Senior Process Controls Engineer
Responsibilities
- Develop standards for controls programming
- Lead equipment scopes from concept and modeling validation, through procurement, engineering, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and ramp
- Manage external equipment providers, technology licensors, and engineering companies to deliver fully integrated and functional mineral refining scopes
- Drive cross-functional teams of lab technicians, pilot plant engineers, process engineers, and project engineers to lead the technical equipment scale-up and de-risk the commercialization of novel mineral refining processes
- Support the hiring, mentorship, and day-to-day management of junior process engineers
- Develop technoeconomic models of new project opportunities, acquisition targets, and new technologies to inform business development
- Prepare and present bankable engineering deliverables to support project financing partners due diligence reviews
- Identify, evaluate, and implement process engineering and project management software tools
- Identify and support opportunities for the software and machine learning teams to automate capital project execution workflows and develop advanced plant control algorithms
Requirements
Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to leverage the understanding to solve challenging problems
Experience with equipment engineering and design, including but not limited to: Brownfield equipment modifications and upgrades, Greenfield equipment design, Evaluation and optimization of operating equipment
Experience with the following industries and/or production environments: Industrial manufacturing, Large-scale mining or mineral processing, Large-scale chemical production processes
Experience with Engineering, Procurement, and Construction firms
Experience with direct or indirect leadership of engineers and technicians
Experience with project management and execution of medium to large scale (> $5M) capital projects