Chemical Operator

The role

The chemical operator operates, monitors, maintains, and troubleshoots plant processes. They work in a team to manage production equipment and perform in-process analyses to maintain product specifications.

What you will do

• Remedy unsafe conditions and report conditions where immediate action cannot be accomplished.
• Perform day-to-day operations of a continuously running production line including sampling, forklift driving, and performing actions on Ignition and other HMIs.
• Start up, shut down, monitor, inspect, operate, and adjust plant equipment.
• Analyze trends in plant parameters such as temperature, pressure, pH, and flow.
• Operate production equipment including holding tanks, centrifugal pumps, leaf filters, heat exchangers, electrodeposition machines, metering pumps, wastewater treatment systems, utility manifolds, cen
• Perform routine product samples to submit for analysis.
• Work with Engineering and Manufacturing teams to ensure instructions are executed and communicated effectively across shifts.

Required qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to follow procedures precisely while maintaining situational awareness and sound judgment.
• Willingness to speak up, escalate issues early, and challenge unsafe conditions respectfully.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods while monitoring operations.
• Ability to work for long periods (up to 12 hours) in a PAPR.
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders and work in a multi-level industrial facility.
• Ability to bend, twist, lift, and carry materials and tools (up to approximately 50 lbs).
• Ability to work safely around industrial equipment, chemicals, and varying environmental conditions.

Nice to have

• Basic working knowledge of chemical plant operations and process equipment (6 months of experience preferred).
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

About the company

Redwood Materials is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries. The company has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world.