Battery Material-Cathode Active Material Consultant Job

If it isn't grown, it's mined. Our mining and metals teams help our clients to safely and sustainably mine the minerals and metals used in our everyday lives. Want to play a part of innovating and optimizing the mining life cycle on greenfield and brownfield facilities? Apply today!

This is an exciting time to join Hatch as a Battery Material - Cathode Active Material (CAM) Consultant. Hatch has created a new sector practice, Battery Market Solutions (BMS), to tackle our client's toughest challenges in the Li-ion value chain, from the mining to the recycling. As a subject matter expert, you will work with both internal staff as well as our clients to provide guidance, coordination and supervision of metallurgical/processing fieldwork, ensuring the effective execution of the Project.

Overall this role will allow you to:

• Be at the forefront of the latest developments in Battery Materials
• Utilize a strong first principle approach and deep technical process knowledge across hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy unit operations
• Gain exposure to diverse and dynamic global clients, projects, and engineering teams.
• Study, design and help construct Battery Chemical Facilities 

Tasks & Responsibilities such as, but not limited to:

• Support projects on the technical aspects ie: mass & energy balances, equipment selection, sizing and specification, process design criteria, etc.
• Support Sr. Process Engineers and Project Managers in Business Development
• Assist in studies for various related projects
• Provide process design requirements for cathode materials synthesis to the Engineering teams.
• Ensure process specifications portray the appropriate information and design intent
• Work with project team to prepare capital and operating cost estimates
• Liaise with clients, contractors, and/or field personnel as necessary to assist with meeting key deliverables 

Skills:

• Material synthesis experience of cathode material, (expertise in LFP preparation at industrial scale is particularly desirable, but not a necessity)
• Chemical or Metallurgical degree from an accredited College or University
• 10+ years experience in metallurgical field
• PEO eligible

Why join us?

• Work with great people to make a difference
• Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions
• Top employer

What we offer you?

• Flexible work environment
• Long term career development
• Think globally, work locally