Director, Chemical Engineering (Adsorption Process Technologies)

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the CTO.
• Work across multidisciplinary and project execution teams.
• Develop a project execution plan with the primary objective of designing an adsorption process that economically extracts lithium.
• Oversee and delegate tasks associated with project plan objectives.
• Organize and monitor daily activity of engineering design and laboratory work.
• Ensure all test work is carried out safely and correctly.
• Effectively provide leadership and mentorship with all technicians and engineers: direct and indirect reports.
• Execute in optimizing the adsorption process design.
• Leverage process intensification skills to innovate.
• Report findings and help direct the next steps.
• Collaborate with other managers, directors, and upper management as needed to accelerate achieving milestones.
• Provide guidance for the engineering and lab teams with test work needed to develop and test new adsorption process technologies.
• Guide technicians and engineers in work priority.
• Develop a rapid testing process that will assist in qualifying candidate customers for commercialization opportunities.
• Excel at communicating with external stakeholders and customers.
• Strong ability at technical communications for laypersons.

Qualifications

• Master or PhD degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Over 10 years of experience with an emphasis on packed column design and novel processes for material handling of ion exchange resins and/or adsorbent materials.
• Over 7 years with Detailed Engineering Design for Commercial Chemical Plants.
• Experience with synthesis and commercial development of adsorbents especially lithium sorbents is a plus.
• Proven leader in process engineering design with advanced knowledge of adsorption and ion exchange mechanisms.
• Expert in the commercial development of adsorption processes.
• Excellent Relationship skills – Requires integrated work with the project development team, must work closely with the entire lab, engineering, and project execution teams, must be able to communicate with internal and external customers.
• Self-directed and self-motivated.
• Proficient computer skills – specifically Microsoft Office, Excel and Lotus Notes databases.
• Excellent time-management, organizational, and communication skills.