Senior Chemical Engineer
Redwood MaterialsRidgeville, South Carolina
Full Time
Posted October 16, 2025
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Job Description
A senior chemical engineer at Redwood Materials is responsible for supporting and improving chemical and metallurgical processes related to battery recycling, including process development, plant design, commissioning, and operational support, with a focus on sustainability and innovation in energy storage materials.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure processes are safe, efficient, sustainable, and continuously improving in collaboration with operations and maintenance teams
- Lead and participate in cross-functional teams to develop and implement new process plants and equipment
- Design, test, and operate flowsheets and pilot plants for hydrometallurgy refining processes
- Support process plant implementation, installation, commissioning, and ramp-up activities
Requirements
- A B.S. or M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related discipline
- 5 - 7 years experience in Chemical Plant Operations and or Design and Commissioning
- Experience in large scale industrial processing
- Operational support and a track record of solving difficult chemical and metallurgical process problems and making plant improvements
- Testwork and pilot plant design and operating experience
- Process modelling experience with HSCSIM, SysCAD, METSIM and equipment sizing linking testwork and pilot plant operation to real project implementation
- Experience in process plant design, implementation, installation, commissioning, and ramp-up
- Ability to work closely with operations and maintenance teams to ensure processes are safe, efficient, sustainable, and continuously improving
- Ability to lead and participate in cross-functional teams to develop and implement new process plant and equipment
- Physical ability to safely perform job duties in both office and production environments, including lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs.
- Must maintain regular and punctual attendance in alignment with company and regulatory standards
- Ability to communicate clearly both in writing and verbally
- Willingness to work in a split environment between office and production facility, including extended periods in challenging conditions with exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes while protected by PPE
- Availability to work in occasional weekends or alternate shifts to support production needs
Benefits & Perks
Compensation will be commensurate with experience
Split work environment between office and production facility
Work may involve extended periods in production environment with exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes, while protected by PPE
May require occasional work on weekends or alternate shifts to support production needs
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