Battery Materials Process Operator

Redwood Materials, Inc.; Nevada (IA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials is hiring a Chemical Operator to operate, monitor, and troubleshoot production lines in a full-time, on-site role. The position emphasizes safety, teamwork, and adherence to procedures while maintaining high-quality output.

Responsibilities include start-up/shut-down of lines, analyzing process data, and coordinating with Engineering and Manufacturing teams across shifts to ensure smooth operations and safe conditions.

Qualifications

• Basic working knowledge of chemical plant operations and process equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to follow procedures precisely while maintaining situational awareness and sound judgment.
• Willingness to speak up, elevate issues early, and challenge unsafe conditions respectfully.
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

Responsibilities

• Remedy unsafe conditions when found, e.g., tripping hazards and spills, and report conditions where immediate action cannot be accomplished.
• Day-to-day operations of a continuously running production line, including sampling, forklift driving, and performing actions on Ignition and other HMIs.
• Work in a team environment to start up, shut down, monitor, inspect, operate, and adjust plant equipment while meeting customer expectations.
• Analyze trends in various plant parameters such as temperature, pressure, pH, and flow to respond appropriately to process deviations with the goal to maintain product specifications and safe conditions
• Operate production equipment including, but not limited to, holding tanks, centrifugal pumps, leaf filters, heat exchangers, electrodeposition machines, metering pumps, wastewater treatment systems, utility manifolds, centrifuges, filter presses, kilns, bulk material conveyance, evaporators, crystallizers,mills, mixers,and logistical equipment.
• Perform routine product samples to submit for analysis and verify results are within expected parameters.
• Work with Engineering and Manufacturing teams to ensure instructions are executed and communicated effectively across shifts.

Skills

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Procedural discipline

Stamina

Tools

HMIs

PAPR

Forklift operation

Job description

Redwood Materials is hiring a Chemical Operator to operate, monitor, and troubleshoot production lines in a full-time, on-site role. The position emphasizes safety, teamwork, and adherence to procedures while maintaining high-quality output.

Responsibilities include start-up/shut-down of lines, analyzing process data, and coordinating with Engineering and Manufacturing teams across shifts to ensure smooth operations and safe conditions.