Chemical and Process Engineer

The role

You will design, build, and operate copper processing and refining systems. You will take processes from first principles through design, commissioning, and production.

What you will do

• Lead process areas or systems
• Design copper processing flowsheets from feedstock through finished product
• Build mass and energy balances, process models, and size key equipment
• Select and integrate unit operations in a coherent, scalable system
• Work side by side with mechanical and controls engineers to build a functioning plant
• Lead commissioning, including hands-on troubleshooting on the plant floor
• Define operating procedures, control strategies, and process KPIs
• Analyze process data and drive improvements in yield, quality, and throughput
• Own metallurgical performance, including impurity management and product quality
• Work directly with vendors and contractors to execute quickly

Required qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering or related field, or equivalent hands-on experience demonstrating process engineering capability
• 3-8+ years process engineering experience, ideally in metals, mining, refining, or heavy industry
• Strong fundamentals in thermodynamics, reaction engineering, and separations, developed through education or practical experience
• Experience taking processes from design through commissioning into operation
• Comfortable working on the plant floor in an industrial environment
• Ability to operate with incomplete information and make sound decisions quickly
• Demonstrated ability or potential to lead projects or teams in a fast-moving environment

Nice to have

• Experience with pyrometallurgy or processing of mined or secondary materials
• Experience with copper or other non-ferrous metals
• Experience commissioning industrial equipment
• Familiarity with process control systems and instrumentation
• Startup or early-stage experience

About the company

Red Metals is rethinking the domestic copper supply chain. They are building a new model for this critical industrial layer in the United States by going straight from scrap to rod in one facility.