Senior Process Engineer | Denver, CO

Mineral Processing and Metallurgy
Colorado, United States
June 12, 2026
$111,000 - $160,000 / year
Full-time
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Job Description

Company: Ausenco
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Category: Mineral Processing and Metallurgy
Job Type: Full-time
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Experience Level: Senior-Level
Salary: $111,000.00 – $160,000.00 annually

Job Summary
Ausenco is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to support execution-phase projects in the North American mining industry.

This role will contribute to critical project phases, including due diligence investigations, front-end studies such as PEA, PFS, and FS, basic engineering, and detailed engineering for construction across a variety of mineral commodities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to multidisciplinary engineering design by coordinating with other engineering disciplines, internal teams, and clients
  • Support the preparation and delivery of engineering deliverables
  • Interact with and contribute to the global Ausenco process team
  • Stay current with the latest process technology developments
  • Apply innovation and lean thinking to process design work
  • Develop and manage process scopes of work, schedules, budgets, and project deliverables
  • Ensure adherence to quality, safety, and compliance standards
  • Conduct process hazard analyses including HAZOP and LOPA
  • Support process safety systems design
  • Contribute to regulatory documentation including NI 43-101 and S-K 1300 reports
  • Support proposal development, bid strategies, and client presentations

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mineral Processing, Extractive Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent
  • Professional Engineer license required, open to any U.S. state license
  • 10+ years of experience in front-end studies, trade-off evaluations, and detailed design projects related to mineral processing
  • Experience in consulting engineering environments
  • Preferred experience in comminution, pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, ion exchange, solvent extraction, or filtration plant design
  • Experience with critical minerals, rare earth elements, precious metals, base metals, or battery metals processing preferred
  • Experience with metallurgical simulation software such as METSIM, SysCAD, or Aspen Plus
  • Demonstrated leadership in a team-based environment
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
  • Demonstrated initiative and ability to develop engineering solutions
  • Field experience in construction, commissioning, or operations is beneficial
  • Willingness to travel when required

Why This Role Matters
This role supports the delivery of complex mineral processing projects by helping develop process designs, technical studies, engineering deliverables, and regulatory documentation for mining and metals projects across North America.

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👉 Apply online: https://careers.ausenco.com/jobs/senior-process-engineer-denver-colorado-united-states-004a834f-7f1b-4991-ad7d-b1e01f236fe3

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