Senior Design Engineer

Company: 5E Advanced Materials
Location: Hesperia
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Position Title: Senior Design Engineer
Reports To: Technical Director
Location (s): Hesperia, CA corporate office location w/ some travel to the EPC vendor location. May be required to go to Newberry Springs, CA process plant if needed when plant begins to be built. Salary Range: $135,000 to $ 145,000
Company Description: 5E Boron Americas, LLC (5E BA), formerly known as Fort Cady (California) Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (5E). 5E BA's corporate office and team is currently located in Hesperia, CA and the project site is in Newberry Springs, CA. 5E BA's Borate Mine hosts a multi-generational Borate resource where boric acid will be produced for the large North American specialty chemicals market including high-end technologies such as electric vehicles, defense, and magnets. The Fort Cady project site is an exceptionally rare and large colemanite deposit.
Position Summary: The Sr. Process Design Engineer will be responsible for the design of the process for a large-scale, boric acid process plant. This role will develop and assist in the executing of the construction plan from a process standpoint, planning the commissioning strategy for the plant, creating training documents for future engineers and production personnel. The Sr. Chemical Engineer will be able to improve the design to reduce cost, improve sustainability, and maximize profitability. This person will also work with the third-party vendor data the help with the current EPC and FEL 2 and FEL 3 steps in the commercialization process.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Position:

• Develop and optimize the production processes from inception through to commissioning for the new production facility.
• Ensures the current operation is run in a safely and prioritizes safety in the future design
• Provide leadership within the emerging process group
• Work with the geologists in the wellfield and offer chemical engineering insights into solving problems with in-situ solution mining
• Build design-of-experiments for lab, pilot plant or actual production to get critical equilibrium and optimization data to feed the commercial plant design
• Ensures that the process operation is run safely.
• Presents technical results concisely and effectively to the senior management team.
• Gathers data, sets priorities, and meets critical deadlines
• Coordinate with vendors and carry-out projects with equipment evaluation, process optimization, and upgrades.
• Develops standard operating procedures (SOP's) for future daily operation. Interpersonal Competencies:
  • Extreme ownership
  • Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, discretion, and discernment in all business matters.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and team player mentality.
  • Self-motivated with the ability to take initiative, work independently and in a team environment.
  • Quick learner with the ability to adapt to consistently changing business
  • Willingness to work for a start-up company creating a novel process from the ground up in a green field construction project
  • Willing to additional tasks if needed within the engineering departmentExperience:
    • Bachelor's or master's degree in chemical engineering or related technical field.
    • 7+ years' experience in the chemical field (preferred 10 + years)
    • Demonstrated experience with developing basic engineering packages and equipment specification.
    • Working knowledge of process instrumentation, control valves, and control loops
    • Experience working with EPC's
    • Has implemented process improvements from inception to implementation especially at the pilot scale
    • Experience working with a diverse management team
      • Specific experience in process technology development, process design integration, project development, operations, commissioning, and start-up co-ordination 5E is a federally regulated company and adheres to those regulations, we are also a drug and alcohol-free workplace.
        5E is an is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
        We offer 401 k, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
        This person must live in the Southern California area, preferring the high desert area near Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, and or Adelanto, CA.
        
        
        Compensation details: 135000-145000 Yearly Salary
        
        
        
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