Job Description

**Key Responsibilities :

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**Safety Environmental and Regulatory Leadership

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• Own the safety culture and ensure Plant II operates in accordance with MTI policies, permits,

environmental requirements, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.

• Partner with the HSE leader to complete risk assessments, management-of-change reviews,

incident investigations, corrective actions, emergency response planning, and required

training.

• Maintain strong field presence, reinforce safe work practices, and stop or correct unsafe

work without delay.

**Plant Operations and Performance

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• Direct daily Plant II operations, including startup, shutdown, production scheduling, shift

handoffs, operating discipline, and response to process upsets.

• Establish and manage plant performance measures for safety, throughput, yield, quality,

equipment availability, downtime, operating cost, and schedule attainment.

• Develop production plans with engineering, product development, laboratory, and

commercial teams to meet customer, development, and business priorities. - 1 -

• Identify operating constraints and implement practical improvements that increase

reliability, capacity, consistency, and cost effectiveness.

**Team Leadership and Workforce Planning

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• Lead, coach, and hold accountable plant supervisors, technicians, operators, contractors,

and other assigned personnel.

• Plan staffing and shift coverage; support recruiting, onboarding, qualification, cross-training,

performance management, and succession development.

• Set clear expectations, conduct routine opera

• meetings, and building a culture of ownership, teamwork, professionalism, and continuous

learning.

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**Maintenance Reliability and Capital Execution

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• Build and manage preventive and corrective maintenance practices for process equipment,

utilities, controls, and facility systems.

• Coordinate maintenance priorities, contractor work, spare-parts strategy, and outage

planning to reduce unplanned downtime.

• Support equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and capital improvement

projects; ensure changes are documented, reviewed, and safely placed into service.

Process Quality and Continuous Improvement

• Work with chemical and process engineers to troubleshoot unit operations, stabilize

operating conditions, and improve separation efficiency, throughput, recovery, purity, and

yield.

• Ensure operating procedures, control plans, sampling practices, and process changes are

technically sound and consistently followed.

• Use plant data and structured problem-solving methods to identify root causes, close

corrective actions, and standardize improvements.

**Materials Vendors and Cost Control

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• Manage feedstock, reagents, consumables, finished materials, waste streams, and critical

spare-parts inventory in coordination with internal stakeholders.

• Oversee operating expenses and vendor performance; review purchasing needs and control

costs while protecting safety, quality, and production requirements.

• Coordinate with OEMs, EPC firms, service providers, and other external partners supporting

Plant 2 operations.

**Documentation and Cross Functional Coordination

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• Maintain accurate SOPs, work instructions, training records, shift logs, maintenance records,

production reports, and operating dashboards.

• Provide clear, timely updates to leadership on plant performance, risks, resource needs,

incidents, and recovery plans.

• Support customer programs, technical reviews, audits, due diligence, and commercialization

activities requiring Plant II operating information. - 2 –

**Required Qualifications

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• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science,

Operations Management, or a related field; equivalent relevant plant leadership experience

may be considered.

• Seven or more years of experience in chemical, metals, materials, recycling, manufacturing,

or related plant operations, including at least three years leading people or shifts.

• Demonstrated success managing safe day-to-day operations, production priorities,

troubleshooting, maintenance coordination, and process improvement in an industrial

setting.

• Working knowledge of process flow diagrams, P&IDs, control systems, operating procedures,

hazard reviews, and management-of-change practices.

• Strong leadership, judgment, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, with

the ability to balance immediate operating needs and longer-term plant development.

• Ability to work onsite in an active industrial environment and provide leadership during critical

startups, shutdowns, outages, or operating events as needed.

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**Preferred Qualifications

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• Experience with hydrometallurgy, solvent extraction, membrane-based separations, battery

materials, critical minerals, or metals recovery.

• Experience commissioning, ramping, or expanding a new plant or production line in a fast

growing organization.

• Familiarity with lean manufacturing, reliability-centered maintenance, quality systems, and

operational performance dashboards.