Senior Metallurgist opportunity working for a rapidly growing lithium business promising to revolutionise the production of battery grade lithium in Europe.Job DescriptionThe purpose of the role is to lead the development, scale-up and design of novel process technologies for extracting lithium from micaceous granites.The role is accountable for the successful integration of beneficiation process technologies into the process design for the project.Leading dialogue with external parties, design engineers, and project stakeholders indefining, specifying and de-risking the process technology that will deliver lithium carbonate product to the market.Leading the process development, scale-up and derisking of the comminution and beneficiation process technologies and operating conditions as they are transferred through to commercial implementationRequirementsUniversity degree in Mineral, Process or Metallurgical EngineeringExperience in the scale-up of minerals process technologies within a mining environmentExperience in scaling process technology from bench to commercial scalesKnowledge of process engineering design deliverablesExperience in common process simulation softwares, such as MetSIM, JK SimMet, SysCAD,etc.BenefitsThe chance to be part of an entrepreneurial business whilst also being part of a larger, established Mining Group (Partner in joint-venture)Assistance with relocation costsUp to 9% employer pension contributionsLife assurances, income protection25 days holidays plus bank holidays