Senior Project Controls Engineer - Bechtel Corporation : Job Details

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States and the next large-scale lithium mine. The project has commenced construction. Engineering and Procurement is well underway. Construction concrete pours started in May 2025. This project falls under the Lithium Americas umbrella of Lithium Nevada Corporation (LNC). Project site is located ~3 hours northeast of Reno at the southern end of the Mc. Dermitt Caldera in Humboldt County, NV, and ~25 miles from the Nevada-Oregon border (or ~1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, NV). The Project will be developed as an open-pit mining operation using conventional, continuous mining equipment. Given the soft, clay nature of the deposit, minimal blasting and crushing is anticipated. The ore will then be processed in a leaching circuit using sulfuric acid to liberate the lithium from the claystone. Following the leaching process, the lithium bearing solution will be purified using crystallizers and reagents to produce battery-qualit...Controls Engineer, Controls, Engineer, Project, Senior, Total Rewards, Business Services