Staff Design Manager, Materials

The role

You will own and drive design and engineering efforts for construction and infrastructure development from concept to production. You will drive collaboration between Process Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Facilities, and Production.

What you will do

• Translate stakeholder requirements into clear project objectives.
• Manage and lead Infrastructure and Tool Install projects from conceptualization to engineering services during construction.
• Manage permitting and construction documents including transmittals and RFIs.
• 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 Procurement and Construction partners.
• Identify resource requirements and highlight gaps and constraints.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams.
• Define strategies for project delivery methods.
• Implement innovative engineering and design methodologies.

Required qualifications

• B.S. in Architectural, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Experience designing manufacturing facilities and site infrastructure including tool install
• Fully understanding all engineering disciplines and ability to manage engineering resources
• Experience working with codes and jurisdictions
• Advanced project management skills
• Ability to effectively execute projects and tasks in parallel

Nice to have

• M.S preferred
• PE or RA License preferred
• At least 5 years’ experience managing multi-disciplinary scopes within A/E or Design Engineering firms desired
• Positive, enthusiastic, fast learner, can-do mindset and passionate about manufacturing infrastructure
• Thrives under pressure and in ambiguous environments

About the company

Redwood Materials is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America. The company recovers, refines, and redeploys critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain.