Process Chemist - Group 14 Metals

The role

You will run chemistry at the bench and on mini-pilots. You will execute chlorination, hydrolysis, and calcination experiments on metal-bearing oxide and solid feeds to create a design basis for a plant.

What you will do

• Bench chlorination, hydrolysis and calcination experiments on metal-bearing oxide and solid feeds
• Chlorine and HCl handling
• Ion-exchange loading and elution runs on dilute metal liquors
• Breakthrough, elution, cycling and fouling studies
• Metal and impurity mass balances across chlorination, distillation, hydrolysis, recovery and calcination
• Continuous mini-pilot operation in campaigns
• Shift coverage, sampling plans and campaign reports
• Preparation and documentation of product samples and the experimental record

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry or chemical engineering
• 2+ years of laboratory process development in hydrometallurgy, inorganic or specialty chemicals
• Comfortable handling chlorine, concentrated hydrochloric acid and moisture-sensitive chlorides under nitrogen in glass and PFA equipment
• Competent with ICP-OES sample preparation, mass balance spreadsheets and clear experimental write-ups
• Ability to work in fast paced and demanding atmosphere
• Creative problem solving that brings together inorganic chemistry, careful experiment and plant thinking

Nice to have

• Master's degree
• Experience with chlorination, acid leaching, precipitation or calcination

Before you apply

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

About the company

Kunin Technologies is revolutionizing the critical mineral supply chain by implementing advanced separation technologies to capture value from overlooked resources.