Principal Process Engineer – Pyrometallurgy – Glencore

Title of the Job: Principal Process Engineer – Pyrometallurgy

Location: Sudbury, ON

Job Description:

• XPS, A Glencore Company
• Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
• Competitive compensation and benefit package

XPS currently has a rewarding opportunity for a Principal Engineer – Pyrometallurgy to provide relevant, expert consulting services to our clients in high-temperature metallurgical operations. In this role you wil lead studies and business development initiatives of new processes, or modernization and decarbonization of existing process. You will also coach and mentor junior staff and technical employees.
The role is based at our facility in Sudbury, ON
The group is well equipped to address industry and client needs through on-site plant support and pyrometallurgical test work at both laboratory and pilot plant scales. Services are offered at a competitive price-to-quality ratio. We add value to our client’s project or operation through:

• On-site plant support for smelters and refineries, e.g. emission abatement strategies (SO2), raising throughput capacity, addressing impurity tolerance levels and improving product/metal quality, refractory performance, metallurgical audits, benchmarking, and de-bottlenecking.
• Laboratory and/or pilot scale test work incorporating fluid bed roasting, smelting, carbon reactivity, slag rheology and associated unit operations, in base metals .
• Flowsheet and process design criteria development for new projects or plant expansions.
• Smelter site support in furnace integrity assessments and risk analysis, along with co-ordingation of a global Glencore furnace integrity network.

Responsibilities:

• Leads and coordinates consulting services in the mining and metals processes sector.
• Actively participates in the business development by identifying opportunities and growing the client base.
• Project management ensuring profitability of the group.
• Proposal writing and presenting results to clients at a highly technical level.
• Motivates and assists with planning and execution of programs.
• Spearheads the integration of new technologies into the mainstream of process flow sheet development for clients.
• Supervise, coach and mentor departmental personnel.
• Project responsibilities range from laboratory test work to operations support.

Qualifications/Skills
The ideal candidate will possess:

• A degree in metallurgical, chemical engineering or related degree and/or related experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience in base metals (both oxide and sulphide), precious metal and rare earth pyrometallurgy
• Knowledge and experience in mineral and metallurgical extraction processes as well as in performing operating and capital cost estimates.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to thrive in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Professional Engineer; or ability to register.
• Demonstrates the ability to write complex technical reports.
• An acute business sense and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Providing client solutions that are relevant and innovative.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in budgeting, estimating and scheduling with financial modelling skills being an asset.

XPS benefits include:

• An inclusive culture that values diversity and speaking openly
• A multi-diciplinary team
• Professional development
• Variable compensation bonus program
• Global opportunities
• Opportunity to mentor and coach future experts
• Flexible schedules
• On-site wellness programs
• Telemedicine and EAP program

We thank all applicants for their interest, only successful applicants will be contacted.Accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.Please note that candidates applying for Canadian job openings should be authorized to work in Canada.

Company Name: Glencore

Salary:

Apply for the job!