Vice President, Engineering-Hertha Metals

About Hertha Metals, Inc.:

At Hertha Metals, our unwavering commitment is to revolutionize heavy industry by embracing technologies that significantly decrease carbon emissions and uplift humanity. While the global steel sector plays a crucial role in providing secure and resilient infrastructure for society, it is also responsible for 10% of worldwide CO2 emissions. Hertha Metals envisions a future that breaks away from the traditional coal-based iron and steelmaking practices of the past three centuries. Our innovative steel manufacturing process utilizes well-established chemistry to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of steel production, all while offering economic advantages to the industry.

If you aspire to be at the forefront of pioneering efforts at Hertha, this is the perfect moment to join us. 

Vice President of Engineering

Your responsibilities

• Alongside the CEO, define the company’s engineering vision, strategy and roadmap, aligning with overall business and impact objectives

• Lead, mentor and inspire a diverse team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement

• Oversee the design and development of Hertha’s commercial-scale steelmaking furnace 

• Lead the design, build-out, commissioning and operation of Hertha’s pilot tests

• Responsible for maintaining or improving the speed of technology scale-up

• Create and manage the engineering budget, ensuring we optimize resources and investments to achieve our goals.

• Own inter team collaboration, ensure seamless integration between Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Embedded, Material, and Chemical Engineering.

• Maintain a hands-on engineering and leadership approach to provide technical guidance, reviews, and mentorship to the team.

• Maintain documentation of technical projects to track history and progress

• Work with industry-leading contracting firms to execute specific technical projects

• Collaborate with and manage Hertha’s technical consultants to accelerate process development

• Assist growing Hertha’s technical team with additional key technical hires, including subordinates and peers, and train younger engineers

• Bring a high level of safety consciousness to all work activities

• Your experience

• Bachelor’s engineering degree (Metallurgy, Business, Chemical, Materials or Mechanical).  Graduate degree in a relevant technical area is preferred

• Experience in successfully scaling complex technologies or chemical processes

• Proven track record of leadership and innovation in technology companies, preferably in a startup environment

• Demonstrated success in

• Strong strategic thinking and the ability to translate technical strategies into actionable plans

• Entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment

• Strong team player with demonstrated interpersonal skills.  Good communicator.

Location: on-site at facility in Conroe, Texas just outside of Houston

Hertha Culture: 

Inspired by the work and character of the late Hertha Ayrton, we are pioneers, innovators, and risk-takers who are mission driven towards changing the world. We are:

• Committed- having a level of enthusiasm to do what it takes to get the job done; we are decisive and aggressively focused on our tasks, all while maintaining professional and social ethics. 

• Efficient – we don’t have purposeless meetings that drag on 

• Ambitious- Proving that what others say is impossible, is in fact possible

• Inclusive - Valuing each team member’s own perspectives and set of unique experiences that they bring to the table – everyone's voices are heard.

• Curious - Being curious, productive and innovative. 

• Passionate - Working hard not because we have to, but because we are committed to our mission and enjoy our work.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package based on expertise. Compensation is increased on yearly basis in proportion to the amount of effort put into Hertha and the results you obtained

• Stock: ownership in a funded company that is innovating in a trillion-dollar industry

• Paid + unpaid parental leave after 1 year at the company (12 weeks paid, with flexible working style to transition after parental leave such as part-time remote working)

• Flexible working style: as long as you get the job done, we are flexible with remote working on days that you don’t need to be in the lab or at the pilot facilities

• Growth: our team is comprised of people with a growth mindset and we want to help you achieve your future career goals accordingly

• Time off: we have mandatory time off. This is a fast-paced startup company working in one of the most exciting sectors and the last thing we want is our valuable team members to burn out. 

Hertha Metals is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We firmly prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. In fact, we uniquely hold our shareholders and board members to higher standards than a majority of companies. All employment decisions at Hertha Metals are based on the expertise that the position calls for, without regard to race, religion, sex, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or age.