Plant II Manager

We are building Plant II from the ground up, and we need a leader who treats it as their own. Reporting directly to the CEO, this role is for someone who is energized by building, not just maintaining; who moves fast without cutting corners on safety; and who brings a positive, can-do attitude to the hard problems that come with scaling new technology.

• You take initiative. You see what needs to be done and do it before anyone asks. You show up prepared, with the work already moving.
• You communicate before you are asked. Leadership hears about problems, progress, and plans from you first, with a clear headline and a proposed fix.
• You own the numbers. Yield, purity, throughput, uptime, and cost are yours. When the answer is unknown, you say how and when you will find it.
• You solve problems fast. You get to the root cause with data, contain issues quickly, and standardize the fix, so it stays fixed.
• You thrive in a startup. Incomplete systems, changing priorities, and first-of-a-kind equipment motivate you. You build the processes that are missing.
• You lead from the floor. Your team sees you on the plant floor every day, and your standards, energy, and positivity set the tone.
• You are hungry. You want to build something that matters, and you measure yourself by results, not activity.

Momentum Technologies is seeking an experienced, hands-on Plant II Manager to oversee construction handover, commissioning, startup, ramp-up, and daily operations at its Carrollton, Texas facility. This leader will translate MTI's MSX® process into disciplined, high-performing operations, with accountability for safety, production, yield, quality, cost, and continuous improvement. The role partners closely with engineering, research and development, product development, HSE, laboratory, and business leaders to advance commercial deployment.

Momentum Technologies (MTI) provides scalable, sustainable, and commercially attractive processing technologies to the energy storage, mobility, and manufacturing sectors. MTI recovers critical minerals and metals from battery scrap, end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, magnet waste, mining tailings, and processed mining residues. Our patented MSX® technology delivers high-purity metal separation with a low environmental footprint and supports a circular economy for critical materials.

• Lead Plant II through construction handover, commissioning, startup, and ramp-up, working with engineering, EPC firms, OEMs, and contractors.
• Build the operating foundation: SOPs, work instructions, shift structure, training and qualification, management of change, and operating dashboards.
• Recruit, hire, and develop the Plant II team, including supervisors, technicians, and operators.
• Own the safety culture. Ensure Plant II operates in line with MTI policies, permits, and all federal, state, and local environmental and safety requirements.
• Partner with HSE on risk assessments, management-of-change reviews, incident investigations, corrective actions, emergency response planning, and training.
• Direct daily operations, including production scheduling, startups and shutdowns, shift handoffs, operating discipline, and response to process upsets.
• Stop or correct unsafe work without delay and maintain a strong daily presence on the plant floor.

• Set and manage plant metrics for safety, throughput, yield, purity, equipment availability, downtime, operating cost, and schedule attainment.
• Maintain rigorous mass balances across the flowsheet and use them to find and close yield losses.
• Work with chemical and process engineers to stabilize unit operations and improve separation efficiency, recovery, purity, and yield.
• Use plant data and structured problem solving to identify root causes, close corrective actions, and standardize improvements.
• Develop production plans with engineering, product development, the laboratory, and commercial teams to meet customer and business priorities.

• Build preventive and corrective maintenance programs for process equipment, utilities, controls, and facility systems.
• Manage maintenance priorities, contractor work, spare-parts strategy, and outage planning to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Support equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and capital projects, ensuring every change is documented, reviewed, and safely placed into service.

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