Senior Mining Process Engineer

Company Description & Purpose

Allonnias purpose is the pursuit of sustainable solutions to the worlds toughest waste challenges because we believe waste is a failure of imagination. We develop and deploy sustainable technologies that leave the planet better than we found it creating a positive net environmental footprint. By leveraging natures own ingenuity and the power of engineered systems we deliver scalable solutions that remediate emerging contaminantsand enhance mining sustainability to extract value from waste and strengthen critical mineral supply chains.

Allonnia is a five-year-old Boston-based company looking for team members who want todevelop innovationsfor real customers solving real problems and delivering sustainable solutions to the world. Sound interesting It is! Bring your adaptability creativity team mindset and drive to commercialize technology that will make an impact for decades to come.

Mission of the Position

The primary objective of this role as part of Allonnias Application Development team is to develop and deploy sustainable solutions that help decarbonize the mining industry. Our team plays a critical role in integrating D-Solve into customers operations delivering a technology that is both economically compelling and environmentally transformative. Check out the 2-minute video of our D-Solve solution and see the kind of impact you could have by joining us.

As part of the D-Solve team you will collaborate closely with product development analytical science and the broader application development this mining process engineer role you will design and implement innovative flowsheets and deployment strategies that solve customers varied challenges using Allonnias D-Solve process. You will lead demonstrations and pilots that showcase D-Solve in real-world environments and generate analyses and insights including techno-economic assessments and mass balance evaluations that support customers capital approval processes.

Key Criteria/Requirements

• Advanced degree in engineering is preferred with a focus in mineral processing metallurgy chemical or environmental engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of engineering technical experience with increasing scope and responsibilities including product design testing/analysis engineering documentation and innovative technology development.
• Experience in mineral processing applications such as agitated leach flotation or hydrometallurgy is required.
• Experience with innovative design and evaluation of chemical processing systems including experience with operations and troubleshooting of process engineering is required.
• Experience in industrial water treatment applications involving treatment of metals such as ion exchange reverse osmosis or flocculation is a plus.
• Familiarity with engineering design software (e.g. AutoCAD).
• Demonstrated ability to work innovatively and collaboratively across teams to develop new technology.
• Ability to develop process improvements and creatively apply known approaches in new ways.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Thriving in a fast-paced environment. Must be capable of supporting multiple projects that are deadline-oriented handle interruptions and be flexible with changing tasks
• Passion for the startup environment and able to work from ground zero to help develop the team
• MSHA certification is preferred.
• Position may be remote from our Boston office/lab space; if not based in Boston at least one week per month in Boston for a quarter will be expected and then reduced as-needed
• Travel to test/customer locations for testing and validation of the D-Solve process is expected

Measurable Accountabilities

• Partner in the design of mining substrate-specificD-Solve deployment strategies that integrate seamlessly with customer mining processes.
• Drive continual improvement of deployed processes (demo and pilot) by identifying bottlenecks inefficiencies and opportunities for performance enhancement and documenting and implementing solutions.
• Develop insights from operating pilot data that inform improvements for subsequent pilot operations including identifying bottlenecks inefficiencies and opportunities for performance enhancement and documenting and implementing solutions.
• Complete assessment and preliminary design of a mobile demo unit that could accelerate innovation within Allonnias mining platform.
• Author and deliver customer-facing project reports that clearly articulate results insights and recommended next steps.
• Provide input and expertise to the R&D team to further the process engineering design of our key technologies including mass and water balance evaluations that inform scale-up and deployment decisions.
• Develop and refine process flowsheets grounded in experimental data; identify critical operating conditions and guide subsequent testing priorities.
• Lead techno-economic analysis efforts (TEA) for new applications guiding early-stage business and technical decision paths.
• Refine TEA models informed by data from demonstrations and pilot ensuring credible defensible and investment-ready analyses for customers.

Allonnias Core Values

Purposeful: Committing to work on the right things as individuals and as a company delivering impactful results as a team.

Entrepreneurial: Taking initiative innovating and acting with urgency and adaptability driving to win in the market.

Transparent: Fostering a high trust environment that embraces constructive debate achieving success together.

Key Competencies

• Tenacity
• Conceptual Ability
• Strategic Skills
• Resourcefulness
• Adaptability

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