Senior Chemical Process Engineer

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💎 Seniority level: Senior, Post-degree work experience

📍 Location: United States, Canada

🔍 Industry: Mining

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: Post-degree work experience

🪄 Skills: Python

A successful track record of scaling a chemical process from the bench into production.
Excellent communication skills for a highly interdisciplinary workplace.
First principle thinking and technoeconomic modeling.
Applying scientific knowledge to identify and evaluate emerging technologies.
Laboratory analytical and process control methods.
Experimental design and analysis.
An advanced degree in the physical sciences or engineering.
Post-degree work experience as a chemist, chemical or process engineer.

Identify and rigorously evaluate emerging mineral processing technologies that are suitable for ore produced by KoBold.
Develop technoeconomic models from first principles to compare mineral processing technologies.
Collaborate with KoBold's exploration teams, metallurgists, and mine engineers to understand process technology tradeoffs.
Model and simulate process flows from mine to product.
Help develop KoBold’s proprietary process modeling tools, building a deep understanding of mining and mineral processing sufficient to identify and execute on technology development opportunities.
Build partnerships, source, and contract with vendors to develop and customize chemical processing that solves KoBold’s mineral processing needs.
Design and evaluate results of lab tests to understand performance implications of bench scale results extended to plant scale.
Present to and collaborate with our external partners and stakeholders.

Posted 1 day ago

📍 United States, Canada

🧭 Full-Time

🔍 Mining

🏢 Company: Jobgether👥 11-50💰 $1,493,585 Seed about 2 years agoInternet

🔧 Requirements

Advanced degree in the physical sciences or engineering
Proven track record of scaling chemical processes from bench scale to production.
Expertise in first principle thinking, technoeconomic modeling, and process control methods.
Strong background in experimental design, laboratory analysis, and process evaluation.
Excellent communication skills for working in a highly interdisciplinary environment.
Ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively.
Passion for continuous learning, innovation, and problem-solving.
Experience with commercial process modeling software (e.g., Aspen HYSYS, METSIM) and modeling in Python is highly desirable.
Experience in geochemical and mineralogical data analysis, pyro and hydrometallurgy is a plus.

💡 Responsibilities

Identify and evaluate emerging mineral processing technologies suitable for ore produced by KoBold.
Develop technoeconomic models to compare different mineral processing technologies from first principles.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (exploration, metallurgy, mine engineering) to assess technology tradeoffs.
Simulate and model process flows from ore to final product, optimizing efficiency and performance.
Lead the development of KoBold’s proprietary process modeling tools and identify new technology development opportunities.
Build and manage partnerships with vendors to customize and implement chemical processing solutions.
Design and evaluate laboratory tests to understand performance implications and scale results for industrial use.
Present findings and collaborate with external partners and stakeholders to drive technological advancements.

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