Area Cost Engineer - Upstream

Requisition ID: 282529 

•  Relocation Authorized: National/International - Camp 
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Thacker Pass,NV 

 

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Project Overview:

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States and the next large-scale lithium mine. The project has all permits required to commence early works, which started in 2023. Engineering design and procurement of long-lead equipment is underway, construction of the Camp and Site mobilizations are in progress.

This project falls under the Lithium Americas umbrella of Lithium Nevada LLC (LN-LLC). Project site is located ~3 hours northeast of Reno at the southern end of the McDermitt 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-quality Li2CO3.

The Thacker Pass site has a flat and expansive terrain which allows for a very compact footprint and for future potential expansions.

Bechtel will have responsibility for the full EPC/EPCM scope.

 

Job Summary:

The Cost Engineer will be assigned to the project full-time, taking direction from the assigned project supervisor with GBU functional oversight for processes and procedures. 

This role will perform cost estimating, analysis, and control activities. Duties include but are not limited to: understanding the project scope and objectives, maintaining budgets, tracking cost performance and assisting with tracking of changes (trends), assisting with weekly reporting, coordinating for cost and commitments upload into Ecosys and DSCS (Digital Supply Chain), performing cash flow assessments, cost coding as requested, helping to support development of inputs for QURR, and maintaining spreadsheets required to support overall cost requirements. Additional duties may be required to perform other Project Controls development, maintenance, and monitoring activities, as well as interface with our staff in the India office and at Site.

Our expectation is for this position to help ensure reporting is completed on time with high quality, and that this person can help support PowerBI (which is already set up) for the project’s use, including internal and external customers.

This position is required to be a well-organized 'people' person with strong verbal and written communication skills. They will be able to help drive the project team members to provide timely inputs.

This site-based position will be located in Winnemucca, Nevada. Single-status, Workforce Hub (Camp) housing is