Lead Extractive Metallurgy Engineer: Recycling & Refining

Redwood Materials Inc.; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials seeks a senior technical authority on extractive metallurgy to own the metallurgical basis of design for recycling and refining flowsheets. The role spans bench to commercial operation, with leadership in pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy and direct interactions with the CTO and CEO.

You will lead evaluation of flowsheet options, own product quality specifications, and guide scale-up across multiple plants while traveling to sites as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in extractive metallurgy, mineral processing, or metals process engineering.
• Ownership of deploying a flowsheet from pilot to commercial operation.
• Deep experience in pyrometallurgy or hydrometallurgy, preferably both.
• Hands-on operating-plant experience with travel to sites as needed.
• Experience with comminution and physical separation of heterogeneous feeds.

Responsibilities

• Serves as senior technical authority on extractive metallurgy for recycling and refining flowsheets.
• Leads evaluation and selection of flowsheet options and defensible recommendations.
• Owns metallurgical basis for product quality specs and impurity deportment.
• Directs mineral processing and mechanical separation strategy for feeds.
• Guides scale-up from bench to commercial operation, including mass/energy balances.
• Collaborates with Business Development to define pathways and feedstock pricing.

Skills

Metallurgical leadership

Flowsheet deployment

Pyrometallurgy

Hydrometallurgy

Plant operations

Technical mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Extractive Metallurgy, Mining Engineering, Mineral Processing, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline

Job description

Redwood Materials seeks a senior technical authority on extractive metallurgy to own the metallurgical basis of design for recycling and refining flowsheets. The role spans bench to commercial operation, with leadership in pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy and direct interactions with the CTO and CEO.

You will lead evaluation of flowsheet options, own product quality specifications, and guide scale-up across multiple plants while traveling to sites as required.