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Job Title: Pilot Plant Operator-Technician

Job Type: Full-time rotating shifts, overtime expected

Work Location: Sea Dragon Energy at the Hawaii Ocean Science & Technology Park, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Pay: $30-$40/hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• 401(k) retirement program with matching
• Flexible PTO policy including 12 company holidays and 1 floating holiday

About Us

Sea Dragon Energy is a commercial startup and veteran-owned company developing a process to generate sustainable aviation fuel. This project combines breakthrough technologies that extract carbon dioxide and hydrogen from seawater to synthesize jet fuel in distributed units while requiring no crude oil input.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe working environment with chemical process equipment. Follow all safety standards and wear appropriate PPE when required to do so, including flame resistant clothing, work gloves, and masks/respirators.
• Operate chemical process skids as directed by the Site Manager, including interacting with valves, PLC screens, pumps, compressors, electrolyzers, and reactors.
• Monitor chemical process skid operation. Identify problems or defects during process operation. Make process adjustments and attempt to independently troubleshoot process parameter deviations.
• Acquire chemical samples from the process skids and analyze them in the site quality laboratory.
• Perform maintenance checks on equipment. Perform basic repairs of equipment such as fixing small leaks or changing out broken pumps. For more advanced repairs, work with equipment vendors to assist in the repair.
• Respond to spills and cleanup with appropriate corrective action.
• Operate a forklift as required. Previous forklift experience is not required.
• During chemical operating campaigns work rotating 12 hour shifts. Night shifts will be required during operating campaigns.

Minimum qualification requirements:

• High school diploma/GED or higher.
• Three (3) years of experience in a manufacturing, pilot plant, or laboratory environment.
• Proactive communication in alerting others to issues around the pilot plant.

Additional qualifications that would help you succeed further:

• Associates degree or similar two-year technical degree or higher.
• Experience with Swagelok.
• Experience in petroleum refining, petrochemical research, or similar process equipment.
• Experience with Lock Out Tag Out.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and understanding of how to disassemble and reassemble basic machines.
• Strong electrical aptitude and basic knowledge of circuits.
• Strong hydraulic aptitude and basic knowledge of fluid dynamics or plumbing.
• Ability to complete work with little to no supervision.