Modern Mining August 2024

Fluor’s commitment to Women in Mining Erin McLintock has been appointed as the new Organisational Unit Manager for Mining & Metals Process Engineering at Fluor in South Africa. F luor is an international engineering and construction company that employs nearly 34 000 people from various continents of the world and is committed to enhancing diversity and increasing the representation of women in leadership roles, while fostering an inclusive culture that drives Growing up in Swakopmund, Namibia, McLintock was exposed to mining early on, with many of her friends’ parents working at Rossing Uranium. Initially considering dentistry and geology, her proficiency in math and science led her guidance teacher to suggest metallurgy, a field she embraced after conducting her own research.

both individual and collective performance. In her new position, McLintock will oversee resource management, succession and compensation planning, change management, talent acquisition and development for the Mining & Metals Process Engineering Department. “I am honoured to take on this role,” says McLintock. “Fluor’s commitment to an inclusive and diverse workforce, supported by ongoing training through Fluor University and direct mentorship, is inspiring. Ultimately, your personal experience in any company is shaped by your direct line manager, and I have been very fortunate in having exceptional managers throughout my career.”

Today, McLintock is a professionally registered minerals processing engineer with more than 17 years of experience. Her career spans production and design across various

commodities, including diamonds, PGMs, chrome, base metals, lithium and graphite. Reflecting on her career,

Starting a project from initial test work to designing the process and successfully commissioning a plant, is immensely fulfilling. I get such a thrill seeing a plant that I designed, running smoothly.

McLintock says, “Starting a project from initial test work to designing the process and

successfully commissioning a plant, is immensely fulfilling. I get such a thrill seeing a plant that I designed, running smoothly.” Recently, she has expanded her a fantastic new challenge for me,” she says. “While many of the processes are the same as above ground, there are additional complexities that need to be considered when designing processes that will be more than 1 km underground. “Even though I’ve been underground a few times, I still feel a bit nervous when that cage door closes.” As a competent process engineer, her production experience includes both owner-managed and outsourced production management, while her project and design experience cover conceptual and feasibility studies, detailed engineering and design, and implementation projects, with extensive recent commissioning experience. She concludes by expressing her satisfaction with working at Fluor. “Being part of a team of talented and capable women at Fluor is incredibly rewarding. Fluor’s dedication to innovative design and sustainable, fit-for-purpose, solutions for our clients is commendable. Our foundational value of safety underpins all our designs.” 

expertise to support Fluor’s Underground Mining division at the Woodmead Office. “It’s

Erin McLintock is the new Organisational Unit Manager for Mining & Metals Process Engineering at Fluor in South Africa.

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