Senior Technical Advisor

Job Description

REQUIREMENTS

• At least 10 years of directly relevant metallurgy, mineral-processing or refining experience; critical-minerals experience strongly preferred.
• B.S. or higher in metallurgical, mineral-processing, chemical, mining or closely related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated work on scoping, prefeasibility/feasibility, pilot, due-diligence or operating-improvement assignments.
• Ability to distinguish conventional, emerging and unproven process technologies and explain scale-up and integration risks to decision-makers.

Preferred

• Experience with lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper, rare earths, graphite, gallium or other U.S.-designated critical minerals.
• Emerging-market project experience and familiarity with U.S. equipment, technology and service suppliers.
• Professional registration, graduate degree, Qualified Person experience or recognized industry credentials.

RESPONSIBILITES

• Lead rapid technical screens of ore-to-product pathways, recovery assumptions, process maturity, scale-up risk and infrastructure dependencies.
• Evaluate comminution, flotation, gravity/magnetic separation, leaching, solvent extraction, precipitation, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy and refining routes as applicable.
• Review metallurgical testwork, mass balances, recoveries, reagent/water/energy demand, residues, emissions, product specifications and marketability.
• Develop or review scopes, schedules and budgets for test programs, pilot plants, feasibility studies and technical assistance.
• Contribute defensible findings, risk registers, cost assumptions and implementation recommendations to concise USTDA deliverables.

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