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Chemical Operator

Redwood Materials
Sparks, NV Full Time
POSTED ON 4/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/26/2025
About Redwood Materials

Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 to create a circular supply chain for electric vehicles and clean energy products, making them more sustainable and driving down the cost for batteries. We're doing this by developing and deploying new technologies to increase the scope and scale of recycled and sustainable materials in the global battery supply chain.

Redwood Materials is seeking a Chemical Operator to join our team at our Storey County facility located just east of Reno, NV. This site will host multiple processing units that play a key role in Redwood's mission to close the loop on battery manufacturing. As a leader in recycling and sustainable technology, Redwood is rapidly expanding to meet growing market demand and is looking for motivated individuals to support that growth.

Our facility operates as a high-tech chemical plant with a range of complex processes and equipment types. Chemical Operators work collaboratively to operate, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot all plant systems. Operators are responsible for the performance and safety of plant operations during their shift.

Duties include in-process analyses to ensure systems remain within specified parameters, using process instrumentation and analytics to make informed decisions and adjustments. Chemical Operators at this facility are expected to take full ownership of their equipment and play a critical role in maintaining a safe, efficient, and high-quality production environment.

Responsibilities will include:

  • 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, shutdown, monitor, inspect, operate, and adjust plant equipment while meeting customer expectations.
  • Analyze trends in various plant parameters such as temperature, pressure, pH, 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, 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.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Working knowledge of chemical plant operations and equipment (6 months of relevant experience preferred)
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational and record-keeping skills
  • Skilled navigation of complicated HMI's to troubleshoot and operate equipment
  • HAZWOPER (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response) trained or the ability to obtain certification upon hire.
  • Ability to perform the necessary physical tasks associated with the position including e.g., bending, lifting, twisting climbing, standing, and walking (multiple level building)
  • Experience working in PPE, including but not limited to: safety shoes, hard hat, disposable coveralls, and Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPRs).
  • A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

Shifts:

6:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Sun–Tues (every other Wed)

6:00 PM – 6:00 AM | Sun–Tues (every other Wed) | 10% differential

6:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Thurs–Sat (every other Wed)

6:00 PM – 6:00 AM | Thurs–Sat (every other Wed) | 15% differential

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
  • Ability to complete a respiratory fit test and respiratory medical evaluation
  • Ability to work with Tyvek suits, Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR), and other personal protective equipment (PPE) for extended periods of time (up to a full shift)
  • Ability to climb ladders and stairs
  • Ability to operate and train on equipment such as forklifts, boom lifts, scissor lifts, and other specialized machinery

Working Conditions:

  • Environmental conditions - Outside, office, indoors
  • Exposures - loud noises, extreme heat/cold
  • Ability to work in difficult working conditions, including exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes, for extended periods of time
  • Essential physical requirements - climbing stairs/ladders, working a height, standing, stooping, typing
  • May be asked to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed

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

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