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Twelve
Senior Engineering Director, Plant Development
7 months ago
About the Job
Twelve is pioneering a new industrial era with carbon transformation. We use electrochemistry to turn CO2 into critical products—fuels, chemicals, and materials—that today rely on fossil fuels. Our mission: to fundamentally change how the world makes its essential goods by transforming CO2 from a liability into a resource, building resilient, fossil-free supply chains, and advancing next-generation industry.
Job Brief
We are seeking a boots-on-the-ground Senior Engineering Director with broad experience across a variety of engineering disciplines (think electrical, modularization, process, civil, mechanical, structural, piping, control systems, etc.) to lead and oversee all key aspects of engineering, quality, and asset data management for plant design, execution, and operations, including our Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractors’ teams.
We are looking for candidates who are eager to contribute their expertise in leading design and engineering efforts to support cost-effective gas-to-liquid projects, with particular emphasis on Jet Fuel projects.
The ideal candidates are willing to relocate to Moses Lake, WA for a year and will then be able to travel frequently to or relocate again to wherever the business takes us (both domestically and internationally).
What you will do...
Translate strategy into a direction and work plan for the project team. Enable capital efficient delivery and lowest lifecycle costs of assets with technical integrity to meet project business objectives.
Develop and maintain project KPIs and provide transparent and accurate stewardship of project status to appropriate levels of Twelve leadership.
Establish the technical baseline and requirements for the projects such as: engineering deliverables, technical standards, specifications, class of plant, design criteria, procedures, guidelines and process safety requirements.
Develop and determine the adequate level of engineering scope in an increasingly complex business environment for the Engineering, Quality and Asset Data Management Plans for the project at each stage. Balance addressing Industry Governance Model practices while identifying new opportunities to create value.
Demonstrate sound decision-making and identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency gains throughout the project lifecycle. Implement best practices and lessons learned from previous projects to drive continuous improvement and optimize project outcomes.
Champion our Safety culture and demonstrate your proven ability to model purposeful and visible world-class safety leadership. Ensure process safety requirements & activities are implemented and executed at the appropriate project stages.
Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact on the plant. Regularly assess plant engineering risks and implement appropriate risk management measures to ensure plant engineering success.
Plan, staff and lead engineering and technical personnel to meet project mandate throughout the entire project lifecycle, i.e. scoping, design development, detail engineering and field engineering.
Demonstrate your strong communication skills and the ability to work with dynamic and diverse and multicultural groups to facilitate the delivery of the scope of facilities.
Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including EPC firms, clients, contractors, and regulatory authorities. Ensure effective communication with stakeholders throughout the plant life cycle, addressing concerns and resolving issues in a timely manner.
Measure, manage, monitor and report engineering and quality performance by engineering contractors, fabricators, constructors and business partners. Prepare required progress reports and dashboards to provide project status updates to all internal and external Stakeholders.
Who you are...
20+ years of experience in complex projects (i.e.,upgraders, refineries, naphtha, syngas plants, jetfuel) , and has worked with or in EP or EPC service providers, construction companies, and as the Owner/Owner representative.
Exceptional knowledge and experience in multi-disciplined environments and risk management strategies (e.g. Civil, Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Automation, Piping, etc.), and scope of facilities (i.e., Fischer Tropsch/ Syngas/ Methanol/ Ethanol Plants, Utilities’ Plants (i.e., Water Treatment Plants, Boiler Feed Water, Flare, Air Supply Units, Instrument and Plant Air, DCS/ SIS, Control Room, Cogen, etc).
Experience in developing and executing comprehensive execution plans with very complex interdependencies, including defining objectives, milestones, and timelines while integrating multiple parties (EPC contractors, licensors and plant operations).
Business acumen and ability to foresee interdependencies on a complex project or on a portfolio throughout multiple project life cycles (engineering, procurement, modularization, construction, commissioning and start-up).
Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to work with dynamic and diverse and multicultural groups to facilitate the delivery of the scope of facilities.
Experience in early stage development on diverse projects, varying in size, front-end development of scope and complexity. Being able to anticipate what will be required in each project development stage and overall life cycle as well as applying industry standards and Industry codes & regulations.
Strong knowledge of construction processes of hydrocarbon plants.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering
Twelve Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid sick days and vacation
Competitive salary and equity compensation commensurate with experience
Diverse and inclusive work environment
At Twelve, it's important each employee is compensated competitively and fairly. In alignment with state legal requirements, Twelve conducts exhaustive research to understand compensation markets. A range for the included position is listed below. Be advised, actual offer details are determined by job category, job location, and candidate skill level.
