Production Equipment Engineer — Battery Recycling (24/7, Flexible PTO)

American Battery; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, and life保险

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Stock options

401(k)

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

American Battery Technology Company is seeking an Equipment Engineer to sustain and optimize our Sparks, NV battery recycling operations. You will work with the engineering team to keep 24/7 processes running smoothly, troubleshoot equipment issues and drive continuous improvements in processing steps and system operability.

The role reports to the Director of Engineering and involves developing procedures, maintenance plans, and documentation, while collaborating across IEC-61131 PLC

Qualifications

• Background in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial, or Mechatronics preferred).
• 3+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with troubleshooting and commissioning first-in-kind manufacturing lines.
• Experience implementing data-driven improvements to operational lines (DOE, Change Management).
• Experience in Statistical Process Control (SPC), Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.
• Experience troubleshooting safety systems for manufacturing lines.
• Working knowledge of mechatronics and discrete control strategies (conveyance, safety interlocks, PLC).
• Working knowledge Autodesk Software: Revit, AutoCAD and/or Navisworks.

Responsibilities

• Sustain 24/7 production operations by responding and recovering to down equipment.
• Support commissioning activities of future expansion plans for our first-in-kind battery recycling process.
• Implement process improvement projects to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Support PLC and SCADA development teams throughout the lifecycle of a project by updating, troubleshooting, and maintaining IEC-61131 compliant PLC programming languages and SCADA software.
• Work with the operations team to author documentation including Operating Procedures, Preventative Maintenance Plans, Spare Parts Lists, etc.
• Troubleshoot down equipment and implement solutions to address root cause (Conveyors, Motors, Pumps, Valves etc.).
• Produce mechanical design, manufacturing concept drawings and layouts in AutoCAD.
• Iterate on technical improvements to novel processing steps for extracting high-purity battery materials consistently from various feedstocks.
• Review and update document records for the equipment systems (e.g., Equipment Data, P&ID, Controls Narratives, Wiring Diagrams, loop diagrams, and layout drawings).

Skills

Troubleshooting

DOE

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

SPC

PLC control

Mechatronics

Autodesk Revit

AutoCAD

Navisworks

Team collaboration

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Chemical/Industrial/Mechatronics)

Tools

Autodesk Revit

AutoCAD

Navisworks

Job description

American Battery Technology Company is seeking an Equipment Engineer to sustain and optimize our Sparks, NV battery recycling operations. You will work with the engineering team to keep 24/7 processes running smoothly, troubleshoot equipment issues and drive continuous improvements in processing steps and system operability.

The role reports to the Director of Engineering and involves developing procedures, maintenance plans, and documentation, while collaborating across IEC-61131 PLC