Senior Process Engineer - ELYSIS

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At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work‑shaper, team‑shaper, idea‑shaper, world‑shaper.

There is a new, revolutionary way to make aluminum. It eliminates all greenhouse gases. And it produces oxygen! The ELYSIS technology is the greatest breakthrough in the aluminum industry since its beginnings in 1886. It has the potential to drastically reduce the environmental footprint of the global aluminum industry.

The ELYSIS technology effectively puts an end to the use of carbon anode in the aluminum smelting process. It features the newly developed breakthrough proprietary materials that are stable and do not react during the process. Thus, it eliminates all direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the aluminum smelting process and is the first technology ever that emits oxygen as its byproduct.

An unprecedented world‑class partnership of two major aluminum industry pioneers – Alcoa and Rio Tinto – led to the formation of ELYSIS, announced in 2018. The Canadian Government and the Quebec Government, through participation of Investment Quebec, have decided to support and be part of this industry revolution. The world's technology giant Apple has helped facilitate the collaboration between Alcoa and Rio Tinto on the carbon‑free smelting process and has agreed to provide ELYSIS with technical support.

ELYSIS is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with Technology Research & Development locations in Alma, Quebec, Canada, in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, United States, and in France.

ELYSIS provides a unique solution for drastic reductions in the carbon footprint of many products used in our daily lives, including transportation, construction, electrical and consumer goods industries.

ELYSIS metal is now being used by Apple (Mac Book Pro and iPhone 12 SE), AB InBev (cans), Audi (e‑tron GT wheels), and Corona (cans).

The ELYSIS US Research & Development facility is in the Alcoa Technical Center (ATC) located in New Kensington, PA, which is the birthplace of the aluminum industry. Near Pittsburgh, PA, the ATC is where the process being scaled up by ELYSIS was first developed with a dedicated team who continues to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future.

The senior process engineer will participate in the development of innovative technology. This individual will work on projects requiring engineering, design, laboratory operations, and manufacturing efforts for the industrialization and commercialization of ELYSIS electrodes. The senior process engineer will lead projects from conception through implementation.

• Create and execute technology development programs aimed at reducing industrialization scale‑up risks for critical equipment and processes.
• Support the development of technical specifications for key future commercial‑scale equipment by carrying out R&D testing, implementing new manufacturing processes, and completing continuous improvement initiatives of existing equipment.
• Lead implementation of best practices, standard operating procedures, and innovative solutions to optimize new and existing processes to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards. For example, visual cues, reusable travelers, revisions to safe work instructions.
• Responsible for solving problems to root cause: identify opportunities for improvements and implement innovative solutions required to improve material development activities.
• Perform hands‑on work requiring the ability to apply material fundamentals and technology into practical solutions and applications in laboratory‑, pilot-, and commercial‑scale environments.
• Collect process data and apply standard scientific and statistical methods to document, analyze, interpret, and optimize processes.
• Be the primary help chain for production technicians in determining product failures. Can determine where defects are generated throughout the…