With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, South America, Southern Africa, Ghana and the Philippines, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Lycopodium is currently recruiting for Principal Process Engineers to join our growing Process team in Perth.

Reporting to the Group Manager - Process, the roles involve carrying out feasibility studies and detailed design including: metallurgical testwork design and execution, flowsheet development, operating cost development, PIDs, study write ups, supervision of process engineers and process plant commissioning.

The tasks you'll perform

• Develop project reporting requirements in accordance with Company and Client standards to a high level of accuracy and professionalism.
• Respond immediately to change to ensure projects are completed on time in accordance with the contractual scope of work and services.
• Responsible and accountable for all Process design functions carried out on designated Projects, whether handled personally or delegated to subordinate staff members.
• Deliver best practice process designs in accordance with project, time, budget and technical requirements.
• Contribute to engineers in trainings professional development by providing consistent mentoring and identify avenues of development.
• Provide leadership, guidance and direction to the Process Engineering group as required.

The expertise you'll bring

• Relevant tertiary education qualifications.
• Minimum of 15+ years of combined operations/commissioning and engineering design experience.
• Experience in modeling and digitalization, in hydrometallurgy (not essential, but desirable)
• Experience in flotation, gold and/or copper, base metals or lithium processing will be considered favourably.
• Intuitive leader with the ability to initiate, lead and manage change in a complex environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to providing high quality service to clients within budget and time constraints.
• Willing to travel outside Australia on short term assignments ranging up to 6 week cycles when commissioning process plants.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
• Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.

We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.

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