Staff Chemical Engineer, Battery Recycling Plant Design and Commissioning
Profitable lithium-ion battery recycling and critical-minerals company, Nevada
| Employer | Profitable lithium-ion battery recycling and critical-minerals company, Nevada (not named) |
|---|---|
| Location | McCarran, NV (Mountain West) · On-site |
| Type & level | Full-time · Staff |
| Pay | Not stated in the posting · BLS median for chemical engineers: USD 125,040 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook (2025 national median); the source posting states no pay |
| Visa path | O-1A fit (senior candidates) |
| Role family | Critical Minerals & Rare Earth Processing Engineer |
About the role
This role leads design and commissioning of first-of-a-kind plants that recover critical minerals from battery waste, along with retrofits of existing plants. The engineer owns work from concept and economic justification through lab trials, detailed engineering and start-up. It exists to help scale the company's next generation of recycling processes.
What you'll do
- Design new recycling plants for battery waste materials and lead them from concept through commissioning
- Own brownfield retrofit and process improvement projects from scoping through full implementation
- Run cost analyses, design trade studies and process models to size equipment and predict plant performance
- Produce process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams and equipment specification sheets
- Plan and carry out testwork, lab-scale trials and plant trials to validate process designs
- Work with mechanical, controls, operations and maintenance teams to commission plants safely
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, process engineering, systems engineering or a related field
- 8+ years of chemical or process engineering with a record of delivering plant, equipment or product designs
- Experience designing flowsheets and equipment for large capital projects, including pilot-to-commercial scale-up
- Hands-on process modeling and equipment sizing that ties testwork data to full-scale implementation
- Experience with statistical analysis and metallurgical accounting tools
- Strong communication skills and the ability to lead in a matrixed team
Nice to have
Pay & benefits
Not stated in the posting · BLS median for chemical engineers: USD 125,040. The posting does not list benefits.
Pay source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook (2025 national median); the source posting states no pay. Market data, not an offer from O1DMatch.
Visa path
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