Teams at Lithium Americas

Supports mechanical engineering activities for plant equipment and systems, including inspections, troubleshooting, commissioning, startup, equipment data analysis, engineering calculations, drawings, documentation, reliability improvements, and vendor coordination. The role provides hands-on experience in an industrial lithium processing and construction environment while emphasizing safety, operational readiness, and collaboration with engineering, operations, maintenance, and construction teams.

Supports process engineers with plant performance analysis, mass and energy balances, technical reporting, process documentation, safety activities, commissioning, and operational support. The intern collaborates with operations, maintenance, EHS, and quality teams at an industrial lithium processing facility while following OSHA, MSHA, environmental, and site-specific safety requirements.

Oversee commissioning, startup, ramp-up, and daily operations of a new lithium processing plant. Coordinate mining, operations, maintenance, training, EHS, supply chain, and technical functions to ensure safe, compliant, reliable performance. Monitor site-wide metrics, support operational readiness, manage training alignment, identify risks and bottlenecks, coordinate planning, and drive continuous improvement. The role reports to the Site Operations Director and requires occasional travel.