Staff Process Controls Engineer

Role Overview

Mariana Minerals is looking for a highly motivated Controls Engineer to work on building the critical minerals supply chain.

As the I&C Engineer at Mariana Minerals, 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. Responsibilities will include leading equipment and plant-wide controls infrastructure scopes from concept through to design, installation, commissioning, ramp, and handover to the operations team, and supporting the buildout of an in-house engineering team.

What You’ll Do

• Lead equipment scopes from concept and modeling validation, through procurement, engineering, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and ramp
• Manage external equipment providers, technology licensors, and engineering companies to deliver fully integrated and functional mineral refining scopes
• Drive cross-functional teams of lab technicians, pilot plant engineers, process engineers, and project engineers to lead the technical equipment scale-up and de-risk the commercialization of novel mineral refining processes
• Support the hiring, mentorship, and day-to-day management of junior engineers
• Lead selection, procurement, calibration, and installation of instruments, valves, and analyzers
• Support development of machine learning applications with an emphasis on control and optimization of industrial facilities
• Identify and support opportunities for the software and machine learning teams to automate capital project execution workflows and develop advanced plant control algorithms

What You’ll Bring

• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to leverage the understanding to solve challenging problems

Experience with equipment engineering and design. Including but not limited to:

• Brownfield equipment modifications and upgrades
• Greenfield equipment design
• Evaluation and optimization of operating equipment
• Operations support

Strong I&C fundamentals

• Minimum 7 years direct experience in networking and systems administration for control systems, including
• Network architecture design, procurement, installation, and commissioning
• Experience managing fiber installation
• Expert-level knowledge in Ignition
• Experience managing the plant network and interfacing securely with the business network
• Review of P&IDs in the development of system architecture drawings
• Experience with control system programming

Experience with the following industries and/or production environments

• Industrial manufacturing
• Large-scale mining or mineral processing
• Large-scale chemical production processes
• Engineering, procurement, and construction firms
• Experience with direct or indirect leadership of engineers and technicians
• Experience with project management and execution of medium to large scale (>$5M) capital projects