Plant Engineer – Pilot Plant (Cell manufacturing/assembly)

Plant Engineer - Pilot Plant

About the job

Innolith is looking for an experienced Plant engineer to work with our manufacturing team on the delivery of a new lithium ion cell manufacturing facility (Pilot plant) in Europe or China.

The role will be responsible for delivering equipment services (Electricity, Compressed Air, Solvents etc..) and clean & dry environments from specification to installation, delivery & commissioning. The individual will be responsible for timing, specification & cost efficiency for all plant engineering areas of responsibility.

Key responsibilities

• Specification, supplier selection, delivery and commissioning of all equipment services & specialised environments including
  • Electricity distribution
  • Compressed air
  • Chilled and heated water
  • Demineralised water
  • Solvents / Electrolyte
  • Dust / vapor extraction
  • Clean and dry rooms

• Liaising with suppliers and critiquing design to ensure solutions are robust and designed protecting for the future.
• Ensuring equipment delivered is safe and meets local and company requirements.
• Ensuring area of responsibility is compliant with environmental regulations & permitting.
• Budget control for their process segment
• Equipment buy off – defining criteria and execution of FAT & SAT testing.
• Managing successful installation at Innolith site
• Quality verification and commissioning of equipment
• Optimisation to deliver high levels of cost efficiency.
• Ensuring all equipment and documentation is delivered and available.

The Successful candidate will have the following prior experience:

• Successful project delivery, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Procurement of services and their distribution
• Management of large contracts with multiple contractors.
• Commissioning of plant equipment
• Creation and management of timing plans.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory & safety requirements.

Non-essential but advantageous experience:

• Experience as an electrical Engineer
• Experience delivering AHU`s or dehumidification plants.
• Able to use Auto Cad for the production of engineering layouts and drawings.

Pre requisites

• Degree in Engineering or related discipline
• Commercially aware.
• Able to read Engineering Drawings
• Fluent English written & spoken
• German language highly advantageous.
• Willing to travel internationally as required
• Skilled in Microsoft Excel , Powerpoint & Word processing tools