Redwood Materials · 3 days ago
Chemical Engineer - Refining
Nevada, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Working closely with operations and maintenance teams to ensure that our processes are safe, efficient, sustainable, and continuously improving.
Leading and participating in cross-functional teams to develop and implement new process plant and equipment.
Testwork and pilot plant design and operation.
Flowsheet conceptualization and development.
Flowsheet trade-off evaluations and studies.
Process plant design.
Process plant implementation and installation assistance.
Process plant commissioning and ramp-up.
Leading and participating in research and development to meet strategic objectives.
Identifying and driving R&D to meet the short term needs of the business and address future trends in the recycling industry.
Linking R&D with the development of commercial scale equipment and processes.
Qualification
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Required
B.S. or M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related discipline.
3 – 5 years experience in a related engineering role across one or more of the three functions of the Redwood chemical engineering team.
Large scale industrial processing experience.
Operational support and track record of solving difficult chemical and metallurgical process problems and making plant improvements.
Testwork and pilot plant design and operating experience.
Process modelling (HSCSIM, SysCAD, METSIM) and equipment sizing linking testwork and pilot plant operation to real project implementation.
Trade-off studies and financial evaluation.
Process plant design and commissioning.
Track record of solving difficult chemical and metallurgical processing problems.
Experience scoping and generating experimental test plans for developing metallurgical or chemical processes.
Hands on lab experience assembling test apparatuses and executing metallurgical or chemical experiments.
Track record of linking research and development activities with successful real-world implementation.
Background in DOE and using statistical methods for interpretation of test data.
Understanding of material characterization methods such as XRD, XRF, ICP-OES/MS, SEM, PSA, TGA, GC, etc.
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!
Preferred
Experience with high temperature processes (>500°C) and thermal processing equipment (kilns, smelters, off gas treatment systems, etc.) is an asset.
Experience with hydrometallurgical unit operations including but not limited to leaching, filtration, crystallization, ion exchange, precipitation, and drying is an asset.
Metallurgical processing context of this experience is desired (mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy and electrometallurgy) but it isn't essential.
Company
Redwood Materials
Redwood Materials is a battery recycling startup that makes electric vehicles and sustainable materials for circular supply chains.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (7)
2022 (10)
2021 (5)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.82BKey Investors
US Department of EnergyT. Rowe PriceClimate Pledge Fund
2023-09-05Series D
2023-08-29Series D· $1B
2023-02-09Debt Financing· $2B
Leadership Team
JB Straubel
Founder & CEO
Colin Campbell
Chief Technology Officer
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