Director Chemical Engineering

As a Director Chemical Engineering at Redwood Materials you will have the opportunity to make the world a better place by building and leading talented teams that contribute across a wide variety of processes and projects. This role is an opportunity to implement new chemical processing plants from initial concepts through to commercial operation. The chemical engineering team has three main functions that leverage all the fields of chemical and metallurgical processing:

• Provide sound technical support and continuously improve of our commercial operations.
• Develop new processes and plants to address the immediate challenges of the recycling industry.
• Research and development to address the future challenges of recycling industry.

Responsibilities will include:

• Build and lead teams that work in closely with operations and maintenance teams to ensure that our processes are:
  • Safe.
  • Efficient.
  • Sustainable.
  • Continually improving.
• Leading and participating in cross-functional teams to develop and implement new process plant and equipment.
  • Hazard and risk identification, analysis and mitigation.
  • Development of processing strategies and mapping from the laboratory to commercial implementation.
  • Process design and project management.
  • Process plant implementation / commissioning planning and management.
• Leading and participating in research and development to meet strategic objectives.
  • Development of R&D programs and projects that link testwork, design and commercial implementation of processes and equipment.
  • Identifying and driving R&D to meet the short term needs of the business and address future trends in the recycling industry.
• Development of strategy and plans to execute on strategy.
• Management and allocation of people, material and equipment to projects ensure successful delivery of projects.

Desired Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related discipline.
• A minimum level of ten year’s experience in a related engineering role across one or more of the three functions of the Redwood chemical engineering team
  • Operations
    • Large scale industrial processing experience
    • Operational support and track record of solving difficult chemical and metallurgical process problems and making plant improvements
  • Plant Design and Commissioning
    • Lead or have had a key role in multiple steps of development of chemical processing plants from concept to commercial implementation
    • Trade-off studies and financial evaluation
    • Process plant design and commissioning
    • Track record of solving difficult chemical and metallurgical processing problems
  • Research and Development
    • Background in research and development with demonstrable outcomes.
    • Track record of solving difficult chemical and metallurgical processing problems.
    • Track record of linking of research and development activities with successful real world implementation.
  • Track record of successfully leading teams and efficient resource allocation.
  • Track record of successfully developing strategy and executing against strategy.
  • Metallurgical processing context of this experience is desired (mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy and electrometallurgy) but it isn’t essential.
  • Self motivated with a hands on approach who takes the initiative.
  • Strong written and verbal communication.
  • A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!