Process Controls Engineer – Mineral Refining & Automation

All Aviation Jobs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Mariana Minerals is looking for a highly motivated Process Controls Engineer to work on building the critical minerals supply chain. You will lead the development and deployment of first-of-its-kind chemical refining processes, while also playing a critical role in the development of software for capital project execution and automated plant optimization.

As the Process Controls Engineer at Mariana Minerals, you will lead equipment and plant-wide controls infrastructure and programming scopes

Qualifications

• Strong engineering fundamentals and problem-solving ability.
• Experience with equipment engineering and design.
• Five+ years experience in the Siemens PLC environment.
• Experience with low voltage power distribution.
• Experience programming HMI (Ignition) and training operations personnel.
• Experience supporting installation of electrical, instrumentation, and controls equipment, including drawings and energization procedures.

Responsibilities

• Develop standards for controls programming.
• Lead equipment scopes from concept to ramp.
• Manage external providers to deliver integrated mineral refining scopes.
• Drive cross-functional teams for scale-up and de-risk commercialization.
• Support hiring and mentoring of junior process engineers.
• Develop technoeconomic models to inform business development.
• Prepare bankable engineering deliverables for financing due diligence.
• Identify and implement process engineering and project management tools.
• Identify and support opportunities for software to automate capital project workflows and develop plant control algorithms.

Skills

Siemens PLC programming

HMI development

Controls engineering

Electrical design basics

Project management

Tools

Ignition

Siemens S7 PLC

Job description

Mariana Minerals is looking for a highly motivated Process Controls Engineer to work on building the critical minerals supply chain. You will lead the development and deployment of first-of-its-kind chemical refining processes, while also playing a critical role in the development of software for capital project execution and automated plant optimization.

As the Process Controls Engineer at Mariana Minerals, you will lead equipment and plant-wide controls infrastructure and programming scopes