Pilot Plant Technician- Chemical Processing

Sublime Systems

Somerville, MA, United States

Posted on: 2025-02-04

Category: materials

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Sublime is developing a breakthrough process to make low-carbon cement. The technology replaces the industry's legacy fossil-fuel-intensive thermal calciner process with an electrochemical process that produces low-carbon cement at ambient temperatures with renewable electricity. Sublime was started in 2020, as a spin-out of Yet-Ming Chiang's lab at MIT (Form Energy, A123, American Superconductor, 24M, Desktop Metals).

Sublime Systems is a technology company commercializing affordable, ultra-low-carbon cement. Sublime's breakthrough replaces the industry's legacy fossil fuel-fired kilns with an electrochemical system that operates at ambient temperature, eliminating the use of fossil fuel and the need for limestone, resulting in low-carbon, low-embodied energy cement. This technology has the potential to drive gigaton-scale CO2 reductions in an industry responsible for 8 percent of global emissions. Sublime is backed by mission-aligned investors, including The Engine, Prime Impact Fund, Energy Impact Partners, and Lowercarbon Capital. We are building a diverse and collaborative team of folks who are "amped about cement" (pun intended), who share our values (excellence, creativity, and teamwork), and our motivation to create a better world.

Position Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to transform how the world makes cement. Sublime Systems seeks a creative and dynamic Pilot Plant Technician to support operations of our various pilot plants. The technician will be central to executing, improving upon, and maintaining procedures that enable reliable plant operation. As a member of Sublime Systems the right individual will be a key resource in the scale up of Sublime’s technology. This role is expected to be hands-on, with a significant amount of time spent engaging in pilot scale operation, testing and troubleshooting. Successful candidates will be reliable, ambitious, organized, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.

This is an in-person position located in Somerville, MA

Sublime Systems is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Responsibilities may include:

Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ensure compliance with Sublime’s EH&S protocols.

Perform necessary pre-operation and end of shift activities to ensure proper equipment start-up and operation on multiple pieces of equipment. This may include feed preparation, equipment calibration, routine maintenance, and material processing such as filterpress and drier operation.

Working and communicating closely with technical leads and process engineers to complete process development experiments.

Assist in routine investigative tear downs of process equipment.

Maintain pilot plant conditions in a fashion that facilitates cleanliness and productivity

Move reasonably sized drums of chemicals and packages of raw materials by hand or using a hand pallet jack or hand drum truck.

Move and handle bags of raw material and finished cement product, including inventory upkeep.

The ideal candidate will have:

1-5 years of experience working in an industrial lab, production, or manufacturing environment.

A strong sense for safety, organization, and attention to detail.

Ability to master existing processes while proactively seeking out new methods to improve upon them.

Some chemical processing and HMI experience

Basic understandings of laboratory and analytical testing methods

Ability to make keen observations on process anomalies

Experience operating various process equipment.

Able to lift objects up to 75 lb occasionally, climb ladders, and work on step stools

Ability to wear needed PPE, this may include full face respirator, depending on position.

Be confident, team player, bring different perspectives, and a good sense of humor.

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