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The very technologies that are creating a more sustainable future for us — electric vehicles, semiconductors, and solar panels — are built on a foundation of metals extracted from the earth at great financial and environmental cost. At ElectraMet™, our mission is to build a circular economy that reduces our dependence on extracting these metals from the ground. We do this by delivering a novel electrochemical technology that separates and recovers dissolved metals from process and wastewater streams.

ElectraMet is looking for an experienced Vice President of Operations to join our team. The Vice President of Operations is responsible for the overall planning, execution, and oversight of all operational activities for the company. This includes overseeing the product and project engineering, supply chain, and assembly functions.

We offer healthcare, benefits, and competitive salary commensurate with experience. Position is based in our Lexington, KY headquarters. Growth potential in a small but growing company with stock options, bonus, and other benefits.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering and manufacturing teams to design and deliver world class solutions to our customers.
• Direct our product engineering team to deliver customized solutions based on customer requirements and to introduce new products into our portfolio.
• Oversee the project engineering teams efforts to deliver all sold order jobs. This team manages the point of contact for all post order customer interaction and is responsible for the projects manufacturing schedule, installation, commissioning, and ongoing support.
• Oversee the planning and scheduling of production activities.
• Manage the supply chain and inventory teams.
• Manage the in-house assembly team.
• Work closely with Sales and Finance to ensure on-schedule and on-budget delivery of customer jobs.
• Develop and implement operational strategies that support the company’s overall business goals.
• Set performance standards and metrics and track progress against goals.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable safety, health, and environmental regulations.
• Develop and manage the team of operations professionals.
• Represent the company to customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or a related field.
• 15+ years of engineering and manufacturing experience in an OEM environment.
• 5+ years in a leadership role with a proven ability to lead and motivate teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong understanding of operational principles and practices.

If interested, please send your resume to:

PowerTech Water is looking for a highly motivated person to join the team as an Assembly/Service Technician. We are a young company working to deliver sustainable and eco-friendly solutions for removing contaminants from water. We replace traditional hazardous chemicals with an automated, clean, carbon-based electrochemical solution. No chemicals, no sludge, no hassle.

Someone who has the ability construct, pipe, and wire a modern water treatment technology is needed. The successful candidate will be able to work in industrial customer settings, be agreeable to travel to various customer sites, is adaptable to changing circumstances, and is driven by successful operation of new water treatment equipment.

We offer a competitive salary, benefits, and other advantages that come with working at a small company. As we grow, so will you!

Core Responsibilities:

• Plumbing – Piping water treatment systems
• Electrical – Wiring and troubleshooting 24 VDC and 120/240 VAC devices
• Mechanical – Assembling various mechanical devices
• Interacting with customers

Qualifications:

• Hands-on mechanical assembly, piping and electrical experience.
• Experience in industrial settings.
• Good people skills for interacting with customers.
• Experience in the water industry is a plus.
• Ability to travel (primarily in the eastern US)
• High school degree or equivalent required. Associates/Bachelors degree is a plus.

We invite you to email your resume and a cover letter to:

PowerTech Water is looking for a highly motivated person to join the team as an Administrative Assistant. We are a young company working to deliver sustainable and eco-friendly solutions for removing contaminants from water. We replace traditional hazardous chemicals with an automated, clean, carbon-based electrochemical solution. No chemicals, no sludge, no hassle.

As an Administrative Assistant you will be responsible for assisting our Accounting Manager with basic bookkeeping and accounting tasks, as well as general Human Resource and some Purchasing activities.

We offer a competitive salary, benefits, and other advantages that come with working at a small company. As we grow, so will you!

Core Responsibilities:

• Assist with Accounting Processes and Systems including:
  • QuickBooks – bookkeeping
  • Expensify – transaction management
  • Accounts Payable
  • Assist with supply/demand forecasting and purchasing activities
  • Inventory tracking
  • Shipping coordination
  • Assist with Human Resource functions
  • Assist with Administrative tasks as needed

Qualifications:

• Hands-on mechanical assembly, piping and electrical experience.
• Experience in industrial settings.
• Good people skills for interacting with customers.
• Experience in the water industry is a plus.
• Ability to travel (primarily in the eastern US)
• High school degree or equivalent required.
• Associates/Bachelors degree is a plus.

