Mariana Minerals
Pilot Plant Operations Manager
Houston, TX · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 5 or more years supervising a multi-shift team, and 10 or more years operating pilot or commercial scale process plants; deep experience in one of pyrometallurgy or hydrometallurgy with demonstrated working exposure to the other will be considered.
- Education
- Associate or Bachelor degree in engineering, metallurgy, or chemistry, or equivalent operating experience.
About the job
Leads commissioning, staffing, and safe round-the-clock operation of an integrated pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical pilot plant, running campaigns that produce process data and product samples.
What you'll do
- Recruit, train, and manage the multi-shift operations team; set shift schedules and own operator qualification.
- Lead commissioning, startup, campaign execution, and safe operation across both process sections, including plant procedures and floor-level EHS.
- Manage operating performance, maintenance, inventory, records, contractors, and budgets; troubleshoot upsets and report operational metrics.
What they ask for
- 5 or more years supervising a multi-shift team and 10 or more years operating pilot or commercial scale process plants in minerals processing, metallurgy, or chemicals.
- Hands-on experience in both pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes; deep experience in one with demonstrated working exposure to the other will be considered.
- Proven safe handling of concentrated acids and bases, flammable solvents, and hazardous process gases; ownership of core safety work processes.
- Associate or Bachelor degree in engineering, metallurgy, or chemistry, or equivalent operating experience.
Nice to have
- Startup environment experience, where procedures and systems have to be built rather than inherited.
Tools
HMI, DCS, PLC systems, historians, PFDs, P&IDs, CMMS
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