Senior Process Technologist

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Process Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation in mineral processing and battery materials. This exciting opportunity offers a hybrid working model, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life while contributing to sustainable energy solutions. You will leverage your expertise in mineral processing operations and engineering design to lead projects from conception to execution, ensuring the highest standards of quality and safety. If you are passionate about making a difference in the energy sector, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Hybrid Working Model

Pension

Extra Holiday Purchase Scheme

Qualifications

• Experienced in mineral processing and battery materials processing.
• Strong knowledge of metallurgical circuit design and engineering studies.

Responsibilities

• Provide process engineering services on large projects.
• Lead the development of metallurgical circuit design and selection.

Skills

Mineral Processing Unit Operations

Comminution

Separation Techniques

Mass, Water and Energy Balances

Design Calculations

Education

Degree in Metallurgical Engineering

Advanced Degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

MS Office Suite

Process Engineering Software

Job description

Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.

Right now, we’re bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

Senior Process Engineer

Benefits: Flexible Working, Hybrid Working Model, Pension, Extra Holiday Purchase Scheme, & Many More.

You'll be:

1. The Mining, Mineral and Battery Materials business is looking to employ experienced Subject Matter Experts (SME), together with Principal and Senior Minerals Processing and Battery Materials Process Engineers.
2. They will be a global leader in Minerals Processing and Battery Materials Processing for Worley. Be able to work and travel to our offices and Client sites to provide expertise, guidance, and Minerals Processing and Battery Materials Processing design services.
3. You will provide process engineering services on large or mega projects to Worley and its customers, including technical support and supervision within the process engineering team.
4. Be experienced in undertaking engineering studies to the level of detail as guided by the study phase required by the client (scoping study, pre-feasibility, definitive or bankable feasibility or a detailed design).
5. Lead the development of metallurgical circuit design and selection using ore characterisation testwork to select the circuit configuration and to size major equipment. Use mine schedule information to refine designs.
6. Lead the engineering design for the development of studies through to detailed engineering, including assisting with capital and operating costs. Generate documentation to cover items such as circuit design philosophy, process design criteria, circuit description, process flow diagrams with mass balance, P&IDs, major equipment calculations and specifications, control philosophy and functional design specification. Be able to liaise with equipment vendors in relation to equipment selection and design.
7. Coordinating with external engineering consultants on process design as required.

You’ll be:

Experienced and knowledgeable in the following areas:

• Mineral processing unit operations including but not limited to:
• Comminution
• Separation (Gravity, Magnetic, Flotation etc)
• Classification (Screen, Cyclones, Elutriation etc)
• Solid-Liquid Separation
• Tailings handling
• Commodities
• Base Metals
• Gold
• Agitated tank plus heap leaching
• Intense cyanidation of gravity gold concentrates
• CIP, CIL and RIP circuit design and modelling
• AARL and Zadra elution circuit design
• Cyanide recovery/destruction circuit design
• Refractory gold treatment (pressure oxidation and bio-oxidation)
• Precious Metals

Core Skills

• Review of Mass, Water and Energy Balances
• Develop and/or Review PFDs and P&IDs
• Design/Develop/Supervise Testwork
• Design/Develop/Review Design Calculations

Have site experience in the following areas:

• Processing plant operations
• Plant commissioning
• Plant site troubleshooting

Be able to work with, support, guide, train, and mentor Worley engineering staff.

A strong safety leader, driving attitudes and behaviours and promoting the Worley safety culture

You’ll have

A degree in metallurgical or chemical engineering; an advanced or supplementary degree an asset; professionally qualified – Chartered status.

Excellent technical and practical engineering skills and ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to Worley and its Clients.

Excellent knowledge of applicable local and international standards and statutory and regulatory specifications.

Competent use of relevant software such as MS Office Suite and process engineering specific software.