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# Market evidence report — mineral-processing-engineer
Source: **38 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 38), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
## Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 19 | 50 % |
| senior | 15 | 39 % |
| lead | 2 | 5 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |
## Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | METSIM | 7 | 18 % |
| 2 | HSC Chemistry | 4 | 11 % |
| 3 | JKSimMet | 4 | 11 % |
| 4 | SysCAD | 3 | 8 % |
## Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mineral processing | 21 | 55 % |
| 2 | process optimization | 10 | 26 % |
| 3 | data analysis | 9 | 24 % |
| 4 | process engineering | 9 | 24 % |
| 5 | process design | 7 | 18 % |
| 6 | equipment sizing | 5 | 13 % |
| 7 | project management | 5 | 13 % |
| 8 | flotation | 4 | 11 % |
| 9 | mass balance calculation | 4 | 11 % |
| 10 | capacity analysis | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | comminution | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | commissioning | 3 | 8 % |
| 13 | cost estimation | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | engineering design | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | extractive metallurgy | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | flowsheet development | 3 | 8 % |
| 17 | leaching | 3 | 8 % |
| 18 | metallurgical testing | 3 | 8 % |
| 19 | process modeling | 3 | 8 % |
| 20 | regulatory compliance | 3 | 8 % |
| 21 | scale-up | 3 | 8 % |
| 22 | yield improvement | 3 | 8 % |
## Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commissioning | 4 | 11 % |
## Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | equipment specification | 4 | 11 % |
| 2 | process optimization | 4 | 11 % |
| 3 | technical report preparation | 4 | 11 % |
| 4 | client engagement | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | process design | 3 | 8 % |
## Regional breakdown
> **Corpus note:** 38 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
### US (us)
38 ads.
**Top hard skills:**
- mineral processing — 55 % (21 ads)
- process optimization — 26 % (10 ads)
- data analysis — 24 % (9 ads)
- process engineering — 24 % (9 ads)
- process design — 18 % (7 ads)
- equipment sizing — 13 % (5 ads)
- project management — 13 % (5 ads)
- flotation — 11 % (4 ads)
- mass balance calculation — 11 % (4 ads)
- capacity analysis — 8 % (3 ads)
**Top tools:**
- METSIM — 18 % (7 ads)
- HSC Chemistry — 11 % (4 ads)
- JKSimMet — 11 % (4 ads)
- SysCAD — 8 % (3 ads)
- Bruno — 5 % (2 ads)
**Seniority:** mid 50 % · senior 39 % · lead 5 % · junior 3 % · n/a 3 %
### UK (gb)
**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
## Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Mineral Processing Engineer | 4 |
| Intermediate Process Engineer (Minerals & Metals) Tucson or Denver | 2 |
| Hydro Metallurgical Process Engineer | 1 |
| Lead Process Engineer - Gold Mining, Alaska | 1 |
| Lead Process Engineer, Mineral Processing | 1 |
| Metallurgical Engineer - Junior | 1 |
| Mineral & Mining Processing Engineer | 1 |
| Mineral Process Engineer/Metallurgist | 1 |
| Mineral Processing Engineer - Design & Optimize Circuits | 1 |
| Mineral Processing Leader | 1 |
| Minerals Processing Manager | 1 |
| Onsite Process Engineer Mineral Processing & Growth | 1 |
| Principal Engineer, Mineral Processing R&I | 1 |
| Process Development Engineer (Mineral Processing) | 1 |
| Process Engineer - Mineral Processing & Innovation (Onsite) | 1 |
| Process Engineer - Mineral Processing Job Details | Hatch | 1 |
| Process Engineer (Mining) | 1 |
| Senior Metallurgical Process Engineer Mining & Metals | 1 |
| Senior Mineral Processing Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Mineral Processing Engineer - Process Design | 1 |
| Senior Mineral Processing Engineer Process Design | 1 |
| Senior Mineral Processing Engineer - Recovery Optimization | 1 |
| Senior Minerals Processing Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Process Engineer Extraction | Burlington, MA | 1 |
| Senior Process Engineer - Mineral & Chemical Plants | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.