Hydrometallurgist

The role

You will run hydrometallurgical testwork to decide if projects survive stage gates. This involves planning and executing bench-scale tests, preparing samples, and operating laboratory equipment.

What you will do

• Planning and executing bench-scale hydrometallurgical testwork including leaching, solid-liquid separation, ion exchange, solvent extraction, precipitation, and crystallization.
• Preparing and characterizing samples including sub-sampling, head assays, and size distributions.
• Closing mass balances on every test.
• Operating and maintaining laboratory equipment such as reactors, columns, filters, mixer-settlers, and analytical instruments.
• Writing test procedures and maintaining laboratory records.
• Producing data packages behind stage-gate reports.
• Supporting pilot campaigns on site and at partner facilities, including shift coverage during continuous runs.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in metallurgical, chemical, or mineral processing engineering
• 2 to 6 years of hydrometallurgical testwork
• Fluent in leach, ion exchange, and solvent extraction bench testing with careful control of pH, temperature, and reagent addition
• Skilled in laboratory data handling including mass balances and recovery calculations
• Comfortable with analytical techniques (ICP, titration, XRD)
• Must be willing to relocate to Chattanooga, TN
• Available to travel to partner sites and laboratories in the United States and Canada

Benefits

• Relocation support will be provided

Before you apply

• Kunin will do whatever it can to secure work authorization for the right candidate

About the company

Kunin Technologies is implementing advanced separation systems to capture value from overlooked resources. The team includes process engineers, polymer scientists, and organic chemists with a 10k sq. ft. hydrometallurgical and organic synthesis lab in Chattanooga, TN.