At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering to scale up innovative carbon nanotube production and manage the entire lifecycle.
- Company: Pioneering company turning waste plastic into valuable materials with a small, dynamic team.
- Benefits: Equity options, direct access to founders, and support for relocation.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace welcoming diverse backgrounds and career changers.
- Why this job: Make impactful decisions in a groundbreaking field and solve unique engineering challenges.
- Qualifications: Chartered chemical engineer with experience in complex process plants and a passion for learning.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 £ per year.
We turn waste plastic into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen.
Not in theory. The process is patented, it works, and we've proved it at MVP scale. What we need now is someone to turn it into a manufacturing business.
Over the next eighteen months we're moving to a new site, scaling from one rig to several, and building towards wire fabrication by 2028.
You'd lead the engineering behind all of it.
What you'd own
You'd be our Design Authority.
Architecture, technical decisions, whether something's ready to build.
Those calls are yours.
You'd report to Alvin, our CTO, and work alongside our Director of CNT Technology Development.
Three of you setting the technical direction.
You'd take the plant from basis of design through construction, commissioning and handover, then run the new site once it's live. The whole lifecycle, not a slice of it.
And you'd lead the engineering team.
A project manager, a lead process engineer, mechanical and chemical engineers.
Some are early in their careers and very good.
Getting them chartered and turning them into a proper engineering function is a real part of this role, not an afterthought.
Why people take a job like this
You'd have equity. We're fifteen people now, heading for low twenties by year end, with a commercial milestone in 2028 that everything is pointed at.
You'd be solving problems nobody has solved.
Growing nanotubes at scale is part science, part art, and there's no textbook for the part we're doing.
You'd be working next to people who understand this material as well as anyone alive.
And you'd stop waiting for permission. Fifteen people means your decision is the decision.
Who we're after
A chartered chemical engineer who's delivered process plant from feasibility through commissioning.
Chemicals, refining, LNG, semiconductor, anywhere properly complex.
You've run HAZOPs and you take process safety seriously.
You're probably the person who ends up on the floor when something's misbehaving, because you'd rather see it yourself.
Carbon nanotubes on your CV is a bonus, not a requirement.
What matters more is that you learn quickly and you're comfortable saying you don't understand something yet.
This material is finicky and it doesn't care what the fundamentals say.
The engineers who do well here listen first.
Five days a week in Bridgend. The plant's here and so is the work. Relocation to be supported.
Also worth knowing
- Share options scheme
- Direct access to the founders and real say in where this goes
We welcome applications from women, people from under-represented backgrounds in engineering, and anyone returning to work or changing direction.
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Head of Engineering in Bridgend employer: TrimTabs
As a pioneering company transforming waste plastic into valuable carbon nanotubes and hydrogen, we offer an exceptional opportunity for the Head of Engineering to lead a dynamic team in Bridgend. Our collaborative work culture fosters innovation and personal growth, with direct access to founders and a share options scheme that empowers you to shape the future of our manufacturing business. Join us to tackle unique challenges in a supportive environment where your expertise will be valued and your decisions will drive impactful change.