We invite you to email your resume and a cover letter to:

The very technologies that are creating a more sustainable future for us — electric vehicles, semiconductors, and solar panels — are built on a foundation of metals extracted from the earth at great financial and environmental cost. At ElectraMet™, our mission is to build a circular economy that reduces our dependence on extracting these metals from the ground. We do this by delivering a novel electrochemical technology that separates and recovers dissolved metals from process and wastewater streams.

We are looking for an engineer to join our team as an Associate Process Engineer. This role will be responsible for the frontline technical feasibility testing processes for new and existing customers. You will engage with new opportunities alongside our Sales team, assess the customer application requirements, and be responsible for portions of the technical process development. Applications include medium- and large-scale process separations and wastewater treatment plants at automotive, electronics, chemical, metal finishing manufacturers, mines, smelters, commercial, and municipal sites.

We offer healthcare, benefits, and competitive salary commensurate with experience. This position offers growth potential in a small but growing company with stock options and other benefits. This position is part of the Research and Development team but will work closely with Operations and Sales. Employment will be at our headquarters, located in Lexington, KY.

Core Responsibilities:

• • Participate in new sales opportunities, taking the lead on process development
    • Work with other R&D and Project Engineering team members to configure a treatment process for the customer
    • Perform feasibility separation testing of customer-supplied water samples
    • Provide written results for Sales and Operations teams.
    • Work with Operations to troubleshoot and scale to full installations
  • Develop new treatment processes
    • Aid in development efforts of new treatment processes and designs
    • SOP development for new systems and water types
    • Vetting alternative material types for existing systems
    • Work with the Operations team to ensure the best solution is selected

Qualifications:

• • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science
  • Laboratory or Process Engineering experience 2+ years
  • Experience designing and running experiments independently
  • Experience in electroplating, battery, or metal finishing (Preferred)
  • Experience in water or wastewater treatment (Preferred)
  • Capable of working in a hands-on, fast-paced, evolving environment.
  • Excellent analytical, creative, and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills.

   

  If interested, please send your resume to

The very technologies that are creating a more sustainable future for us — electric vehicles, semiconductors, and solar panels — are built on a foundation of metals extracted from the earth at great financial and environmental cost. At ElectraMet™, our mission is to build a circular economy that reduces our dependence on extracting these metals from the ground. We do this by delivering a novel electrochemical technology that separates and recovers dissolved metals from process and wastewater streams.

We are looking for an Associate Project Engineer with experience in water treatment systems to join our team at our Lexington, KY facility. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing, supporting, and troubleshooting water treatment systems installed at customer sites. Effective coordination and collaboration with other engineering/manufacturing departments is essential to meet system delivery deadlines and to continuously optimize system performance, so strong communication skills and attention to detail are required. Because ElectraMet systems are highly technical and cutting-edge, the successful candidate will be expected to wire electrical systems, pipe water systems, and design control parameters. ElectraMet is a growing company with customers in a variety of critical industries, which means that roles and responsibilities are constantly shifting to accommodate employees’ strengths and desires.

We offer healthcare, benefits, generous PTO, and competitive salary commensurate with experience. Growth potential in a small but growing company with stock options and other benefits.

Core Responsibilities:

• Installation and Commissioning of ElectraMet systems
  • Coordinating with engineering and supply chain teams to formulate ensure systems are assembled and delivered in an appropriate timeline.
  • Piping of water treatment systems in the shop and at customer sites.
  • Wiring and troubleshooting 24 VDC and 120/240 VAC devices.
  • Assembling various mechanical devices (pumps, valves, sensors, etc.) and incorporating them into a fully operational system.
  • Implementing process controls based on customer requirements or desires.
  • Performing sample analysis to validate system performance.
• Support of ElectraMet systems at customer sites
  • Communication with customer leading up to, during, and following the installation of an ElectraMet system.
  • Data analysis to diagnose system performance and prevent failures or downtime.
  • Travel to customer sites for routine maintenance or upgrades.
• Optimization of ElectraMet system design and implementation
  • Compiling, analyzing, and sharing data from customer sites with the ElectraMet team to improve system and process design.
  • Internal testing of systems for mechanical, electrical, and process control compliance.
  • Generating procedures and manuals to ensure consistent implementation and maintenance of customer-deployed systems.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Ability to travel (up to 35%)
• Hands-on mechanical assembly, piping, and electrical experience.
• Experience in industrial settings.
• Strong people skills for interacting with customers.
• Experience in the water industry is a plus.
• Experience in process controls a plus.
• Experience in fluid dynamics a plus.

