Shubham Verma
Engineering Director Kings Mountain Mine Project @Albemarle Corporation
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WORK HISTORY
Engineering Director Kings Mountain Mine Project @Albemarle Corporation
Kings Mountain, NC, US
Own the full engineering scope for the KMM Processing Facility and all Non-Process Infrastructure (NPI); accountable for the Engineering Execution Plan, design basis, and deliverable register from FEL-2 through Issued-for-Construction. • Serve as the primary technical interface between Albemarle and the EPCM engineering organization; set and enforce engineering standards across multi-discipline scope (process, mechanical, civil/structural, electrical, I&C, piping). • Lead stage-gate progression, define gate deliverables and readiness criteria, and drive capital cost optimization through multi-stakeholder technical alignment across owner teams, EPCM contractor, and equipment vendors. • Lead HSE-in-design integration; ensure process safety actions are formally closed with evidence prior to key funding and approval gates. • Lead technical governance for federally funded program compliance — coordinating with legal, compliance, and environmental teams to ensure engineering execution operates within DOE and DOD grant obligations. • Develop and mentor a team of discipline engineers, project engineers, and project managers; building organizational engineering capability for sustained delivery through FEED and detailed design phases.
EDUCATION
Penn State University
MS, Mining and Mineral Process Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
B.Tech, Fuel and Mineral Engineering
Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA
ABOUT SHUBHAM VERMA
I lead engineering governance and technical assurance for the Kings Mountain Mine Project at Albemarle — one of the largest domestic hard-rock lithium capital programs in the U.S, backed by $240M+ in U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Defense grant funding. My role sits at the intersection of deep process engineering and large-scale capital delivery: setting technical standards, owning stage-gate progression from FEL-2 through detailed design, and managing the full EPCM interface on a $1B+ program. Over 18+ years I\'ve built an unusual career arc — process engineer, plant commissioning manager, EPCM project director, owner-side program leader — working both sides of the contractor/owner relationship on hard-rock mining and mineral processing projects across North America, the EU, and South America. That dual perspective shapes how I think about every major technical and commercial decision. I hold a B.Tech from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and an M.S. in Mining and Mineral Processing from Penn State — the technical foundation — and an MBA from Duke\'s Fuqua School of Business, which I apply to capital allocation decisions, risk quantification, and the business case development that sits behind every major engineering choice on a program of this scale. Outside of project execution, I\'m deeply interested in how structured engineering knowledge and data can be applied to improve decision-making quality at the earliest stages of capital project development — the FEL-1/2 window where the most consequential choices are made with the least information. I think this space is significantly underserved and ripe for transformation. Licensed PE in CA, UT, WY, and NV. PMP certified. Co-author, SME Mining Reference Handbook 2nd Edition. NCEES PE Exam Committee — Mining and Mineral Processing.
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