SENIOR METALLURGIST ROLE

Job description

OLIBUL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY

Assignment: Senior Metallurgist — Metallurgy & Metals Consultant Specialist (Product Development Phase)

Location: Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia — part-time present during the product development stage; travel to customer mine sites around Zambia and the DR Congo (in phase 2)

Engagement Type: Independent Consultancy — contract basis, linked to the product development and potentially commissioning phase, extendable by mutual agreement

Reports To: Development team/EPC/Chief Technical Officer

About Us

OLIBUL Investments Limited is a proudly Zambian, citizen-owned company with over a decade of operations in sand mining, limestone quarrying, industrial minerals, and cross-border bulk haulage freight across the North-Western Province and the regional SADC corridor. We are now developing our flagship Byela Steel Grinding Media Manufacturing Facility in Solwezi — Forged and High-chrome cast steel grinding media for the mines & mills of Zambia and the region — and we are engaging a senior metallurgical/hydro-metallurgical consultant to participate on its product development.

Assignment Purpose

We are seeking a seasoned metallurgist and metals expert with proven grinding media development experience/track record, on a consultancy contract, to provide external support to the Byela team: finalising alloy chemistries and heat-treatment recipes, validating the billet and charge-material strategy, building the specification and test regime, validating the plant laboratory and quality systems, and steering the delivery plan for trial campaigns alongside our international EPC technology/ Build operate and transfer partner — so that the plant enters production with its metallurgy already de-risked.

Scope of Consultancy Services

• Product & Process validation — Asses the developed asset, analyze , and Lock the alloy chemistries and heat-treatment recipes for the forged grades and the high-chromium cast grades, including forging reduction and quench-and-temper practice.
• Billet & Charge-Material Strategy — Validate procurement specifications for round bar and cast-line charge materials; verify mill certificates against specification; qualify suppliers.
• Specification & Test Protocol Development — Build the Master Product Specification and the full test regime: surface and volumetric hardness, impact, drop-ball and marked-ball trials, microstructure and dimensional control.
• Laboratory & QA System validation — Asses the specified plant laboratory (spectrometry, metallography, hardness) and design an ISO 9001-aligned quality management system with batch traceability, ready for deployment.
• EPC / Technology-Partner Liaison — Act as the owner’s technical counterpart through installation, commissioning, and acceptance testing.
• Customer engagement & Co-Creation Support — Lead plant trials and wear-rate benchmarking with mine customers in Zambia and the DR Congo, feeding results back into product development.
• Knowledge Transfer & Handover — Codify SOPs, mentor the in-house technical team, and execute a structured handover to the permanent Head of Metallurgical and Metals.

Minimum Requirements

1. BEng / BSc in Metallurgical Engineering, Metallurgy and Mineral Processing, or Materials Science and Engineering from a recognised institution.
2. ⁠Registered Engineer with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ/EngRB) holding a valid Practising Licence — or demonstrably registrable before commencement; where engaging through a consultancy firm, the firm’s engineering-unit registration applies (EIZ Act No. 17 of 2010 — mandatory for Zambian and foreign professionals alike).
3. ⁠Minimum 15 years’ post-qualification experience, including senior roles in large-scale grinding media and/or steel billet manufacturing plants (forging, foundry, heat treatment).
4. ⁠Demonstrated mastery of induction melting and alloy charge control, high-chromium white cast irons, forged-ball production, and quench-and-temper practice.
5. A track record serving large-scale mining operations in Zambia, the DR Congo, or comparable jurisdictions, including grinding media performance evaluation.
6. Fluent command of the applicable standards for grinding media and steel bar (ASTM / ISO / GB), mill-certificate interpretation, and spectrographic analysis

Added Advantages

• MSc or postgraduate qualification in metallurgy or materials engineering.
• ACEZ membership (where engaged in a consulting-engineer capacity) and SAIMM membership.
• ⁠ISO 9001 implementation or lead-auditor training.
• Prior technical input to bankable feasibility studies or DFI-financed projects.
• Valid silicosis / medical fitness certificate (for mine-site access).
• Working exposure to Chinese-origin plant and GB-standard documentation; multilingual proficiency for regional communication.

How to Express Interest

Suitably qualified consultants should submit a CV, copies of qualifications, proof of EIZ registration and practicing license (if available), a valid medical certificate (if available), and indicative availability for the product development window, via virtual or direct call:

📞 +260 772 606 489 | +260 967 260 385

📞 +260 970 845 853 | +260 970 153 323

Closing Date: 27th July, 2026

OLIBUL Investments Limited is an equal-opportunity engager. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.