Innovation Manager - GLT Technology
Core
Lead end-to-end innovation for Glycine Leaching Technology (GLT), managing the pipeline from opportunity identification and lab testwork through piloting and commercialisation for the mining industry.
Role type
Senior IC innovation manager (hydrometallurgy)
Builds
GLT technology pipeline (new applications, commodities, ore types, flowsheet improvements)
Domain
Mining industry + Hydrometallurgy
Required skills
hydrometallurgical process design, laboratory and bench-scale testwork management, techno-economic evaluation, multi-disciplinary team leadership, patent filing and invention capture, project management (classical/agile), budget management
Preferred skills
non-cyanide lixiviants experience, university/research institution collaboration
Technologies
molecular modelling, patent filing systems
Responsibilities
Define and own the GLT innovation strategy and prioritised pipeline; design and execute laboratory testwork programmes; build techno-economic evaluations; lead a multi-disciplinary team spanning metallurgy, chemistry, and engineering; oversee invention capture and patent filing; hand validated concepts to piloting and commercialisation; draft and manage the annual innovation budget
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC