Process Engineer

I. Position Description
The Solutions Process Engineer will assist to organize, manage, and plan complex lithium recycling projects for the organizations research, development, and plant implementation efforts.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Capturing and sharing best operational practices and carry out internal and external benchmarking to enhance business optimization processes.
• Ensuring operational readiness by reviewing current projects that are aligned with a standard process improvement framework and methodology.
• Facilitate alignment of roles and responsibilities within the stakeholders to ensure effective operational ramp-up.
• Define and agree on KPI's and ensure alignment with the stated production and goals in the Business Case.
• Provide a baseline standard for work to be performed directly and a detailed schedule of all activities directly related to stand operation of production to ensure operational readiness.
• Developing the basic Operational Standards to be executed at all facilities.
• Breakdown Structure classifying required business processes, people / skills requirements, and technological support, ensuring that operational readiness activities are completed on time.
• Conduct an analysis and interpret the root cause of any variances and distribute a consolidated report to the key role players to ensure corrective action is taken.
• Establish and develop an effective communication plan between key stakeholders to ensure efficient change management as and when required.
• Distribute and communicate the detailed Operational Breakdown Structure to ensure that agreement is reached prior to commencement of production.
• High level of work ethics is maintained, ensuring that workers continuously strive towards improving their own performance.
• Manage a safe and healthy work environment where workers and contractors can deliver their outputs within a controlled risk environment.
• Ensure environmental impact falls within and complies with statutory requirements.
• Leads all assigned project work demonstrating Ecobat values of Sustainability & Stewardship, Candor & Transparency, Accountability & Trust, Speed & Excellence.
• Maintain clear communication pathway between R&D lab, project execution team and operation.
• Engage and communicate with process operators to ensure a smooth start up and operation.
• Uses disciplined project management and planning methodology to deliver on project outcomes and realize results.
• Assist in creating outline tasks involved in the project and delegates accordingly.
• Communicates and collaborates with cross-functional teams to provide training and information required to promote and sell new projects, programs, and systems.
• Ensures compliance with global, country, federal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, specifications, and best practices.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects, meet deadlines and manage to schedule.
• Facilitate team member meeting agendas, minutes, and cadence for closing open issues and concerns.
• Facilitate the training and process training to site operators and managers.

II. Qualifications

• Track record for current project/operational status, create baseline standards for operations,
• Technical Process Optimization experience to assist in the implementation of new technology and processes.
• Experience of project management with learnings or certifications toward Project+, AGILE, PMP or Prince2 methodology (or equivalent) for medium to large sized projects
• Strong skills in creating and maintaining project and program plans, including risks, actions, issues, dependencies
• Highly efficient in resource planning and tasks assignment
• Knowledge creation of standard
• Knowledge of electrical sensors, instrument and control and systems integration
• Highly proficient IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS project
• Ability to escalate decisions appropriately
• Entry level learnings in Project Management concepts
• Minimum 3-5 years of successfully managing business projects across a cross-functional team.

III. Physical Requirements & Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
An employee in this position works in an environment in which safety, environmental and health concerns may demand attention. Strict adherence to Corporate and/or Plant policies, rules, and regulations in these areas is required.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at job sites. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.