Principal Process Engineer

The role

You will lead the full technical scope of specific metal recovery projects through a stage-gated process. This includes flowsheet development, techno-economics, pilot testing, and detailed engineering from design to facility start-up.

What you will do

• Leading flowsheet development end to end
• Owning techno-economics of the flowsheet to assess project viability
• Determining where scaled testing is necessary to de-risk unit operations
• Leading pilot testing to collect data and produce product samples
• Leading basic and detailed engineering including process design and FEED
• Managing EPCM support
• Identifying, vetting, and selecting key process technology vendors
• Leading facility construction scope
• Ensuring successful facility start-up to nameplate capacity

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in process engineering including both flowsheet development and detailed engineering
• Capable of developing a hydrometallurgical process from paper, to lab, to pilot, to construction, and to operation
• Willing to author PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specifications
• Intentional about project stage-gates
• Must be willing to relocate to Chattanooga, TN
• Available to travel to customers across the United States, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Australia

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 in the critical mineral supply chain. The team includes process engineers, polymer scientists, and organic chemists with a lab in Chattanooga, TN.