Staff Technical Program Manager - Tonopah Flats Lithium Project

American Battery; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 145,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health, dental, vision, and life ins.

Parental Leave

Stock options

401(K)

Job summary

American Battery Technology Company is seeking a Technical Program Manager for the Tonopah Flats Lithium Project. You will lead all facets of technical projects from scoping to construction and commissioning of our proprietary extraction and processing facilities.

You will collaborate with executives, engineering, procurement, and construction teams to ensure successful development, scale‑up, and operation of greenfield facilities while maintaining strong quality control and monitoring protocols.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical projects from scoping through construction and commissioning.
• Strong cost management and scheduling abilities for complex engineering problems.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
• Proven ability to manage internal and external teams and drive results.

Responsibilities

• Owns design plan of record and scope definition by integrating facility needs and objectives.
• Owns permitting, program resourcing, schedule, requirements, budgets and reporting tools.
• Acts as bridge between cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between working teams and leadership.
• Leads leadership reviews, funding requests and cross-functional studies and investigations.
• Influences teams without direct reporting relationship.

Skills

Project management

Cost management

Scheduling

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Equivalent experience

Job description

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) provides technical development and commercialization of domestic, sustainable sourcing of critical battery materials through lithium-ion battery recycling and battery metal extraction technologies for use in batteries that power electric cars, grid storage applications, and consumer electronics and tools. Our first of kind systems produce commercial-scale battery materials that are sold into the battery manufacturing supply chain.

As a Technical Program Manager on our Tonopah Flats Lithium Project, you will lead and own all facets of technical projects associated with this major line of business, from scoping, resource management, technical planning and oversight of budgets, and will drive technical efforts from laboratory concept, through to construction and commissioning on a commercial scale, for our proprietary primary extraction technologies and associated solar PV + BESS facilities. You will work closely with our executive officers, project controls, R&D, engineering, procurement and construction, and our plant operations team, and various external experts to ensure the successful development of technologies and manufacturing facilities. The ideal candidate is familiar with the design, installation, commissioning, operation and scale‑up of large‑scale greenfield facilities, and should be passionate about designing, implementing, and maintaining efficient mining/refining processes, ensuring quality control of outputs, specifying equipment, crafting and deploying monitoring protocols, and working in a high‑performance and fast‑paced environment. This person will be a problem‑solver and have a keen interest in scaling processes proven at the bench‑scale up to pilot, pre‑commercial, or commercial scales. This includes a constant focus on evaluating current processing steps and proposing and developing next‑generation solutions in order to continuously improve system performance and operability. This position will report to the VP of Engineering, Procurement & Construction.

• Owns design plan of record and scope definition by integrating thorough facility needs and objectives.
• Fundamentally understands and scrutinizes technical stakeholders' requirements and translates them into project scope with clear implementation plan and obligations.
• Owns the facility scoping endeavors by pulling together cross functional teams, understands their requirements, drives project planning, defines options/tradeoffs and cost/schedule impacts, and ensures alignment between the working and leadership teams.
• Owns permitting, program resourcing, schedule, requirements, budgets and reporting tools for visibility on progress, risks, changes, etc.
• Is the bridge that secures program support between the large cross functional team required to design, plan, and build a manufacturing facility. Notably, various manufacturing teams, production, factory engineering, construction, procurement, facilities, workplace, and more.
• Often takes the lead on leadership reviews, funding requests & cross function studies and investigations.
• Proposes and initiates new projects and scopes with project teams as they are added to the plan of record.
• Influence a variety of teams without direct reporting structure.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering preferred, OR equivalent experience and evidence of extraordinary ability.
• 5-10 years of experience in the design, procurement & construction of mining and/or chemical refining projects.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and make meaningful impact to technical requirements on projects.
• Project management skills, including cost management and scheduling, and proven application of these project and program management fundamentals on complex engineering problems.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation abilities with the capacity to understand complex problems and distill the message into a clear plan.
• Flourishes under pressure and in ambiguous environments.
• Proven ability to manage internal / external teams and drive results on projects.
• A willingness and ability to learn, think outside of the box, and develop new skills.
• Experience on government grants a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company-sponsored health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Parental Leave
• Company-sponsored Employee Assistance Program
• Stock options
• 401(K)
• Flexible paid time off

Expected Pay Range

$145k - $180k per year.

Compensation for this position may vary based on a number of individualized factors, including market location, job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The total compensation package may also include additional components such as bonus, equity, and benefits, which will be detailed upon offer of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

American Battery Technology Company is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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