Process Engineer
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. (EnergyX) has a mission to become a worldwide leader in the global transition to sustainable energy. Founded in 2018 the company is fundamentally changing the way humanity is powering our world and storing clean energy with breakthrough lithium-ion technology and energy storage solutions.
The Process Engineer will translate EnergyXs separation advances into technologies such as electrodialysis solvent extraction brine pretreatment adsorption and ion exchange scaling from bench to pilot and demonstration scale leading to commercialization. The role will lead a team responsible for process development flowsheet design simulations equipment sizing and specifications piping and developing PFDs PIDs HAZID and HAZOPs for various scales of plants. The position will be responsible for optimizing and operating demonstration plants and play a lead role in technology transfer to commercialization.
Responsibilities
Work on a team of experienced EnergyX scientists in research and development focused on disruptive materials and engineering systems to fundamentally transform scientific aspects of the energy industry including:
- Lead EnergyX novel lithium extraction materials and technologies scale-up to commercial scale.
- Engage with EPC contractors to deliver demonstration and commercial plants.
- Optimize the existing demonstration plants for the process and equipment translate pilot and demo results to process and equipment design criteria and deliver the engineering concepts to the commercial engineering.
- Manage and mentor engineering staff in materials production and process development in areas of membrane production and separation electrodialysis ion exchange/adsorption and solvent extraction.
- Track and communicate the results of laboratory and pilot projects to design production and materials engineers.
- Evaluate the state of the industry techniques and equipment for future lab and pilot testing capabilities.
- Translate process concepts to tangible process engineering design and equipment design criteria to detailed equipment sizing.
- Convert technical information from laboratory and pilot to demo and commercial process systems.
- Coordinate testing and piloting with contract laboratories.
- Interface with equipment vendors to procure equipment to specifications.
- Oversee development and implementation process plants at all scales.
- Assess competitive technologies and their applications and collaborate with R&D team to design experiments to evaluate technologies.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree or higher in Engineering (Chemical Engineering Metallurgical Engineering or Minerals Engineering)
- Minimum 5 years of work experience in process development piloting scale-up and operations.
- Hands-on experience working in the pilot and demo plants running tests process trouble-shooting and process equipment
- Understands integrating technology into overall process design.
- Experience with typical hydrometallurgical unit operations specifically membrane separation ion exchange evaporation crystallization and solvent extraction technologies.
- Experienced with project development management and delivery.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to work in a fast-paced changing priorities fuzzy scopes startup environment.
- Understanding of techniques applicable for lithium extraction separation recovery and refining.
- General knowledge of the water/brine treatment water desalination membrane energy storage and lithium industries.
- Strong knowledge of unit operation functionality including understanding the strengths and weaknesses of various unit operations and their limitations.
- Conducting engineering calculations mass and energy balances process modeling and process equipment design.
- Experienced in drafting process engineering documents such as PFD P&ID control philosophy process design criteria.
- Strong capital cost and operating cost knowledge of relevant processes equipment and unit operations.
- Integrating safety in design Process Safety HAZOP and HAZID.
- Effective communication skills as related to the board partners and investors including presentation skills at meetings and conferences.
- Capable of producing technical reports engineering drawings slides summary reports
Benefits:
- Competitive pay
- Paid time-off holidays and sick time
- 401(k) with employer match
- Equity Package
- Medical dental and vision benefits with employer contribution; voluntary benefits available
- Company-sponsored events
EnergyX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with EnergyX is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Distributed Control Systems
- Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement
- Minitab
- Root cause Analysis
- Process Engineering
- cGMP
- Kaizen
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Manufacturing
About Company
EnergyX is a clean energy technology company that builds disruptive technologies to power a sustainable future with lithium and batteries.
