Process engineer [h1.location_city]

Job Description

Job Description

AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP's technology offers a transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the fundamental economics of recycling.

Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, the Denver Post and BuiltIn Colorado have recognized AMP as one of the state's top workplaces. AMP has operations and career opportunities outside of Atlanta, Cleveland, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Europe. We're fostering an environment where passionate individuals can grow and create impact. We seek unconventional thinkers to join our mission to enable a world without waste; at AMP, your contributions have meaning and can spur change. With backing from top-tier investors and national recognition including North American Cleantech Company of the Year, we're always seeking ways to better our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to collaborate and improve in what we do. Learn more at AMPSortation.com.

AMP is hiring a Facility Process Engineer reporting to the Process Engineering Manager who can be 100% ONSITE in AMP's newest single stream facility in Commerce City, Colorado.

The primary objective of this role will be the timely execution of commission and ramp responsibilities - leading to the standardized and reliable operation of the Denver, Colorado facility. After successfully meeting contractually obligated performance requirements, the role will pivot to a reliability focus, acting as the on-ground AMP technology and process subject matter expert for commercial, engineering, and operations groups. This role will be responsible for empowering onsite resources to consistently meet production KPIs through AMP technology training, facility configuration optimization, regular facility software updates, and proactive + continuous performance monitoring.

The ideal candidate will have a diverse background in process engineering and / or field engineering, experience performing facility scale validation testing, a history of working with production operators, and demonstrated examples of data-backed decision making in a process engineering environment. The candidate should also have hands-on experience with mechanical equipment, hydraulics, motors & other rotating equipment. Any experience with industrial robotics, preventative maintenance, or reliability engineering is also considered transferable.

As our Facility Process Engineer , you will :

• Be in a 6 Month Training Program prior to the Denver, Colorado facility installation, work with onsite operation staff in Norfolk, VA to optimize the Portsmouth MSW facility and in the process become familiar with AMP ONE technology.
• Execute time study analysis of standard work to drive operational efficiencies.
• Becoming the technical leader on AMP technology and being the escalation point for onsite operations. Driving facility improvement to design engineering and own the improvement from requirement gathering to field execution.
• With assistance from the Process Engineering team and the Process Engineering Manager, execute commission, startup, and ramp of the Denver, Colorado facility.
• Execute both Software Acceptance Testing and Functional Acceptance Testing procedures for successful plant startup.
• From off-site device commissioning to breaking ground, remain onsite and / or at the point of equipment production to ensure all pre-commission tasks are completed with 0 onsite rework required.
• Drive lessons learned from each startup back to the Process Engineering Manager, for distribution to the design engineering, asset deployment, and operations groups.
• Facilitate the transition from startup to typical operations through training plant operators and facility staff on preferred process conditions and equipment operation (feeds, speeds, and configurations).
• Work with Engineering and Facilities Operations groups to execute facility reliability and improvement plans - deriving plant specific configuration standards.
• Perform before and after configuration change analysis - validating and verifying process specific performance parity or improvement across varying infeed compositions and characteristics.
• Create and / or execute test plans and analysis - with the goal of consistently meeting facility level recovery rate, throughput, and uptime requirements.
• Facilitate execution and communication of any / all AMP tech MOC processes (management of change) - ensuring smooth transition of changes across operators and operational leadership.
• Coordinate and perform full system and equipment specific performance audits, validating AMP AI and executing on customer reporting requirements.
• Train facility personnel on the operation of AMP developed equipment and act as a Tier 2 resource for plant failure escalations.
• Act as the operational expert in core AMP sorting technologies and serve as a technical escalation resource within the plant - assisting facility personnel in troubleshooting internal AMP equipment and 3rd party vendor equipment.
• Create facility operational collateral (documentation and videos) for training new plant managers and operators on standardized AMP theory of operations.
• Train operators and maintenance staff on function and troubleshooting associated with the AMP's custom facility control system and AMP sortation equipment.
• Present AMP standardized processes to new AMP facility teams as designated by Facility Ops (such as infeed management, tip floor expectations, and data tracking expectations).
• With the assistance of the Process Engineering Manager and software teams, develop and action on standardized machine performance reporting, alerting, and alarming.
• Approach performance reporting from a proactive posture, creating systems and processes to see and mediate onsite issues before they occur.

As the highest-level technical resource on the ground in AMP's newest facility, this role is pivotal to the continued success of the AMP One facilities business. This role will develop knowledge and expertise uniquely available to personnel local to the achieved success and lessons learned within a cutting-edge waste processing facility. Depending on the candidate and project success, it is reasonable to assume this role grows to incorporate responsibilities across multiple AMP One facilities.

Prior to the installation of the Commerce City, Colorado facility this position should expect to be 100% ONSITE at AMP's first of its kind municipal solid waste facility in Norfolk, VA.

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Salary & Compensation Information : $102,000 - $112,000 per year.

Equity Grant : The candidate selected for this role will be recommended for a stock option grant commensurate with the position and the candidate's qualifications.

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The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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We'll consider applications on an ongoing basis.