General Manager – Gold Refinery (Precious Metals, Hydrometallurgy)

Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited · Tamil nadu, India

Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited is commissioning Universal Hydromet, a 200 TPM precious metals refinery in Coimbatore — a full cyanide-leach circuit spanning milling, gravity concentration, intensive and agitated leach, Merrill-Crowe zinc precipitation, on-site smelting to bar, and INCO cyanide detoxification, powered by captive solar.

We are hiring the General Manager who will own this plant end to end: commissioning, ramp-up, safety, environmental compliance, team building, and P&L.

What you will do:

• Lead commissioning and ramp-up of the full wet circuit through to stable nameplate operation
• Build and lead the operating team: shift supervisors, metallurgists, lab, maintenance, EHS
• Establish SOPs, cyanide management protocols, and the plant's safety culture from day one
• Own environmental and regulatory compliance, including TNPCB consents and reporting
• Own metallurgical accounting, recovery performance, and plant P&L
• Interface with the promoter group, EPC contractors, and OEM vendors through handover

Who you are

• 12+ years in gold processing / hydrometallurgy operations, with senior plant leadership experience — you have run a leach/Merrill-Crowe or CIL/CIP plant, not just worked in one
• You have taken at least one plant through commissioning
• Deep working knowledge of cyanide management (ICMC-aligned practices)
• Familiarity with Indian environmental compliance (TNPCB or equivalent state pollution control board)
• Degree in metallurgy, chemical engineering, or mineral processing preferred

Why this role is different

You won't inherit someone else's plant and someone else's problems. You will commission the circuit, build the team, write the SOPs, and set the standard — with a promoter group that funds what the process genuinely needs and expects straight answers, not comfortable ones.

Compensation: commensurate with the mandate. Based in Coimbatore, on-site.

• To apply, use the Apply button or write to with your CV and a short note on the plants you have commissioned.