SlipstreamJobs tracks this role from the company's public career site. Apply directly on the employer's site.
Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying critical minerals for modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. The company reimagines the minerals supply chain by combining deep industry expertise with advanced software, automation, and data-driven decision-making.
As a Senior Process Controls Engineer, you will lead the development and deployment of first-of-its-kind chemical refining processes while playing a critical role in developing software for capital project execution and automated plant optimization. You will own equipment and plant-wide controls infrastructure and programming scopes from concept through design, installation, commissioning, ramp, and handover to operations. You will also support building out an in-house engineering team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing standards for controls programming
- Leading equipment scopes from concept and modeling validation through procurement, engineering, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and ramp
- Managing external equipment providers, technology licensors, and engineering companies to deliver fully integrated mineral refining scopes
- Driving cross-functional teams (lab technicians, pilot plant engineers, process engineers, project engineers) to lead technical equipment scale-up and de-risk commercialization of novel mineral refining processes
- Hiring, mentoring, and managing junior process engineers
- Developing technoeconomic models of new project opportunities, acquisition targets, and new technologies to inform business development
- Preparing and presenting bankable engineering deliverables to support project financing partners' due diligence reviews
- Identifying, evaluating, and implementing process engineering and project management software tools
- Supporting opportunities for software and machine learning teams to automate capital project execution workflows and develop advanced plant control algorithms
REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to leverage this understanding to solve challenging problems
- Experience with equipment engineering and design, including brownfield equipment modifications and upgrades, greenfield equipment design, and evaluation and optimization of operating equipment
- Experience in industrial manufacturing, large-scale mining or mineral processing, large-scale chemical production processes, or engineering, procurement, and construction firms
- Direct or indirect leadership experience managing engineers and technicians
- Project management and execution experience with medium to large-scale capital projects (>$5M)