United States Wage Range: $250,000 - $305,000
Please note that some pay bands may have wide ranges of compensation to accommodate candidate's diverse sets of skill levels.
Please note that some pay bands may have wide ranges of compensation to accommodate candidate's diverse sets of skill levels.
We believe that the unique contributions of each individual is the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.
Want to work with us but don't see a current opening that fits your background? Submit a general application for Future Opportunities or email us at talent@twelve.co for further inquiries.
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Twelve is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified applicants, and complies with federal and state disability laws. As part of this commitment, Twelve will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Talent team by email at talent@twelve.co.
About the Company

Twelve
We're Twelve, the carbon transformation company—a new kind of chemical company that makes things from air, not oil. Our breakthrough technology eliminates emissions by transforming CO2 into critical materials, products and fuels.
When it comes to addressing climate change, carbon isn’t our nemesis. To the contrary, we see carbon as the element of change. Carbon isn’t just the building block of life, it’s the building block of the chemicals, materials and fuels that make up our modern world and power innovation. From the spring in our running shoes to our favorite electronics, to building materials, electric car parts and fuels, carbon makes it possible. The problem is we get this carbon today from fossil fuels in the form of petrochemicals, which creates CO2 emissions and accelerates climate change.
Carbon transformation fundamentally changes this paradigm by sourcing carbon from CO2 instead of fossil fuels. By replacing the fossil carbon in critical chemicals with renewable, recycled carbon from CO2, we can eliminate emissions from thousands of essential products and set a new standard for how things get made in the climate era.
We're Building a Team That's Never Existed Before
At Twelve, we combine multiple scientific, engineering and operational disciplines to take our technology from the original science to an industrial solution that puts a dent in climate change. It takes everybody and more to create an entirely new industry based on a technology that never existed before.
Join Our Mission to Build a Climate-Positive World and Fossil-Free Future
We are on a mission to build a fossil free-future, and reinvent what it means to be a chemical company in the climate era. Our carbon transformation technology is the keystone of a circular, non-extractive, fossil-free chemical and energy system of the future. Join us!
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Twelve Benefits Philosophy: We believe that a big part of enabling the success of our employees is taking care of their health and wellbeing — as well as the health of their families. That is why Twelve provides full health insurance coverage (at 99%) to our employees + dependents.
Benefits Overview
Medical, dental and vision - The physical and mental wellbeing of our employees is crucially important to us. To help alleviate some of the stress that comes with healthcare, Twelve pays for up to 99% of the total cost of medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and their families. This includes nationwide plans through Cigna (medical), Delta Dental (dental), and Guardian (vision) and local plans through Kaiser Permanente (medical).
Health Savings Account funding - Employees who elect medical insurance in an HSA-compatible health plan are provided $130/month for single coverage and $210/month if they are also covering dependents.
Parental leave - New parents are able to take up to 12 weeks of parental leave to welcome a new addition to the family, and up to 6 weeks of part-time work (at full-time pay) to gradually transition back to work.
Company ownership - Twelve provides every employee with company stock options because every employee’s contributions are integral to achieve our mission to reduce global emissions and build a fossil-free future.
Work at home stipends & reimbursements - All employees are eligible for phone reimbursement and headphone stipends, while remote and hybrid employees are also eligible for home internet and home office equipment stipends.
Financial wellness - Twelve offers the opportunity to contribute to both pretax and Roth 401(k) retirement accounts and employees are also able to participate in pretax flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care costs.
PTO - It’s important that everyone feels they have the ability to refresh and recharge. Twelve offers unlimited Paid Time Off for salaried employees and 15 vacation days annually for hourly employees.
Winter break - Twelve closes down for the period of time from December 25th to January 1st to provide all employees with time
to unwind without thinking about what they are missing.
Wellbeing - Twelve offers many wellbeing programs like One Medical, Spring Health, Headspace, Calm, Gympass and Fetch pet insurance that help employees focus on their total health.
Team bonding - Employees are provided many opportunities to get to know each other like our annual “Camp Twelve” celebration, biweekly team lunches, mocha match coffee breaks, or many other team connection events.
Office pantry - We provide plenty of drinks and snacks for employees that visit the office to keep energized.