadership role of a similar ferro‑nickel or smelting plant within a similar mine‑to‑port complex environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong relationship‑building skills for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong hands‑on leadership, coaching and mentoring skills.
• Strategic thinker.
• Systems/process approach to problem solving.
• Confident and sound decision‑making skills.
• Self‑motivated, proactive and resilient attitude.
• Sound commercial and financial acumen.
• French and English language skills (preferably bilingual).
• Experience and comfort working in a cross‑cultural environment.