Plant II Manager

**Key Responsibilities :********Safety Environmental and Regulatory Leadership******• 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 requiredtraining.• Maintain strong field presence, reinforce safe work practices, and stop or correct unsafework without delay.**Plant Operations and Performance******• Direct daily Plant II operations, including startup, shutdown, production scheduling, shifthandoffs, 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, andcommercial teams to meet customer, development, and business priorities. - 1 -• Identify operating constraints and implement practical improvements that increasereliability, capacity, consistency, and cost effectiveness.**Team Leadership and Workforce Planning******• 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 continuouslearning.******Maintenance Reliability and Capital Execution******• 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 outageplanning to reduce unplanned downtime.• Support equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and capital improvementprojects; 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, stabilizeoperating conditions, and improve separation efficiency, throughput, recovery, purity, andyield.• Ensure operating procedures, control plans, sampling practices, and process changes aretechnically sound and consistently followed.• Use plant data and structured problem-solving methods to identify root causes, closecorrective actions, and standardize improvements.**Materials Vendors and Cost Control******• Manage feedstock, reagents, consumables, finished materials, waste streams, and criticalspare-parts inventory in coordination with internal stakeholders.• Oversee operating expenses and vendor performance; review purchasing needs and controlcosts while protecting safety, quality, and production requirements.• Coordinate with OEMs, EPC firms, service providers, and other external partners supportingPlant 2 operations.**Documentation and Cross Functional Coordination******• 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 commercializationactivities requiring Plant II operating information. - 2 –**Required Qualifications******• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science,Operations Management, or a related field; equivalent relevant plant leadership experiencemay 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 industrialsetting.• 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, withthe ability to balance immediate operating needs and longer-term plant development.• Ability to work onsite in an active industrial environment and provide leadership during criticalstartups, shutdowns, outages, or operating events as needed.******Preferred Qualifications******• Experience with hydrometallurgy, solvent extraction, membrane-based separations, batterymaterials, critical minerals, or metals recovery.• Experience commissioning, ramping, or expanding a new plant or production line in a fastgrowing organization.• Familiarity with lean manufacturing, reliability-centered maintenance, quality systems, andoperational performance dashboards. #J-18808-Ljbffr VDart Technical Staffing