Metallurgy & Mineral Processing Engineer - Hybrid

SLR Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Enhanced annual leave

Support towards chartership

Ongoing training

Wellbeing support

Global project exposure

Job summary

SLR Consulting is seeking a Metallurgist / Mineral Processing Engineer to lead and support technical services in the mining and minerals sector. You will work with senior specialists on techno-economic studies, due diligence, and process optimisation across multiple commodities.

The role emphasises strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with opportunities to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and travel to project sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Degree in Metallurgy, Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering, Mineral Engineering, or 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 optimisation projects.
• Knowledge of mineral processing operations and unit processes such as comminution, flotation, gravity separation, hydrometallurgy, or related processing technologies.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to process technology, operational improvement, and optimisation projects, ensuring health, safety, environmental compliance, technical performance, schedule, cost, and quality are met.
• Coordinating activities across multidisciplinary teams including internal specialists, site personnel, contractors, and subject matter experts.
• Providing metallurgical input to techno-economic studies including scoping, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies.
• Supporting due diligence assessments and independent engineer reviews for mining and minerals projects.
• Delivering technical consulting services to operational sites and project teams across mineral processing disciplines.
• Analysing data from operations and tests to identify opportunities for process improvement.

Skills

Mineral processing

Metallurgy

Chemical engineering

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Health and safety

Education

Metallurgy degree

Chemical engineering degree

Mineral engineering degree

Tools

Industry standards

Job description

SLR Consulting is seeking a Metallurgist / Mineral Processing Engineer to lead and support technical services in the mining and minerals sector. You will work with senior specialists on techno-economic studies, due diligence, and process optimisation across multiple commodities.

The role emphasises strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with opportunities to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and travel to project sites as needed.