Hybrid Metallurgist & Mineral Processing Engineer

SLR Consulting; England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Enhanced annual leave

Professional membership fees

Training and career development

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

SLR Consulting is seeking a Metallurgist / Mineral Processing Engineer to join our Mining Advisory team. You will lead or support technical services across the mining and minerals sector, applying strong analytical skills to deliver robust, commercially viable process improvements and optimisation.

The role offers exposure to multiple commodities and processing routes, with collaboration across multidisciplinary teams worldwide.

Qualifications

• A degree in Metallurgy, Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering, Mineral Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience in mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, mining, industrial minerals, or related process industries.
• Experience supporting or delivering technical studies, operational support, process improvement, or optimization projects.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to process technology, operational improvement, and optimisation projects, ensuring health, safety, environmental, technical, schedule, cost and quality objectives.
• Coordinate activities across multidisciplinary teams including internal specialists, site personnel, contractors and SMEs.
• Provide metallurgical input to techno-economic studies (scoping, pre-feasibility, feasibility).
• Support due diligence assessments and independent engineer reviews for mining and minerals projects.
• Deliver technical consulting services to operational sites and project teams across mineral processing disciplines.
• Analyse operational and test data to identify opportunities for process improvement.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Project coordination

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Metallurgy / Mineral Processing / Chemical Engineering

Job description

SLR Consulting is seeking a Metallurgist / Mineral Processing Engineer to join our Mining Advisory team. You will lead or support technical services across the mining and minerals sector, applying strong analytical skills to deliver robust, commercially viable process improvements and optimisation.

The role offers exposure to multiple commodities and processing routes, with collaboration across multidisciplinary teams worldwide.