Essential Duties:

The Production Engineer, E&I at Redwood Materials is critical to growing and sustaining commercial operations in the battery recycling line at the McCarran, NV, USA site. The role will assist with troubleshooting and solving equipment issues alongside the operations and maintenance teams as issues arrive on the line. This role will help implement both short-term remediation actions and long-term permanent solutions to improve throughput, operability, and reliability of the line.

Responsibilities Include:

• Troubleshoot and solve electrical and instrumentation issues as they arise, collaborating with operations and maintenance teams
• Provide technical support for abnormal and non-routine operations
• Monitor line health and analyze process data to improve production line performance and quality
• Implement new data collection technology to better track and optimize production performance
• Create and modify process work instructions and standard operating procedures
• Train production operation teams on new processes and equipment
• Organize and monitor plant testing and product trials
• Identify and execute continuous improvement projects
• Lead and support incident investigations

Desired Qualifications:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 3 - 7 years of experience in an industrial plant operations environment
• Strong organizational and project management skills; previous project management experience preferred.
• Experience with industrial scale processes and equipment, including automation.
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform essential job functions in compliance with ADA, FMLA, and other relevant federal, state, and local regulations, including meeting both qualitative and quantitative productivity standards
• Ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance in line with ADA, FMLA, and applicable standards
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE), including safety gloves, helmets, and eyewear, or additional PPE when required
• Must be able to talk, listen and speak clearly on telephone
• Must be able to use a full-face respirator and powered air purifying respirator (PAPR)

Working Conditions:

• Comfortable working around hazardous waste and hazardous materials with appropriate PPE.
• Some equipment is located outdoors.
• Exposure to loud noise, extreme heat or cold, dust, fumes, or hazardous chemicals
• Role is shift-tied