Principal Process Engineer – Mining & Minerals

Overview

An opportunity is available for an experienced Principal Process Engineer to join a growing Perth-based engineering team, supporting a strong pipeline of secured studies and mining projects.

Working across a range of commodities and project stages, this position will provide technical leadership across process engineering activities, ensuring the delivery of high-quality engineering solutions from early studies through to detailed design.

Responsibilities

• Lead process engineering activities across feasibility studies, engineering studies and detailed design projects.

• Provide technical direction and oversight to process engineering teams, ensuring designs meet project requirements and technical standards.

• Develop and review process design criteria, mass balances, process flowsheets, equipment specifications and technical documentation.

• Coordinate process engineering deliverables with multidisciplinary project teams.

• Ensure engineering solutions are delivered within agreed budgets, schedules and quality requirements.

• Identify and manage technical risks, design challenges and opportunities for process optimisation.

• Provide technical support to clients and mining operations, identifying opportunities to improve plant performance and operational efficiency.

• Mentor and develop process engineering personnel, supporting technical capability and professional development.

• Contribute to client engagement, proposals and business development activities.

Candidate Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering or equivalent.

• Extensive experience in mineral processing, ideally within an EPCM environment.

• Essential: Demonstrated process engineering experience with flotation circuits, ideally within gold processing operations.

• Experience delivering process engineering studies and detailed design for mining projects.

• Strong technical knowledge of mineral processing operations, including flotation, comminution and separation processes.

• Hydrometallurgical experience highly desirable.

• Experience developing process flowsheets, mass balances, process design criteria and equipment specifications.

• Proven ability to provide technical leadership and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• Strong understanding of project delivery, design requirements, constructability and operational considerations.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with clients and project stakeholders.

• Demonstrated commitment to delivering quality engineering solutions within project budgets and schedules.

• Ability to mentor and develop junior and intermediate engineers.

• Willingness to undertake domestic and international travel for site support and client engagement.

What’s on Offer

• Exposure to major mining and mineral processing projects across international markets.

• Career development and mentoring from experienced industry professionals.

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Professional membership support.

• 18 weeks paid maternity leave plus superannuation continuance.

• Employee rewards, recognition and retail discount programs.