<div><div><div><div><div>About Redwood Materials<div>Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2019, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.</div></div></div></div></div></div>Lead Analytical Lab Technician As a Lead Analytical Laboratory Technician at Redwood, you will have the opportunity to make the world a better place by assisting in a wide variety of analytical / metallurgical / metrology processes across the Company. The key objective for this role is fulfilling the daily activities of our Analytical Laboratory teams in a responsible, safe, and practical manner while maximizing time and cost effectiveness. Successful candidates for this role will have strong initiative, excellent organizational skills, and exceptional team skills.Responsibilities will include:<ul><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Provide leadership to our laboratory team supporting a quality culture in safety, quality, learning and training, and analytical methods</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Working closely with shift supervisors or chemists, you will be asked to help lead and perform routine and non-routine chemical, physical and/or metallurgical analytical tasks</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Expected to work as a lineside trainer, support onboarding, and act as a subject matter expert for all methods in the lab</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">In coordination with Supervisor, manage day to day operations of all samples coming into the lab and auxiliary lab facilities including assessing sample priority</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Maintain a clean and safe work area. Be an advocate for safety</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Foster a collaborative work ethic in our cross functional team to ensure that we deliver production and R&amp;D goals<ul><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Interdepartmental communication is critical to job function</li></ul></li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Work with Material Flow team to ensure materials are properly packaged and labeled</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Perform routine product and process samples analysis, and verify results are within expected parameters<ul><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Hands-on work to be conducted daily in the laboratory. This is a working Lead Role</li></ul></li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Perform chemical and sample handling with strict adherence to associated safety and quality procedures</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Support 5S initiatives</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Manage repairs/troubleshooting as instructed and independently</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Coordinate with the Supervisor and Method Development team to meet validation and documentation needs in the laboratory. Write and update documentation as needed</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Manage workload with a positive attitude and proactively help co-workers</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Support data validation including understating quality checks, pass fail requirements, data trends, and method detection limits</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Comfortable working in team and individual environments.</li></ul>Desired Qualifications<ul><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Bachelor’s degree in science or related field and 2+ years of related experience. Leadership experience strongly preferred</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Experience in laboratory settings, quality settings, or chemical production facilities</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Experience in typical laboratory practices including waste handling, safe work practices, data management, good documentation practices and experimental setup and execution</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Comfortable wearing personal protective equipment including but not limited to lab coats, coveralls, smocks, and respirators</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Experience with relevant test methods such as ICP-OES, auto-titration, X-Ray Fluorescence, tensile testing, material property testing, etc.</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Experience with sample prep and analysis, chemical handling and laboratory hazards</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Demonstrates ability to perform basic chemistry math and calculations</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Adept with data acquisition and analysis tools including Laboratory Information Management Systems and Microsoft Office</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Excellent written, verbal communication, and collaboration skills</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Excellent attitude: understands priorities change with company needs and willing to work to ensure deadlines are met. Ability to execute with a calm and collaborative urgency</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Ability to regularly lift 35 lbs</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!</li></ul>Current Shifts:<ul><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Sunday - Tuesday and every other Wednesday, 6am to 6pm</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Sunday - Tuesday and every other Wednesday, 6pm to 6am [This shift includes a 10% shift differential]</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Thursday - Saturday and every other Wednesday, 6am to 6pm</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Thursday - Saturday and every other Wednesday, 6pm to 6am [This shift includes a 15% shift differential]</li></ul>Physical Requirements:<ul><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Must be able to work hands on the lab, including standing and operating equipment at a lab bench</li></ul>Working Conditions:<ul><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Environment: office, wet laboratory, chemical plant, outdoor test sites</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Exposures encountered: hazardous materials, electrical hazards</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Essential physical requirements: working hands-on in a research lab setting</li><li style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Travel required as needed, less than 10%</li></ul><div>The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience. We collect personal information (PI) from you in connection with your application for employment with Redwood Materials, including the following categories of PI: identifiers, personal records, professional or employment information, and inferences drawn from your PI. We collect your PI for our purposes, including performing services and operations related to your potential employment. If you have additional privacy-related questions, please contact us at privacy@redwoodmaterials.com.</div>

Redwood is developing a fully closed-loop, domestic supply chain for lithium-ion batteries. Our team manufactures critical battery components using as many recycled batteries as possible &mdash; localizing a 50,000-mile global supply battery chain on a single site.

Lead Analytical Laboratory Technician

<div><div><div><div><div>About Redwood Materials<div>Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling&nbsp;—&nbsp;keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the&nbsp;energy transition. Founded in 2019,&nbsp;we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.</div></div></div></div></div></div>Lead Analytical Lab Technician&nbsp;As a Lead Analytical Laboratory Technician at Redwood, you will have the opportunity to make the world a better place by assisting in a wide variety of analytical / metallurgical / metrology processes across the Company. The key objective for this role is fulfilling the daily activities of our Analytical Laboratory teams in a responsible, safe, and practical manner while maximizing time and cost effectiveness. Successful candidates for this role will have strong initiative, excellent organizational skills, and exceptional team skills.Responsibilities will include:<ul><li>Provide leadership to our laboratory team supporting a quality culture in safety, quality, learning and training, and analytical methods</li><li>Working closely with shift supervisors or chemists, you will be asked to help lead and perform routine and non-routine chemical, physical and/or metallurgical analytical tasks</li><li>Expected to work as a lineside trainer, support onboarding, and act as a subject matter expert for all methods in the lab</li><li>In coordination with Supervisor, manage day to day operations of all samples coming into the lab and auxiliary lab facilities including assessing sample priority</li><li>Maintain a clean and safe work area. Be an advocate for safety</li><li>Foster a collaborative work ethic in our cross functional team to ensure that we deliver production and R&amp;D goals<ul><li>Interdepartmental communication is critical to job function</li></ul></li><li>Work with Material Flow team to ensure materials are properly packaged and labeled</li><li>Perform routine product and process samples analysis, and verify results are within expected parameters<ul><li>Hands-on work to be conducted daily in the laboratory. This is a working Lead Role</li></ul></li><li>Perform chemical and sample handling with strict adherence to associated safety and quality procedures</li><li>Support 5S initiatives</li><li>Manage repairs/troubleshooting as instructed and independently</li><li>Coordinate with the Supervisor and Method Development team to meet validation and documentation needs in the laboratory. Write and update documentation as needed</li><li>Manage workload with a positive attitude and proactively help co-workers</li><li>Support data validation including understating quality checks, pass fail requirements, data trends, and method detection limits</li><li>Comfortable working in team and individual environments.</li></ul>Desired Qualifications<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in science or related field and 2+ years of related experience. Leadership experience strongly preferred</li><li>Experience in laboratory settings, quality settings, or chemical production facilities</li><li>Experience in typical laboratory practices including waste handling, safe work practices, data management, good documentation practices and experimental setup and execution</li><li>Comfortable wearing personal protective equipment including but not limited to lab coats, coveralls, smocks, and respirators</li><li>Experience with relevant test methods such as ICP-OES, auto-titration, X-Ray Fluorescence, tensile testing, material property testing, etc.</li><li>Experience with sample prep and analysis, chemical handling and laboratory hazards</li><li>Demonstrates ability to perform basic chemistry math and calculations</li><li>Adept with data acquisition and analysis tools including Laboratory Information Management Systems and Microsoft Office</li><li>Excellent written, verbal communication, and collaboration skills</li><li>Excellent attitude: understands priorities change with company needs and willing to work to ensure deadlines are met. Ability to execute with a calm and collaborative urgency</li><li>Ability to regularly lift 35 lbs</li><li>A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!</li></ul>Current Shifts:<ul><li>Sunday - Tuesday and every other Wednesday, 6am to 6pm</li><li>Sunday - Tuesday and every other Wednesday, 6pm to 6am [This shift includes a 10% shift differential]</li><li>Thursday - Saturday and every other Wednesday, 6am to 6pm</li><li>Thursday - Saturday and every other Wednesday, 6pm to 6am [This shift includes a 15% shift differential]</li></ul>Physical Requirements:<ul><li>Must be able to work hands on the lab, including standing and operating equipment at a lab bench</li></ul>Working Conditions:<ul><li>Environment: office, wet laboratory, chemical plant, outdoor test sites</li><li>Exposures encountered: hazardous materials, electrical hazards</li><li>Essential physical requirements: working hands-on in a research lab setting</li><li>Travel required as needed, less than 10%</li></ul><div>The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.&nbsp;We collect personal information (PI) from you in connection with your application for employment with Redwood Materials, including the following categories of PI: identifiers, personal records, professional or employment information, and inferences drawn from your PI. We collect your PI for our purposes, including performing services and operations related to your potential employment. If you have additional privacy-related questions, please contact us at privacy@redwoodmaterials.com.</div>

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