Process Engineer

The role

The Senior Process Engineer will liaise between R&D and operations. They will focus on chemical process development, scale-up of new product execution, and sustaining technology-manufacturing readiness.

What you will do

• Lead the development and scale-up of lab processes on pilot and production scales.
• Identify potential process risks and propose and evaluate solutions to mitigate them.
• Evaluate process capability, improve process control, and deliver samples to customers.
• Conduct detailed process simulations and modeling to predict process behaviors.
• Develop, prepare, and provide detailed production and process guidelines including SOPs, process flow, safety, and quality standards.
• Improve and troubleshoot products, equipment, and process issues during production.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior scientists, engineers, and technical staff.
• Guide the R&D team and external partners in the design and execution of experiments.
• Drive chemical process design and development from concept stages to scaled production.
• Develop and model potential process designs for scale-up and cost estimating.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or a related discipline
• 3-5 years of experience in Chemical Process and/or Development Engineering
• Hands-on experience scaling processes from R&D to an operating environment
• Expertise in process modeling, development, control, and scale-up
• Coordinate and execute bench-top, pilot, manufacturing scale-up, and verification batches
• Proficient in using software for process analysis and modeling
• Sound understanding of chemical processes and their scale-up
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Strong background in analytical and quantitative skills for problem-solving

Nice to have

• Hydrometallurgy experience
• Mining experience
• Battery material experience

About the company

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company. They aim to supply critical minerals for energy, AI, and defense technologies by combining industry expertise with software and automation.