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Plant Operator - Lithium Refining
Mangrove Lithium
Delta, CAN
Full-time
Mid · 3+ years experience
Onsite
$31.25 – $43.27 / hour
Discovered 1 weeks ago
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What You’ll Do
- As a Plant Operator on our Production team, you will operate cutting-edge electrochemical, water treatment, and chemical processing equipment:
- Commission & Launch: Assist in commissioning new production equipment, refining Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and troubleshooting initial start-up workflows.
- Control & Monitor: Operate process equipment using SCADA / HMI systems (Ignition) and direct field instrumentation.
- Core Chemical Processing: Prepare chemical batches (handling acids and bases safely), monitor digestors, brine treatment, filtration systems, evaporators, boilers, crystallizers, and proprietary electrolysers.
- Problem-Solve & Maintain: Perform start-up/shutdown procedures, run controlled trial runs, diagnose equipment or process drift, and champion strict safety and environmental standards.
- Location & Shift Schedule
- Location: Tilbury Industrial Area (Delta, BC). Reliable personal transportation is strongly recommended due to shift start/end times.
- Shift Structure: Rotating shift schedule (days, nights, weekends) providing comprehensive plant coverage paired with predictable, scheduled blocks of time off.
What You Bring
- Experience: 3+ years of hands-on operator experience in chemical manufacturing, heavy industrial processing, or water/wastewater treatment.
- Chemical Safety Mindset: Strong baseline safety culture and experience handling acids, bases, and hazardous chemical reagents.
- Technical & SCADA Skills: Direct experience using HMI/SCADA systems (e.g., Ignition) and operating industrial equipment (pumps, valves, filtration, boilers, evaporators, crystallizers).
- Schematics & Analytics: Ability to read Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and follow complex process flow schematics.
- Education: High school diploma with solid foundational math and basic chemistry skills.
- Assets (Bonus Points): Prior experience with electrochemical systems, crystallization, or commissioning new greenfield facilities.
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- 3+ years of hands-on operator experience in chemical manufacturing, heavy industrial processing, or water/wastewater treatment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Assets (Bonus Points): Prior experience with electrochemical systems, crystallization, or commissioning new greenfield facilities.
About Mangrove Lithium
Metals & Mining75 employeesFounded 2013
Produces high-purity lithium chemicals using electrochemical refining technology.
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