# Lead Engineer, Metallurgy
> **LCA (H-1B / H-1B1 / E-3)** labor certification — `I-200-25274-350765` · Certified · decided 2025-11-07
## Employer
- **Name:** MP Mine Operations LLC
- **DBA:** MP Materials
- **Location:** Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- **FEIN:** 82-0765338
- **NAICS:** 21229
## Job
- **Title:** Lead Engineer, Metallurgy
- **SOC:** 17-2131.00 — Materials Engineers
- **Workers requested:** 1
- **Worksite:** Mountain Pass, CA
- **Employment period:** 2025-12-16 → 2026-12-15
## Wage
- **Offered:** $165,000.16 per year
- **Prevailing wage:** $119,870 per Year
- **Wage level:** Level IV
## Representation
- **Attorney:** Benjamin Lau
- **Firm:** Jackson Lewis P.C.
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*Source: [DOL OFLC](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*