Project Overview

Located 800 km northeast of Lima, Peru, Yanacocha is South America’s largest gold mine. The WTP Project consists of two of the largest acid water treatment plants in South America (the West one with a capacity of 3,000 m3/hour and the East one with 2,700 m3/hour). Early works are currently being performed on site, preparing the permanent platforms and laydown areas for the East and West plants, in addition to the Class 2 estimate, Level 3 schedule and Execution Plan.

Job Summary

In this role, the professional will be responsible for leading different areas of the mechanical discipline in pre‑commissioning projects of acidic water treatment plants, considering remote pumping of acidic water from leaching pools to acidic water treatment plants containing ultrafiltration processes, reverse osmosis, active media filters, high density sludge (HDS), oxidation reactors, lime plants, pumps (submersible, multi‑stage, centrifugal, vertical, scre...