CAMP Associate Facility DirectorResearch OfficeFull-TimeLOA-Fiscal YearApplications received by
11/29/2026 will be guaranteed full review and consideration. Applications received after that date may be considered until an adequate applicant pool has been established.
Duties:- Direct day-to-day operation of the CAMP testing facility, including laboratory, bench-scale, pilot-scale, and demonstration-scale equipment, procedures, scheduling, maintenance, and utilization.
- Ensure compliance with university, environmental, occupational safety, and regulatory requirements, including protocols for handling ores, tailings, slags, concentrates, process chemicals, solutions, and waste materials.
- Coordinate acquisition, installation, modification, and operation of mineral-processing and analytical equipment and support development of facility operating budgets.
- Support development and demonstration of critical-mineral processing technologies, including beneficiation, flotation, leaching, separation, recovery, refining, and treatment of ores, mine wastes, tailings, slags, and other secondary resources.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary research related to metallurgy, mineral processing, geology, geochemistry, engineering, environmental science, data science, AI, and process control, including technical reports, publications, patents, and technology transfer.
- Support graduate and undergraduate research and workforce development by providing hands-on experience with industrially relevant mineral-processing equipment and processes and helping prepare the next generation of mineral-processing engineers, metallurgists, technicians, and operators.
- Establish and enforce comprehensive safety, environmental monitoring, chemical/material handling, and waste-management procedures for CAMP operations while promoting a strong safety culture among employees, students, researchers, and industry partners.
- Position is in Butte, Montana and requires full-time in-office/lab presence.
Required Qualifications:- Master's degree in metallurgy, mineral processing, chemical engineering, or a closely related field, plus 8 years of professional experience (or Ph.D. plus 5 years of professional experience) in mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, pilot-plant operations, or related industrial research.
- Demonstrated experience managing technical projects involving multiple stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience with laboratory or pilot-scale mineral-processing equipment and processes.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and manage project budgets, schedules, and technical deliverables.
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:- Demonstrated experience with mine wastes and secondary resources and with mineral-processing technologies including flotation, leaching, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, physical separation, and beneficiation.
- Demonstrated experience advancing technologies from laboratory or pilot scale toward commercial deployment, including process modeling, automation, data analytics, AI, or digital-twin applications.
- Demonstrated experience managing technical projects, facilities, personnel, and research programs, including federal or industry-sponsored projects and supervision of technical staff, students, and researchers.
- Demonstrated ability to translate research into practical engineering solutions and work effectively with industry, academia, and government, with strong communication, relationship-building, safety, environmental stewardship, and entrepreneurial skills.
Physical Demands:- Operations will primarily take place within a mineral processing plant utilizing standard industry equipment.
For full consideration application materials must be complete.Please include:
- Cover letter addressing qualifications,
- Resume
- Contact information for 3 professional references.
Application Requirements
For full consideration application materials must be complete.Any offer of employment is contingent upon a satisfactory criminal background check. 
