Process Development Scientist

3 weeks ago


Cornwall, United Kingdom Imerys Full time
Job Summary

Role: Process Development Scientist

Salary: Competitive

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location: Stenalees, Cornwall

Imerys British Lithium is seeking a highly skilled Process Development Scientist to join our team in Cornwall.

About the Role:

You will be responsible for developing and improving novel process technologies for extracting, refining, and purifying lithium from micaceous granites. This will involve conducting bench-scale trials and experiments in the Metallurgical Laboratory and within the Pilot Plant areas, including sample collection, analysis, data collection, and data recording.

Your Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct laboratory bench-scale metallurgical and process chemistry test work at either British Lithium in-house facilities or external laboratories.
  • Ensure the safe operation of laboratory equipment, contribute to sustaining capital and improvement capital requests, log and record trial and analytical data, and technical reporting of the outcomes of bench-scale trials.
  • Deputise for the Person in Charge (PIC) of the Metallurgical Laboratory facility and equipment, or a sub-area thereof.
  • Undertake basic maintenance and calibrations of laboratory equipment.
  • Coordinate samples for analytical assays, including collecting, labelling, and shipping.
  • Ensure the safe storage, use, and disposal of chemicals in the laboratory. This includes updating COSHH records and contributing to COSHH Risk Assessments.
  • Contribute to reviewing, developing, and maintaining QA/QC policies for the collection, testing, and analysis of samples, ensuring proper chain of custody.
  • Develop experimental programmes to support process engineering design activities.
  • Produce technical memoranda, progress reports, and technical report sections for key Project phases.
  • Undertake sample collection, sample preparation, drying, filtration, splitting, crushing, pulverising, pelletising, pXRF testing.

What We Ask You in Return:

  • You will ideally be experienced in mineral and chemical process technologies within a mining environment.
  • Have a degree-level qualification in Chemistry or an earth science.
  • Have experience of working in a process laboratory environment, with knowledge of inorganic chemical processes and lithium chemistries.
  • Have knowledge of health & safety standards and COSHH regulations and, ideally, have a vocational health and safety qualification.
  • Working knowledge of process design for mineral and chemical processes.

What's in for You:

You will be working for Imerys, the world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with over 16,000 employees and over 200 sites worldwide. Imerys delivers high-value-added, functional solutions to diversified sets of industrial sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods.

We Support Your Professional Development:

  • Company sick pay entitlement after 6 months service.
  • Life Assurance.
  • Defined Contribution Pension Plan.
  • 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.
  • Income Protection for DC members.
  • Long Service awards.
  • Reward Hub & Local Discounts.
  • Flu Vouchers.
  • Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
  • Health & Wellbeing Programme.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Endeavour club (off-site gym) to help you stay fit and healthy.

Our People Are Important to Us:

Our workplaces are diverse and inclusive, and while maintaining the health, safety, and environmental standards on site, for yourself and others around you, we're an organisation with a wealth of career and development opportunities that allow you to tap into your full potential.

Position Type

Full-time

and

Permanent



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