Senior Process Engineer / Technical Integration Lead Critical Minerals & Industrial Processing SystemsProjected Near Term Projects:- Graphite processing and logistics
- Nickel-cobalt precursor concepts
- Gallium refining and purification pathways
- Hydrometallurgical systems
- Industrial material movement
- Process validation
- Related industrial capability development efforts
Industrial Focus:This role is intended for someone who understands how real industrial systems are designed, integrated, commissioned, operated, and scaled. We are not looking for a purely academic profile. We are looking for someone who understands industrial reality.
About the RoleResponsibilities include supporting technical development and operational integration across multiple industrial processing initiatives.
Responsibilities- Support technical development and operational integration across multiple industrial processing initiatives
- Coordinate with EPCM firms, engineering partners, operators, vendors, and technical advisors
- Review and help refine flowsheets, process concepts, and industrial operating assumptions
- Assist with FEED-stage planning and technical due diligence activities
- Support process validation, throughput analysis, mass balance review, and operational readiness planning
- Help evaluate feedstock, refining, purification, precursor, and processing pathways
- Assist with industrial site evaluation and infrastructure assessment
- Coordinate technical aspects of logistics and material-handling concepts where relevant
- Support government-facing technical discussions and proposal activities
- Identify operational risks, process bottlenecks, and scale-up considerations
- Help bridge the gap between conceptual strategy and executable industrial reality
Strong candidates may come from:- Hydrometallurgical operations
- Mineral processing
- Refinery operations
- Industrial chemical processing
- SX/EW operations
- Battery materials
- Precursor chemistry
- Metals refining
- Commissioning/startup leadership
- Industrial process scale-up environments
Experience supporting government, defense, or strategically sensitive industrial programs is strongly preferred. We are especially interested in candidates who have:
- Operated real plants
- Managed industrial throughput
- Worked through commissioning/startup environments
- Solved practical operational problems
- Coordinated across technical and operational disciplines
QualificationsRequired - 10+ years of relevant industrial/process engineering experience
- Experience with large-scale industrial operations or process facilities
- Strong understanding of industrial process systems and operational integration
- Ability to operate in fast-moving and ambiguous environments
- Comfortable working across multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Practical, execution-oriented mindset
- Strong communication and coordination capabilities
Preferred But Not Required - 15+ years of relevant industrial/process engineering experience
- Experience with critical minerals or metals processing
- Experience with graphite, nickel, cobalt, gallium, rare earths, or related systems
- Government contracting or federally supported program experience
- EPCM coordination experience
- FEED or pre-FEED project experience
- Startup/commissioning leadership experience
- Military or defense-industrial familiarity
Position StructureThis role may initially operate in a consulting, fractional, advisory, or project-based capacity with opportunity to expand over time depending on project activity and funding progression. Location is flexible, though periodic travel to industrial, port, refinery, customer, or government locations may be required. We are building toward trusted operational capability inside strategically important industrial systems. The ideal candidate understands that execution, discipline, and industrial credibility matter more than narrative.
