Senior Design Manager

Redwood Materials; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials in Sparks, NV (TRIC Reno) is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead design and engineering for construction and infrastructure initiatives from concept to production. You will coordinate across Process Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Facilities, and Production, ensuring alignment with priorities and delivering high-quality, cross-functional projects on aggressive schedules.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of multi-disciplinary design experience, PE/RA (preferred),

Qualifications

• B.S. in Architectural, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering; MS preferred.
• PE or RA license preferred.
• 5+ years of multi-disciplinary design/engineering experience.
• Experience designing manufacturing facilities and site infrastructure.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage scope and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Understand stakeholder requirements and translate into project objectives.
• Lead infrastructure and tool install projects through design to IFC.
• Manage permitting and construction documents.
• Co-manage infeed of customer requests from site teams.
• Own project funding request process for infrastructure improvements.
• Coordinate schedules with Procurement and Construction partners.
• Identify resource gaps and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Build relationships to ensure program alignment.
• Define strategies for delivery methods (Design-Bid-Build, integrated project development, fast-track).
• Apply lean construction principles and BIM-enabled design.
• Support feasibility studies and value engineering.

Skills

Project management

Multi-disciplinary design

Industrial facilities

Engineering leadership

Construction coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

MS preferred

PE or RA license preferred

Job description

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.

Senior Design Manager

Designing& buildinginfrastructure, at record speed, is key to enabling us to scale worldwide. We are looking for a highly motivated Design Manager to join our Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) team.

In this role, you will own and drive design and engineering efforts for construction and infrastructure development from concept to production. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering, construction, manufacturing, and/or project management.

Thisrole requires a highly organized mindset, a passion for driving multi-disciplinary projects, and an ability to pull people together to make things happen. You must be detail oriented, question requirements,identifyreal barriers, and drive cross-functional teams to execute quickly at high quality. You will drive collaboration between Process Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Facilities, and Production to ensure alignment with company priorities. You will translate scattered information into concise, completedocumentationand communicate it to every team member. This position will belocatedat our factory in TRIC (Tahoe Reno Industrial Center)Reno, Nevada.

Responsibilities will include:

• Fundamentally understand stakeholders’ requirements and translate them into clear projectobjectives. Distill, document, and manage scope effectively to supporthighlydynamic environment.
• Manage and lead Infrastructure and Tool Install projects through conceptualization, feasibility, funding, design (30%/60%/90%/IFC), change management, and engineering services during construction.
• Manage permitting and construction documents including transmittals and RFI’s.
• Co-manage infeed of customer requests from all site teams.
• Own project funding request process for major infrastructure improvements.
• Coordinate key project schedule requirements with our Procurement and Construction partners for the overallschedulesuccess of the project.
• Identifyresource requirements and highlight gaps and constraints across various stages for all projects. Influence various teams outside of direct reporting structure.
• Build andmaintainstrong relationships with the various cross-functional teams to ensure overall program alignment.
• Define strategies for project delivery methods includingdesignbid build, integrated project development, and fast track projects.
• Understand lean construction principles and fully integrated design using Building Information Modeling (BIM).
• Implement innovative engineering and design methodologies to supportvery aggressiveprograms and construction schedules.
• Support, lead feasibility studies, value engineering efforts, and options analysis.

Desired Qualifications:

• B.S. in Architectural, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, M.S preferred but notrequired.
• PE or RA License preferred.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary scopes within A/E or Design Engineering firms. At least 5 years’ experiencedesired.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills withabilityto understand complex problems and distill the message into a clear plantotechnical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience designing manufacturing facilities and site infrastructure including toolinstall(e.g., building, utilities, installation of manufacturing equipment).
• Fully understanding all engineering disciplines and be able todemonstrateskills to manage engineering resources.
• Experience working with codes andjurisdictionsand be able to build strong relationships with external partners.
• Advanced project management skills,demonstratedapplication of project, and program management fundamentals to complex engineering problems.
• Ability to effectively execute projects and tasks in parallel.
• Positive, enthusiastic, fast learner, can-do mindset and passionate about manufacturing infrastructure.
• Thrives under pressure and in ambiguous environments.

The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

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