OverviewAmerican Battery Technology Company (ABTC) is an industry-leading battery metals and critical materials technology development and commercialization company. We are seeking to hire an experienced chemical process engineer to lead the process design of our first-of-kind lithium-ion battery recycling facility and primary resource extraction technologies.

Role SummaryAs our Lead Chemical Process Engineer, this candidate will oversee all facets of chemical process design & implementation of our proprietary lithium-ion battery recycling processes and primary resource extraction technologies. This candidate will work closely with our executive officers, our engineering organization, our plant operations team, and various external experts to ensure the successful design, construction, and operations of our facilities. Our pilot plant in Fernley, Nevada will be the first integrated implementation of our multi-step processing train for the full mechanical processing, physical separations, chemical extractions, and production of commercial-scale battery metals that will be resold back into the battery manufacturing supply chain to enact a low-cost, low-environmental impact, and domestically sourced closed-loop circular economy. This position will report to the Chief Technology Officer.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be familiar with the research & development, design, installation, commissioning, and operations of first-of-kind facilities. This candidate should be passionate about designing, implementing, and maintaining efficient manufacturing processes, ensuring quality control of outputs, specifying equipment, crafting and deploying monitoring protocols, and working in a high-performance and fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will be a problem-solver and have a keen interest in scaling processes proven at the bench-scale up to pilot- or pre-commercial scales. This should include a constant focus on evaluating current processing steps and proposing and developing next-generation solutions in order to continuously improve system performance and operability.

Responsibilities:

• Research, design, and implement battery recycling & primary resource extraction systems from laboratory scale to pilot and commercial
• Design and conduct experiments to develop novel processing routes for extracting elemental battery components from battery feedstock and refining back up to cathode grade specifications.
• Size and select process engineering equipment
• Complete mass and energy process on new chemical processing designs
• Support operations and engineering by providing technical feedback of chemistry fundamentals
• Conduct laboratory analysis and coordinate test campaigns.

Qualifications:

• Background in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
• 8 years of engineering/design experience
  • Strong understanding of both organic and inorganic chemistry
  • Hydro-metallurgical background considered
• Strong understanding of analytical chemistry tools (ICP-OES, TGA, GC-MS, Ion Chromatography, etc.)
• Chemical processing background (Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Metals & Mining, Mineral Processing, etc.)

To learn more about ABTC, visit https://americanbatterytechnology.com/