Senior Consultant, Advanced Mining and Mineral Production

Advanced Mining and Mineral Production

Job Description

Nexight Group is seeking part-time individuals with experience working in the mining and mineral commodity production industry. Ideal candidates will have senior-level skills in advanced research and development of novel mining extraction beneficiation and mineral processing technologies. Ideal candidates will have senior-level examples of strategic advisory roles in critical minerals supply chains. Candidates should have at a minimum 12 or more years of work experience. Work experience should align with the job duties and responsibilities described. Candidates shall have demonstrated experience working in one or more of the following: mining mineral processing extractive metallurgy.

Nexight Groupis a small technical and management consulting firm that serves avariety of clients including the Department of Energy. Adaptability critical thinking genuine curiosity and collaboration are all equally important skills to technical experience.

Please note any job offer is contingent on contract award anticipated approximately July 2026.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

These senior consultants will provide strategic and technical support across multiple DOE critical minerals andmaterials initiatives. They will work closely with government clients on strategy and programming.

Applicants should have the necessary skills to perform the following job functions:

• Supporting collaborative long-term strategy and vision discussions.
• Identification and justification of high impact commodity and supply chain priorities that align with DOE critical minerals and materials technology initiatives.
• Supportselectionof technical focus areas for mining and mineral processing RD&D funding opportunities.

• Advise ontheselectionof performance metrics and milestones for mining and mineral processing technology projects.

• Support performance evaluation of a diverse and evolving portfolio of technology innovation projects.

• Develop or contribute in review of various communication materials to support senior level updates and succinct messaging for non-experts.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

Nexights offices are in Silver Spring MD. The position is open to in-person remote or hybrid candidates. Candidates must be willing to travel including to Golden CO and the Washington D.C. area to support DOE clients. Candidates must be available to work during client business hours which are typically in the eastern time zone.

This is a primarily sedentary position in an environmentally controlled office setting although moving between work areas may berequired. Manipulating a computer keyboard or mouse and operating standard office equipment is typicallyrequiredfor this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Summary of Qualifications

Minimum:

• Degree in engineering or mining-related area of study.

• 12 years of work experiencein mining mineral processing and/or extractive metallurgy operations or an adjacent field.

• Technology experience in multiple mining and mineral processing subject areas including:

• Resource exploration and characterization

• Autonomous mining and extraction

• Mine waste management processes

• Advanced extraction processes

• Recovery of critical minerals and materials (particularly rare earth elements) from diverse feedstocks

• Coproduction/by-production and valorization processes
• One or more senior-level advisory roles in critical minerals supply chains.

• Proficiencyin Microsoft Office programs particularly Excel Word and PowerPoint.

Preferred:

• Advanced engineering or technical degree or advanced business degree.

• Greater than 20 years of professional experience inmining mineral processing and/or extractive metallurgy operations or an adjacent field.

• Experience with federally funded RD&D programs.

• Experience working with DOE program offices at the intersection of government industry National Labs and academia.

• Knowledge of the Department of Energys critical minerals programs and pressing technology challenges in domestic critical mineral and materials supply chains.

This position is not eligible for work sponsorship and requires public trust clearance.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. A reasonable range for this position is $100.00 - $150.00 an hour. A preliminary estimate for level of effort is 10-60 hours per month.

Nexight Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability marital status veteran status sexual orientation gender identity genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. This involves all phases of employment including but not limited to recruiting employment placement promotion transfer demotion reduction of workforce and termination rates of pay or other forms of compensation selection for training the use of all facilities and participation in all company-sponsored employee activities. Provisions in applicable laws providing for bona fide occupational qualifications business necessity or age limitations will be adhered to by the company where appropriate.

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