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About Hertha Metals, Inc. :
At Hertha Metals, our unwavering commitment is to revolutionize heavy industry by embracing technologies that significantly decrease carbon emissions and uplift humanity. While the global steel sector plays a crucial role in providing secure and resilient infrastructure for society, it is also responsible for 10% of worldwide CO2 emissions. Hertha Metals envisions a future that breaks away from the traditional coal-based iron and steelmaking practices of the past three centuries. Our innovative steel manufacturing process utilizes well-established chemistry to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of steel production, all while offering economic advantages to the industry.
If you aspire to be at the forefront of pioneering efforts at Hertha, this is the perfect moment to join us.
Vice President of Engineering
Your responsibilities
- Alongside the CEO, define the company's engineering vision, strategy and roadmap, aligning with overall business and impact objectives
- Lead, mentor and inspire a diverse team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement
- Oversee the design and development of Hertha's commercial-scale steelmaking furnace
- Lead the design, build-out, commissioning and operation of Hertha's pilot tests
- Responsible for maintaining or improving the speed of technology scale-up
- Create and manage the engineering budget, ensuring we optimize resources and investments to achieve our goals.
- Own inter team collaboration, ensure seamless integration between Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Embedded, Material, and Chemical Engineering.
- Maintain a hands-on engineering and leadership approach to provide technical guidance, reviews, and mentorship to the team.
- Maintain documentation of technical projects to track history and progress
- Work with industry-leading contracting firms to execute specific technical projects
- Collaborate with and manage Hertha's technical consultants to accelerate process development
- Assist growing Hertha's technical team with additional key technical hires, including subordinates and peers, and train younger engineers
- Bring a high level of safety consciousness to all work activities
- Your experience
- Bachelor's engineering degree (Metallurgy, Business, Chemical, Materials or Mechanical). Graduate degree in a relevant technical area is preferred
- Experience in successfully scaling complex technologies or chemical processes
- Proven track record of leadership and innovation in technology companies, preferably in a startup environment
- Demonstrated success in
- Strong strategic thinking and the ability to translate technical strategies into actionable plans
- Entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment
- Strong team player with demonstrated interpersonal skills. Good communicator.
Location : on-site at facility in Conroe, Texas just outside of Houston
Hertha Culture :
Inspired by the work and character of the late Hertha Ayrton, we are pioneers, innovators, and risk-takers who are mission driven towards changing the world. We are :
What we offer :
Hertha Metals is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We firmly prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. In fact, we uniquely hold our shareholders and board members to higher standards than a majority of companies. All employment decisions at Hertha Metals are based on the expertise that the position calls for, without regard to race, religion, sex, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or age.
