Mineral Process Engineer
Also known as: Process Engineer
Minerals process engineers transform low value, impure raw materials into commercially valuable products. The main sources of these raw materials are low grade minerals, by-products of other processing operations and recycled materials. Minerals process engineers are employed in all stages of raw materials processing.
Duties
process design and development;
process control and management;
pure and applied research;
study and apply chemical and process metallurgy techniques;
coordinate recovery of samples for laboratory analysis and
testing;
choose and operate a combination of treatments to produce the
desired quality of products at optimum efficiency; and
prepare cost budgets of operations to evaluate economic feasibility
of processes.
Skills Required
- enjoy technical and engineering work
- willing to contribute and adhere to safety requirements
- able to identify, analyse and solve problems
- good oral and written communication skills
- aptitude for computing and design
- practical and creative
- able to work as part of a team
- able to work independently
- able to accept responsibility
- interested in engineering and science.
Salary
$60 000 - $100 000
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Train for this job
- Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
- Bachelor of Science (Mineral Science)
- Bachelor of Science - Mineral Science