If interested, please send your resume to:

The very technologies that are creating a more sustainable future for us — electric vehicles, semiconductors, and solar panels — are built on a foundation of metals extracted from the earth at great financial and environmental cost. ElectraMet enables manufacturing sustainability initiatives that drive a circular economy, reducing dependence on extracting targeted metals from the ground and reducing the environmental footprint of manufacturing processes.

ElectraMet seeks an experienced and passionate digital marketing expert to drive brand awareness, develop and execute creative strategies, and impact revenue through both nurturing campaigns and top of funnel build.  We seek someone looking to take ownership, be challenged, try new things, and operate in a collaborative fashion.

Industrial B2B is required with strong preference to current role/experience with sustainability and Industry 4.0 or smart manufacturing. If you are a master at digital marketing but love to wear multiple hats, we are interested. This is a start-up, so being dynamic and comfortable with ambiguity is a must. This role reports to the VP Sales & Marketing.

Target markets include semiconductors, broad microelectronics, aerospace/aeronautics, and lithium-ion battery recycling.   Prior experience in these industries is highly preferred but not required. Travel is expected at <5%. KPIs will be focused on branding, SEO, lead generation, pipeline build within strategic markets, and strategic objectives tied to thought leadership, web site improvement, etc.

ElectraMet offers healthcare and other benefits. This position reports directly to VP Sales & Marketing. Option to work at our Lexington, KY headquarters or remotely with regular visits to Lexington. Base salary targeted at $100k with equity and benefits (health, dental, 401k, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Master the business landscape for Semiconductor, Printed Circuit Boards, & Battery Recyclers
  • Establish & maintain a competitive analysis
  • Support founder & CIO in research market to identify new opportunities
  • Become a product expert – Prioritize product capabilities based on market feedback
  • Maintain knowledge on non-cost related decision drivers including labor, regulatory, ESG, etc.
•  Influence the Targeted Markets 
  • Design and implement marketing strategies to reach customers within industrial vertical market segments
  • Develop digital marketing campaigns highlighting competitive gaps and/or ElectraMet differentiation
  • Generate & execute innovative ideas to promote our brand & products
  • Develop strategies and tactics to promote ElectraMet brand and impact to drive qualified leads
  • Deploy successful marketing campaigns and own their implementation from ideation to execution
  • Experiment with a variety of organic and paid acquisition channels like content creation, content curation, pay per click campaigns, event management, publicity, social media, lead generation campaigns, copywriting, performance analysis, etc.
  • Produce valuable and engaging content for our website and blog that attracts and converts our target groups
  • Build strategic relationships and partner with key industry players, agencies, and vendors
  • Oversee and approve marketing material, from website banners to hard copy brochures and case studies
  • Measure and report on the performance of marketing campaigns, gain insight, and assess against goals
  • Analyze consumer behavior and adjust email and advertising campaigns accordingly
• Prepare and monitor the marketing budget on a quarterly and annual basis and allocate funds appropriately

Requirements and skills

• Evidence of impactful experiences/contribution
• Demonstrable experience in marketing together with the potential and attitude required to learn our business and customer decision drivers
• Proven experience in identifying target audiences and in creatively devising and leading across channels, marketing campaigns that engage, educate, and motivate throughout the customer buying journey
• Experience in setting up and optimizing ads campaigns including analytics interpretation (Google, others)
• Numerically literate, comfortable working with numbers, making sense of metrics and processing figures with spreadsheets
• Experience writing ad copy, application notes, and sales sheets.
• Familiar with the latest trends and best practices in online marketing and measurement
• Degree or experience in Marketing; College degree required.
• MBA preferred but focused on quality of experiences versus education

If interested, please send your resume to

The very technologies that are creating a more sustainable future for us — electric vehicles, semiconductors, and solar panels — are built on a foundation of metals extracted from the earth at great financial and environmental cost. ElectraMet™ enables manufacturing sustainability initiatives that drive a circular economy, reducing dependence on extracting targeted metals from the ground. We do this by delivering a novel electrochemical technology that separates and recovers dissolved metals from process and wastewater streams.

