Lab Operations Leader — Copper Recovery & Metallurgy

Cornerstone Global Partners (CGP Group); Denver (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Global Partners (CGP Group) is assisting a venture-backed mining technology company in Arvada, CO, to recruit a hands-on Lab Manager for mining and metallurgical testing. You will lead day-to-day operations, supervise technicians and researchers, and ensure safety and data quality to support R&D, scale-up, and field deployment.

The ideal candidate has 5–7+ years in mineral processing or metallurgical labs, with proven staff management, lab workflows, and hands-on sample prep.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years in a mineral processing, metallurgical testing, mining, hydrometallurgical or related technical laboratory.
• Directly managing technical staff, including technicians, research associates, scientists or engineers.
• Experience with scheduling, training, performance management and employee development.
• Hands-on experience with mineral or ore sample preparation, including crushing, splitting, sizing or pulverizing.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise, train and develop laboratory technicians and research staff.
• Own team scheduling, workload planning and day-to-day lab priorities.
• Manage sample intake, documentation, equipment, reagents, consumables and SOPs.
• Oversee crushing, splitting, sizing, pulverizing and representative sample preparation.
• Support and manage column-leach and other metallurgical testing programs.
• Monitor solution chemistry, irrigation, flow, recovery and test performance.
• Track assay data, mass balances, recovery calculations and metallurgical results.
• Coordinate with external assay laboratories and maintain high data quality.
• Partner closely with scientists, engineers and field teams to translate lab results into pilot-scale execution.
• Maintain a strong safety culture around chemicals, mineral-processing equipment and laboratory operations.

Skills

People leadership

Laboratory management

Scheduling

Safety compliance

Data analysis

Hands-on lab work

On-site collaboration

Education

Metallurgical/Min Eng degree

Job description

Cornerstone Global Partners (CGP Group) is assisting a venture-backed mining technology company in Arvada, CO, to recruit a hands-on Lab Manager for mining and metallurgical testing. You will lead day-to-day operations, supervise technicians and researchers, and ensure safety and data quality to support R&D, scale-up, and field deployment.

The ideal candidate has 5–7+ years in mineral processing or metallurgical labs, with proven staff management, lab workflows, and hands-on sample prep.