Staff Design Manager

Are you ready to build America’s clean energy future with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is an American energy technology and manufacturing company. We are pioneering a new class of iron-air batteries to enable our electric grid to run on renewable, reliable, and affordable energy, every day of the year. 

Form Energy has been recognized by TIME as “One of the Best Inventions of 2023” for its battery technology and by MIT Technology Review as a “Top Climate Tech Company to Watch”. We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and are growing just as rapidly to meet demand. Our team has more than doubled in size in the past year, and continues to expand every day. We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States. Pilot production of our iron-air batteries has already begun, and later this year, production will take off to high volumes at our new factory in West Virginia. 

Working for Form Energy is more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something extraordinary. And right now might be the most exciting moment in the company’s history to join. We are assembling a team of some of the most talented and motivated individuals across the country. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, our team is determined to deliver on our mission and transform the energy landscape for the better.

Feeling energized to make a meaningful impact on the world? Then keep reading - you’ve come to the right place.

Role Description

We are looking for an exceptional Staff Design Manager to drive the design and execution of our first-in-kind battery factory and beyond. You will be an extension of the senior leadership team and will drive collaboration between factory engineering, manufacturing, construction and operations teams to ensure our plans are aligned and critical paths are tackled as effectively as possible. This is an exciting opportunity to start from a blank slate and use first principles fundamentals to execute on the Form Factory as a fully integrated product with the ambition to enable the most advanced high volume battery manufacturing in the world.

This opportunity is based out of Weirton, WV facility. Relocation assistance is available.

What you’ll do:

• Drive the factory planning, design, construction, manufacturing integration to the factory and ramp through handover to operations teams.

• “Concept to completion” ownership of your projects. Accountable for the program success.

• Own factory Plan of Record and scope definition by integrating comprehensive factory requirements, layouts, and goals.

• Own the factory scoping efforts by pulling together the cross functional teams, understanding their needs, driving technical planning, defining options/trade offs/cost/schedule/impacts, and securing alignment between the working and leadership teams. 

• Own program schedule, requirements, and reporting tools for visibility on progress, risks, changes, etc. 

• Be the bridge that secures program alignment between large cross functional teams: various manufacturing teams, production, factory engineering, construction, facilities, material flow, workplace and people spaces, and more. 

• Fundamentally understand and scrutinize technical stakeholders’ requirements and translate them into project scope with clear execution plan and responsibilities.

• Drive leadership reviews, funding requests & cross function investigations and studies.

What you’ll bring:

• 7+ years of experience on manufacturing and industrial projects from concept to delivery.

• Expertise in factory engineering design and construction.

• Experience in AutoCad, BIM & Navisworks.

• Advanced project management skills and demonstrated application of project and program management fundamentals to complex engineering problems.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to understand complex problems and distill the message into a clear plan.

• Outstanding organizational, communication, leadership, interpersonal and decision-making abilities.

• Experience managing conflicting objectives and compressed timelines within complex industrial project execution.

• Exceptional drive, sense of ownership and resourcefulness.

• Positive mindset and a passion for manufacturing infrastructure.

• Thrives under pressure and in ambiguous environments.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics or equivalent.

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Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy’s culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that. Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here. 

When it comes to you and your family’s health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents. This starts from day one. We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed. 

To build a clean and equitable energy future, we need everyone at the table. We strive to form a team as diverse as the communities we will serve with our technology, and are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.