ElectraMet produces a disruptive technology providing a differentiated outcome. We are looking for an experienced and passionate sales professional with experience developing meaningful and profitable relationships in the industrial space. We seek sales and market development experience in clean or process waters, pre-treatment, wastewater, maintenance, or services. Exposure to chemical and separation technologies for metals Is preferred.

Target markets include microelectronics, aerospace/aeronautics, tier 1 automotive, electronics recyclers, lithium-ion battery recycling, and other industrial sites. This is a hybrid role of market development, sales support, and opportunity ownership as part of the sales organization’s strategy. Time allocation expectations are 50% development and 50% opportunity management. Travel is expected at ~20-30% but KPI achievement will drive operational realities.

We need a hunter that is ready to break barriers, and someone that loves being David versus Goliath, as we are driving a disruptive technology. This role will begin as an infiltrator with the goal of establishing and scaling relationships in accounts with the goal of establishing meetings and closing pilots.

Prior experience and existing personal network in these industries with potential clients and/or distributors is highly preferred. Expectations include self-motivated, high motor, strategic selling experience, multi-stakeholder development and management, formal sales training, CRM comfort and discipline, and desire to grow a business to new heights.

Company offers healthcare and other benefits. Growth potential in a small but growing company with stock options, variable compensation, and other benefits. This position reports directly to VP Sales with support from marketing, engineering, and operations team members. Option to work at our Lexington, KY headquarters or remotely.

Responsibilities

• Identify new customers
• Identify new opportunities at existing customers
• Qualifying leads, developing proposals, negotiating with customers, closing the deal, CRM tracking and reporting
• Creating and executing sales strategies, processes, and tactics
• Feedback to marketing to improve messaging and marketing materials
• Execute virtual and onsite meetings to introduce company and establish pursuable opportunities
• Work with NA Sales Director to pursue and close pilots for ElectraMet’s engineered solutions

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience selling equipment and/or wastewater related services to industrial customers driving process improvement
• Experience in business development or outreach process to land new appointments and build stakeholder maps within organizations
• Demonstrated success managing change for customers in sales process
• Strong appetite to upset the apple cart with disruptive technology
• History of helping customers see new ways of doing things and helping to “turn the light bulb on”
• Previous demonstrated success in greenfield territory for new products or services is strongly preferred.
• Demonstration of sales discipline including pre-call planning, post call follow-up, and CRM utilization
• Communicates & prefers phone over email
• Selling industrial products to relevant market verticals including microelectronics, li-ion battery recycling, steel, tier 1 automotive/aeronautical, etc.
• Engineering or science educational background is preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of wastewater treatment systems or aqueous separation processes with relevant sales experience

If interested, please send your resume to

The very technologies that are creating a more sustainable future for us — electric vehicles, semiconductors, and solar panels — are built on a foundation of metals extracted from the earth at great financial and environmental cost. ElectraMet™ enables manufacturing sustainability initiatives that drive a circular economy, reducing dependence on extracting targeted metals from the ground. We do this by delivering a novel electrochemical technology that separates and recovers dissolved metals from process and wastewater streams.

ElectraMet produces a disruptive technology providing a differentiated outcome. We are looking for an experienced and passionate hunter/farmer hybrid with experience developing and managing meaningful and profitable relationships with multinational accounts in the Semiconductor, Battery Recycling, PCB, General Microelectronics, and/or Aerospace/Aeronautical segments. Exposure to chemical and separation technologies for metals is preferred but not mandatory.

