Mineral Processing Lead

About the role

AECOM is looking for an experienced Mineral Processing Lead to drive the growth, technical excellence and market leadership of its mineral processing business in Santiago de Chile. It is a senior leadership role combining technical depth, commercial acumen and a passion for developing people and practices, with global reach, significant autonomy and the chance to shape the future of mineral processing within a leading mining and minerals practice.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the growth, technical excellence and strategic direction of the Mineral Processing practice.
• Define technical vision and lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers and metallurgists.
• Drive business development across base metals, precious metals, critical minerals and industrial minerals markets globally.
• Act as a recognised subject matter expert and thought leader, commanding client confidence at executive level and mentoring the next generation of processing engineers.
• Deliver feasibility and scoping studies (PEA to FS), trade-off and optimisation studies, basic and detailed engineering design, owner's engineer and EPCM support, and operational reviews and troubleshooting.
• Cover greenfield plant design (500 to 100,000 tpd), brownfield expansions and retrofits, process audits, performance benchmarking, technology selection and vendor evaluation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in Metallurgical, Chemical or Mineral Processing Engineering (or a related field).
• Fluency in English and Spanish.
• Preferred: Master's or PhD in Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering, or equivalent experience and education; 15+ years of progressive experience in mineral processing design and engineering.

Required skills

• Comminution (crushing, grinding, classification)
• Gravity, flotation and magnetic separation
• Hydrometallurgy and leaching circuits
• Tailings management and water recovery
• Process simulation and modelling (MMIMS, JKSimMet)

What we offer

• Benefits depending on employment status, including medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D and disability coverage, paid time off, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance programme, business travel insurance, retirement savings plan and employee stock purchase plan.
• Training and development programmes and a global team working on projects of local and international scale.