Senior In-Situ Recovery Engineer (m/w/d)
Core
Build and lead the technical foundation of the In-Situ Recovery (ISR/ISL) business line, applying proven expertise to recover critical minerals from European deposits using ultra-deep drilling technology.
Role type
Senior In-Situ Recovery Engineer (IC)
Builds
ISR wellfields, leaching strategies, and pilot projects for critical mineral extraction
Domain
Mining / In-Situ Recovery / Hydrogeology
Required skills
In-Situ Recovery (ISR/ISL) engineering, hydrogeological modeling, wellfield design, leaching strategy development, reactive-transport modeling, environmental risk assessment
Preferred skills
Field experience commissioning ISR wellfields, reactive-transport codes (PHREEQC, GoldSim, TOUGHREACT), ion exchange/solvent extraction processes, unconventional host rock adaptation
Technologies
MODFLOW, FEFLOW, PHREEQC
Responsibilities
Evaluate deposits for ISR amenability (ore-body delineation, permeability, hydrogeology, geochemistry); Design wellfield layouts (injection, production, monitoring wells); Build hydrogeological and reactive-transport models; Develop leaching strategies and lixiviant chemistry; Plan and engineer pilot wellfields end-to-end; Define monitoring and environmental-risk strategies; Integrate ultra-deep drilling technology into ISR operations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC