Facility Manager / Workshop Manager (Mechanical)

Scimita Ventures is an innovation house that offers a range of technical and commercial services that synchronise together to de-risk and accelerate product development. Founded in 2017, Scimita has a strong track record of delivering scale-up and innovation projects in the energy, materials, and circular economy sectors.

We are currently seeking a Workshop / Facility Manager to join our dynamic team and make critical contributions to our scale-up and innovation projects. This pivotal role encompasses management, design, and build skill sets to ensure our project teams have the right equipment, spaces, and prototypes in-hand to successfully achieve their project outcomes.

The successful candidate will have generalised prototyping skills that enable them to work with third parties to deliver the physical solutions we require and will appreciate the demands that the pathway to commercialisation places on design. The main project our Workshop / Facility Manager will initially contribute to is focused on upscaling a novel technology for recycling lithium-ion batteries. This technology processes the ‘black mass’ from waste batteries into precursor material that can be re-used to manufacture new lithium-ion batteries.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Run our rapid prototyping workshop.
• Define the technical, safety, and client-related requirements for the equipment, consumables, spaces, prototypes, and products that are crucial to the development, testing, and scale-up activities completed in our deep tech projects.
• Design, select, procure, build, commission, and maintain our equipment, consumables, spaces, prototypes, and products.
• Form and maintain meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships with relevant third parties to bring our creations to life.
• Generate high-quality technical documentation such as specifications, design files, and testing reports for external clients and for the purposes of registering developed Intellectual Property.
• Conduct comprehensive reviews of work submitted by project stakeholders, assessing technical accuracy and the adequacy of the solutions proposed.
• Contribute to our ongoing Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) activities.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement in our prototyping and product development services.

The ideal candidate for this job will have/be:

• An engineering-based bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (such as mechanical engineering) or applied experience.
• At least 2 years of proven experience in building physical solutions and product prototyping.
• A background in equipment design for R&D-scale pilot processing plants (preferred but not essential).
• Exceedingly organised in regards to facility and equipment management.
• Familiarity with laboratory, R&D, and WHS standards and regulations, as well as those relating to specific-products and quality control.
• Comfortable with work independently, with minimal supervision, and as part of a team.
• Open minded and able to adapt quickly to new information and stakeholder requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organised with a keen eye for detail.

If this opportunity is of interest and you meet the criteria above, please APPLY or email us directly at careers@scimitaventures.com

Note: Due to the high volume of applications, we won't be able to reach out to all candidates. Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $80,000.00 – $115,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person