Plant Manager, High-Volume Batch Chemical Manufacturing in a Brand-New, Fast-Scaling Plant

𝗥𝘂𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗻𝗲𝘄, 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝘁𝗼-𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲

A publicly traded global manufacturer of specialty chemicals and advanced electronic materials is racing to scale a breakthrough materials platform that powers the AI, electric-vehicle, datacenter, and semiconductor boom, a genuine first-to-market technology with a capital program of more than $150M behind it. The first plant is being stood up and scaled right now, and you are the leader who runs it: accountable for safe, efficient, profitable production as the site grows from build-out to full operation, fast.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲

• You want to get in at the ground floor and build, not maintain a mature, settled plant

• You are energized, not unnerved, working hands-on around reactive and hazardous chemicals (flammable solvents, corrosives) in a process-safety-first operation

• You wear many hats, flex day to day, and write the playbook as you go

• You move with urgency and make things happen yourself, a hands-on operator, not an advisor waiting for direction

• You want to be on the cutting edge of a material the world has not made at this scale before

• If you want a fully-built plant with every process already dialed in, or you would rather not work around industrial chemicals, this is not your role

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘄𝗻

• Lead all day-to-day plant operations: EHS (environment, health, and safety), production, maintenance, quality, engineering, and logistics

• Own the site's results: safety, productivity, quality, cost, delivery, and team engagement

• Drive throughput and operational excellence in a high-volume, batch chemical environment while the plant scales

• Build the systems, capacity, and team as you go; this site is being stood up, not inherited

• Lead capital investment planning, equipment upgrades, and facility improvements

• Hold a process-safety-first culture around flammable and corrosive chemistry

• Champion Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen to raise efficiency and cut waste

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

• 10 years of progressive manufacturing leadership, including plant or site leadership

• A track record running high-volume production, ideally in a batch chemical or process plant

• Comfort and credibility leading in a hazardous-chemical, process-safety-driven environment

• Financial acumen: budgeting, cost control, and capital planning

• Continuous improvement depth (Lean and/or Six Sigma)

• Bachelor's in engineering, operations, manufacturing, or business; Master's preferred

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀

• Base salary $128,636 to $192,954, plus a performance bonus

• Strong 401(k) match plus an additional company contribution, an employee stock purchase plan, medical with an employer health savings account (HSA) contribution, company-paid life and disability, and generous paid time off (PTO)

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Based on-site in Fremont, CA.

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