Staff Process Controls Engineer - Networking and Systems Administration
Mariana Minerals· Software Development
San Francisco HQ, Houston, TX$150k - $190kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Controls-focused engineering role leading equipment scopes, controls infrastructure, and in-house software for capital projects and plant optimization in a mineral refining setting.
Responsibilities
- Lead equipment scopes from concept and modeling validation, through procurement, engineering, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and ramp
- Manage external equipment providers, technology licensors, and engineering companies to deliver fully integrated and functional mineral refining scopes
- Drive cross-functional teams of lab technicians, pilot plant engineers, process engineers, and project engineers to lead the technical equipment scale-up and de-risk the commercialization of novel mineral refining processes
- Support the hiring, mentorship, and day-to-day management of junior engineers
- Lead selection, procurement, calibration, and installation of instruments, valves, and analyzers
- Support development of machine learning applications with an emphasis on control and optimization of industrial facilities
- Identify and support opportunities for the software and machine learning teams to automate capital project execution workflows and develop advanced plant control algorithms
Qualifications
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals
- Experience with equipment engineering and design (Brownfield and Greenfield)
- Operations support experience
- Minimum 7 years direct experience in networking and systems administration for control systems
- Network architecture design, procurement, installation, and commissioning
- Experience managing fiber installation
- Expert-level knowledge in Ignition
- Experience managing the plant network and interfacing securely with the business network
- Review of P&IDs in the development of system architecture drawings
- Experience with control system programming
- Industrial manufacturing environments experience
- Large-scale mining or mineral processing experience
- Large-scale chemical production processes experience
- Engineering, procurement, and construction firms experience
- Leadership of engineers and technicians
- Project management and execution of medium to large scale (> $5M) capital projects
Skills
Required:engineering fundamentalsI&C fundamentalsIgnitionnetworking and systems administration for control systemsP&ID reviewcontrol system programmingproject management
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Compensation: $150K – $190K
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Mariana Minerals
We to the Future of Minerals, verify the mineral supply chain.
Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies.
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