Prior experience and existing personal network in these industries with potential clients and/or distributors is highly preferred. Travel is expected at ~20-40% but KPI achievement and operational efficiency will drive reality.

We need a hunter that is ready to break barriers, and someone that loves being David versus Goliath as we are driving a disruptive technology. We have the stone and the sling. We need someone to step up and take the swings. Expectations include being self-motivated, high motor, strategic selling experience, familiarity with Miller Heiman or LAMP, multi-stakeholder development and management, formal sales training, CRM comfort and discipline, and desire to grow a business to new heights.

Company offers healthcare and other benefits. Growth potential in a small but growing company with stock options, variable compensation, and other benefits. This position reports directly to VP Sales with support from marketing, engineering, and operations team members. Option to work at our Lexington, KY headquarters or remotely.

This position reports directly to VP Sales with support from marketing, engineering, and operations team members.

Primary KPIs will be deals developed, deal progression, and assigned account growth within named accounts.

Responsibilities:

• Infiltrating and expanding stakeholder maps for named accounts.
• Grow revenue within named accounts by assigned targets.
• Maintaining assigned key accounts and providing ongoing client support.
• Developing and implementing client relationship management strategies.
• Communicating with key clients to monitor client expectations and satisfaction.
• Identifying new business leads and contacting prospective key clients to promote products and services.
• Establishing efficient communication channels and liaising between key clients and internal departments.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to the management of key client relationships.
• Handling client queries and finding innovative solutions for complex problems.
• Monitoring sales performance metrics and facilitating timely interventions.
• Timely record-keeping in CRM aligned with preparing sales forecasts and reports.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, marketing, or other.
• Prefer experience in targeted fields but seeking recipe for success and discipline.
• A minimum of two years’ experience as a strategic accounts manager, or similar.
• Proficiency in CRM software, such as Salesforce and HubSpot.
• Extensive experience in B2B sales in a related industry.
• In-depth knowledge of client relationship management strategies.
• Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Great problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

If interested, please send your resume to

The ElectraMet™ process replaces traditional conventional physical and chemical processes for dissolved metals separation from water and wastewater with automated, energy and water efficient, and economical electrochemical separation. No chemicals, no sludge, no hassle.

ElectraMet is looking for a B2B sales professional with experience providing equipment

and/or wastewater services to industrial clients. Clients include medium and large-scale process separations and wastewater treatment plants at automotive, electronics, chemical, and metal finishing manufacturers, mines, smelters, commercial, and municipal sites. Prior experience and existing personal network in these industry(ies) with potential clients and/or distributors is highly preferred.

We offer aggressive results-based variable compensation, rewarding sales team members that have the most impact driving company revenues. Strong marketing, application engineering, operational, and technical support from company internal resources so that the Sales Director can focus on developing new and existing clients and closing deals. The Sales Director is expected to be self-motivated, given freedom to create and execute a sales plan so long as the plan aligns with company minimum sales goals.

Company offers healthcare and other benefits. Option to work at our Lexington, KY headquarters or remotely. Growth potential in a small but growing company (<25 employees) with stock options, variable compensation, and other benefits. As things open-up, ability to travel locally and regionally up to 50% to customer sites, trade shows, and conferences. This position reports directly to VP Sales with support from marketing, engineering, and operations team members.

Core Responsibilities:

• Identify new customers.
• Identify new opportunities at existing customers.
• Qualifying leads, developing proposals, negotiating with customers, closing the deal, tracking and reporting.
• Creating and executing sales strategies, processes, and tactics.
• Feedback to marketing to improve messaging and marketing materials.
• Feedback to Engineering to improve products, support, and customer experience.
• Represent the company at major trade shows.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience selling equipment and/or wastewater-related services to industry.
• Previous demonstrated success in greenfield territory for new products or services is strongly preferred.
• Previously managed sales pipeline over $1 million revenue strongly preferred.
• Previous demonstrated success selling any industrial products to relevant market verticals may be substituted for the above requirements.
• Relevant engineering or science educational background is looked on favorably.
• Demonstrated understanding of wastewater treatment systems or aqueous separation processes with relevant sales experience may be substituted for the above requirement.

We invite you to email your resume and a cover letter to: