Build the future of industry at LAMP Texas

We are seeking qualified and reliable Crane Operators for onsite work in Liberty, Texas. We would preferably like to have two qualified operators available to support the project as needed.

The position may be paid on an hourly basis, depending on project requirements and scheduling.

Responsibilities:

• Operate cranes safely and efficiently.
• Perform equipment inspections.
• Safely lift, move, and position materials and equipment.
• Follow OSHA and site-specific safety procedures.
• Communicate effectively with the crew and site personnel.
• Maintain a safe and organized work area.

Qualifications:

• Valid Crane Operator certification/license required.
• Previous crane operating experience required.
• Industrial or construction experience preferred.
• Ability to work onsite in Liberty, Texas.
• Strong commitment to safety and reliability.

Applicants should provide:

• Current Crane Operator certification
• Relevant experience and qualifications
• Hourly rate
• Availability
• Contact information

Compensation: Hourly rate based on experience, qualifications, and project requirements.

Job overview

We are looking for dependable and hardworking Construction Workers / Fitters to support tank installation and assembly work at our project site in Liberty, Texas.

This role will primarily assist with the assembly, fitting, fastening, and adjustment of metal tank components. Candidates should be comfortable working in an active construction environment, handling heavy materials, using basic tools, and following instructions from supervisors and experienced crew members.

We are looking for individuals who are honest, punctual, safety-conscious, hardworking, and willing to learn.

Key responsibilities

• Assist with the installation and assembly of industrial tanks.
• Assemble and align metal plates and tank components according to instructions.
• Install, tighten, and secure bolts, fasteners, and related hardware.
• Make adjustments to metal plates and components to ensure proper alignment and fit.
• Assist experienced fitters and installation crews with daily construction activities.
• Handle, move, position, and organize construction materials and equipment.
• Use hand tools and basic construction tools safely and properly.
• Help prepare work areas before installation activities begin.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area.
• Follow instructions from supervisors, foremen, and project leads.
• Follow all company and jobsite safety procedures.
• Perform other construction and installation duties as assigned.

Physical requirements

Candidates must be physically capable of performing construction-related work, including:

• Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Standing and walking for extended periods.
• Bending, kneeling, reaching, climbing, and working in different physical positions.
• Working outdoors and in changing weather conditions.
• Handling metal components, tools, and construction materials throughout the workday.

Qualifications

• Previous construction, mechanical assembly, metalwork, tank installation, fitting, or related experience is preferred.
• Experience with metal plate assembly and bolt fastening is a plus.
• Ability to use common hand tools and construction tools.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a construction crew.
• Strong attention to safety and jobsite procedures.
• Reliable transportation to the jobsite is preferred.
• Must be able to report to work consistently and on time.

What we are looking for

Successful candidates should be:

• Hardworking and dependable
• Honest and responsible
• Punctual and reliable
• Willing to learn
• Able to follow instructions carefully
• Comfortable performing physically demanding work
• Safety-conscious
• Able to work well with supervisors and other crew members

Preferred experience

Candidates with experience in any of the following are encouraged to apply:

• Tank installation
• Structural or mechanical fitting
• Metal plate assembly
• Industrial construction
• Steel erection
• Mechanical assembly
• Bolting and fastening
• General construction labor

Work environment

This is an on-site construction position in Liberty, Texas. Work will involve active tank installation and construction activities and may require working outdoors in varying weather conditions.

Candidates should come prepared to work safely, efficiently, and collaboratively as part of the installation team.

Equipment maintenance engineering specialist

Location: Liberty, Texas
Job Type: Full-Time
Start Date: Immediate

About the role

We are seeking an Equipment Maintenance Engineering Specialist to support an active construction and industrial site in Liberty, Texas.

The ideal candidate has a mechanical background and hands-on experience working with equipment, machinery, or mechanical systems. This role will help keep site equipment operational by identifying mechanical problems, troubleshooting issues, and providing practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot mechanical and equipment problems.
• Identify the cause of equipment failures or performance issues.
• Perform basic repairs and maintenance when appropriate.
• Inspect equipment and identify potential mechanical issues.
• Recommend practical solutions to equipment problems.
• Assist with preventive maintenance activities.
• Help keep construction and site equipment operational.
• Coordinate with site personnel regarding equipment maintenance needs.
• Document equipment issues and maintenance performed.
• Escalate complex repairs when specialized support is required.
• Follow site safety procedures and maintenance standards.

Preferred background

Experience with the maintenance or troubleshooting of:

• Construction equipment
• Heavy equipment
• Industrial machinery
• Mechanical systems
• Pumps and related equipment
• Other site machinery

Qualifications

• Mechanical background or equivalent hands-on mechanical experience.
• Ability to troubleshoot and identify mechanical problems.
• Ability to determine practical solutions.
• Hands-on ability to perform basic equipment repairs and maintenance.
• Comfortable working in an active construction or industrial environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to communicate equipment issues and recommended solutions clearly.

Experience

5+ years of relevant mechanical or equipment maintenance experience is preferred. Strong junior candidates with approximately 2+ years of relevant experience may also be considered if they demonstrate good mechanical knowledge, troubleshooting ability, and hands-on capability.

How to apply

Apply through this job posting and submit your updated CV/resume, along with your relevant mechanical/equipment maintenance experience, certifications, and availability.

CPA Preferred | Minimum 8 Years of Experience

Position overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant / Financial & Tax Advisor to manage the company’s bookkeeping, accounting, financial reporting, tax coordination, compliance, and financial advisory needs across operations in Texas and California.

This is a hands-on senior accounting role. The selected candidate will maintain accurate financial records while serving as a trusted financial and tax resource to management.

Key responsibilities

Accounting & Bookkeeping

• Maintain complete and accurate company books and general ledger.

• Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable.

• Perform bank, credit card, and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Prepare journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, depreciation, and month-end adjustments.

• Maintain the chart of accounts and properly classify transactions.

• Track assets, liabilities, expenses, revenue, and intercompany transactions.

• Support payroll accounting and payroll reconciliations.

• Maintain organized supporting documentation and financial records.

• Lead or oversee monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.

Financial Reporting & Management Support

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements: P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement.

• Prepare management reports, financial schedules, and supporting analyses.

• Monitor cash flow, expenditures, revenue, margins, and financial performance.

• Assist with budgets, forecasts, and financial planning.

• Conduct budget-to-actual and period-over-period variance analyses.

• Identify discrepancies, risks, unusual transactions, and control weaknesses.

• Provide management with financial insights and recommendations.

• Support financial modeling and analysis for business decisions, investments, contracts, and capital expenditures.

Texas & California Tax and Compliance

• Maintain working knowledge of applicable Texas and California accounting, taxation, payroll, and business compliance requirements.

• Support or oversee federal, state, and local tax filings.

• Coordinate compliance requirements for operations in Texas and California.

• Support Texas franchise tax and other applicable state reporting obligations.

• Support California income/franchise tax, payroll, sales and use tax, and other applicable reporting.

• Advise management regarding tax planning, estimated payments, compliance deadlines, and potential tax exposure.

• Monitor regulatory and tax changes.

• Coordinate with external CPAs, tax attorneys, auditors, payroll providers, and other advisors.

• Maintain documentation supporting tax filings, positions, deductions, and financial transactions.

Financial Controls & Compliance

• Establish, maintain, and improve accounting procedures and internal financial controls.

• Ensure transactions follow company approval and authorization procedures.

• Maintain accurate audit trails and supporting documentation.

• Review accounting workflows and recommend process improvements.

• Support audits, tax reviews, due diligence, banking requirements, lender requests, and financial examinations.

• Help ensure accounting practices are consistent with U.S. GAAP and applicable requirements.

Financial & Tax Advisory

• Serve as a financial advisor to company leadership.

• Provide practical recommendations regarding tax planning, cash-flow management, expense management, budgeting, forecasting, financial controls, business structuring, financial risk, and capital expenditures.

• Identify potential tax, accounting, or financial risks before they become material issues.

• Translate financial information into clear recommendations for executives and non-financial stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline.

• Minimum 8 years of progressive professional accounting, financial reporting, bookkeeping, and/or tax experience.

• Professional experience supporting businesses operating in both Texas and California.

• Strong practical knowledge of Texas and California state tax and business compliance requirements.

• Strong knowledge of U.S. federal taxation and U.S. GAAP.

• Extensive general ledger, reconciliation, financial statement, and month-end/year-end close experience.

• Corporate tax planning and compliance experience.

• Strong understanding of payroll-related accounting and state reporting.

• Experience working directly with owners, executives, CFOs, or senior management.

• Ability to independently manage accounting responsibilities with minimal supervision.

Preferred qualifications

• Active CPA license.

• CPA licensed or experienced with Texas and/or California entities.

• 10+ years of progressive accounting or financial management experience.

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or related field.

• Multi-company, multi-entity, or intercompany accounting experience.

• Industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, construction, energy, or project-based business experience.

• Experience coordinating with auditors, CPAs, tax counsel, banks, lenders, and financial institutions.

Technical skills

• Advanced proficiency with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Enterprise, NetSuite, Sage, Xero, or comparable systems.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency.

• Ability to prepare reconciliations, financial schedules, financial models, forecasts, and management reports.

• Familiarity with payroll, expense management, banking, tax reporting, and document management systems.

• Multi-entity accounting and intercompany reconciliation experience preferred.

Ideal candidate

The successful candidate will combine the discipline of an experienced accountant with the judgment of a financial advisor. This person must be comfortable handling detailed accounting and bookkeeping responsibilities while advising management on taxation, cash flow, financial controls, compliance, and business decisions.

Employment

Full-Time

Location: Onsite – California Office

Company Operations: Texas and California

Experience Requirement: Minimum 8 years

License: CPA Preferred

Compensation: Competitive based on experience, qualifications, CPA credentials, and demonstrated Texas and California accounting and tax expertise.

⁠Construction Workers/ Equipment Operator

Location: Liberty, Texas
Job Type: Full-Time
Start Date: Immediate

About the role

We are seeking a Construction Equipment Operator to support an active construction site in Liberty, Texas.

The ideal candidate has experience operating construction or heavy equipment and is comfortable learning to operate different types of machinery used on site. Forklift operating experience is preferred, while experience with larger construction equipment is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate construction and site equipment.
• Operate forklifts and assist with material movement on site.
• Learn to operate additional equipment used at the site.
• Assist with construction activities and equipment-related tasks.
• Perform basic equipment checks before and during operation.
• Follow all site safety procedures and instructions.
• Report equipment issues or unsafe conditions promptly.
• Maintain a safe and organized work area.
• Work cooperatively with construction and site personnel.

Equipment experience

Experience with any of the following is highly preferred:

• Forklifts
• Dozers
• Rollers
• Pile drivers
• Cranes
• Other heavy construction equipment

Candidates with strong equipment-operation experience may be considered even if they have not operated every type of equipment listed above. Training may be provided for site-specific equipment.

Qualifications

• Previous equipment operating experience preferred.
• Forklift operating experience preferred.
• Construction, industrial, or heavy-equipment experience is a strong advantage.
• Ability and willingness to learn new equipment.
• Ability to follow safety procedures and instructions.
• Reliable attendance and strong work ethic.
• Ability to work effectively on an active construction site.

Experience

3+ years of equipment or construction operating experience is preferred. Candidates with less experience may also be considered if they demonstrate strong equipment skills and the ability to learn.

How to apply

Apply through this job posting and submit your updated CV/resume, along with your relevant equipment operating experience, certifications, and availability.

Position Purpose

Carries the administrative load of hiring and running the site’s workforce in a rural labor market, so operating leaders are not doing it between shifts.

Key responsibilities

• Run site recruiting, including sourcing, scheduling, background checks, drug screens and physicals.
• Onboard new hires, including orientation, badging, personal protective equipment issue and system access.
• Administer timekeeping, shift differentials, overtime and payroll input for hourly staff.
• Support benefits enrollment, leave administration and employee relations matters.
• Maintain personnel records, training records and compliance documentation.
• Manage site administration, including reception, visitor control, travel and office services.
• Build relationships with local colleges, workforce boards and community organizations to develop the hiring pipeline.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years in human resources or site administration, ideally in manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of Texas and federal employment law basics.
• High volume hourly recruiting experience.
• Discretion and sound judgment with confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications

• PHR or SHRM CP certification.
• Existing network in the regional industrial labor market.
• Bilingual English and Spanish.

Position Purpose

Puts safety presence in the field every day rather than only in the office, carrying the routine compliance load so the HSE Manager can lead the program.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct daily field safety observations, audits and permit verification.
• Maintain safety equipment programs, including gas detectors, breathing air, fall protection, eyewash and safety showers.
• Deliver safety orientation for new hires, contractors and visitors.
• Support incident investigation and maintain incident and near miss records.
• Coordinate emergency drills and maintain emergency response equipment readiness.
• Maintain safety data sheets, hazard communication and chemical inventory records.
• Support industrial hygiene monitoring and respirator fit testing.

Required Qualifications

• Three or more years in an industrial EHS role.
• OSHA 30 and current first aid, CPR and emergency response training.
• Working knowledge of permit to work and hazardous energy control.
• Comfortable challenging unsafe work in the field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in occupational safety.
• Emergency medical technician or fire brigade certification.
• Bilingual English and Spanish.

Position Purpose

Owns spare parts, consumables and site purchasing, taking custody of the inventory the site materials coordinator built.

Key responsibilities

• Receive, inspect, label, store and issue spare parts and consumables with full transaction accountability.
• Maintain inventory accuracy through cycle counting and reconcile discrepancies.
• Manage reorder points, minimum and maximum levels, and place purchase requisitions.
• Manage vendor relationships for consumables, chemicals, laboratory supplies and personal protective equipment.
• Control the preservation program for stored rotating equipment and spares.
• Support the planner with parts staging and kitting for scheduled work.
• Maintain safe and compliant storage of chemicals and hazardous materials.

Required Qualifications

• Three or more years of industrial storeroom or procurement experience.
• Inventory system competence and demonstrated accuracy.
• Forklift certification or willingness to certify.
• Familiarity with hazardous material storage requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• CMMS storeroom module experience.
• Purchasing or expediting background.

Position Purpose

Makes maintenance labor productive. Without a planner, technicians spend their day hunting parts and waiting on permits instead of turning wrenches.

Key responsibilities

• Plan work orders in detail, including scope, steps, parts, tools, permits and labor estimates.
• Build and publish the weekly maintenance schedule and coordinate it with production.
• Manage the backlog, prioritize by criticality and keep it visible and current.
• Own the CMMS data quality, including asset hierarchy, bills of material and preventive maintenance frequencies.
• Coordinate spare parts availability with the storeroom and raise reorder points as usage data builds.
• Plan outages and turnarounds, including contractor scope packages.
• Report maintenance metrics covering schedule compliance, wrench time, backlog and preventive maintenance completion.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of maintenance planning in a process plant, or maintenance craft experience plus planning training.
• Strong CMMS competence.
• Ability to read drawings and build detailed job plans.
• Organized, systematic working style.

Preferred Qualifications

• Craft background in mechanical or instrumentation maintenance.
• Turnaround planning experience.

Position Purpose

Runs the analyses the plant depends on to know what it made and whether it can be released.

Key responsibilities

• Perform routine analysis of raw materials, in process samples, intermediates and finished product.
• Operate and maintain HPLC, GC, spectrophotometers, titrators and other analytical instrumentation.
• Perform microbiological testing including plating, purity checks and contamination screening.
• Record results accurately, flag out of specification results promptly and support investigations.
• Maintain instrument calibration, reagent preparation and reference standard control.
• Keep the laboratory clean, safe and compliant with chemical handling requirements.
• Support method development and validation work directed by the Laboratory Manager.

Required Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology or a related science.
• Two or more years in an analytical or quality control laboratory.
• Hands on HPLC or GC experience.
• Careful, disciplined documentation habits.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microbiology and aseptic technique experience.
• Laboratory information management system experience.
• Willingness to cover shift or weekend work.

Position Purpose

Keeps rotating and static equipment running. Hiring during installation means the people who will maintain the pumps are the people who watched them being set and aligned.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain, repair and overhaul pumps, compressors, agitators, centrifuges, dryers and conveying equipment.
• Perform precision alignment, bearing replacement, mechanical seal replacement and vibration troubleshooting.
• Maintain piping, valves, heat exchangers and pressure equipment, and support inspection programs.
• Execute preventive and predictive maintenance routes and document findings in the CMMS.
• Perform rigging and lifting for equipment removal and installation.
• Support planned outages, turnarounds and breakdown response.
• Fabricate and weld to procedure where qualified.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of industrial mechanical maintenance in a process plant.
• Precision alignment, mechanical seal and bearing competence.
• Rigging and lifting competence.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings and equipment manuals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Welding certification.
• Vibration analysis Category I or higher.
• Rotating equipment specialist background.

Position Purpose

Keeps instruments, controls and electrical systems working. Hiring during commissioning is deliberate, as knowledge transfer from the integrator and vendor technicians only happens once.

Key responsibilities

• Calibrate, troubleshoot and repair transmitters, control valves, analyzers and final control elements.
• Maintain motor control centers, variable frequency drives, switchgear and distribution equipment.
• Troubleshoot control loops, interlocks and safety instrumented functions with the Controls Engineer.
• Maintain gas detection, fire alarm and emergency shutdown systems and complete proof testing on schedule.
• Execute preventive maintenance and calibration schedules in the CMMS and document results.
• Support planned outages and turnaround work.
• Maintain compliance with NFPA 70E, arc flash requirements and hazardous area installation rules.

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree in instrumentation, electrical technology or equivalent military or apprenticeship training.
• Five or more years of industrial instrumentation and electrical maintenance.
• Calibration and loop troubleshooting competence.
• NFPA 70E qualified and comfortable working on energized equipment where permitted.

Preferred Qualifications

• Texas journeyman electrician license.
• DCS or PLC troubleshooting experience.
• Analyzer maintenance experience.

Position Purpose

Runs the systems the process cannot live without, including steam, cooling, compressed air, process water and effluent treatment.

Key responsibilities

• Operate and monitor boilers, cooling towers, chillers, air compressors, nitrogen supply and process water treatment.
• Operate the wastewater treatment system and maintain discharge within permit limits.
• Perform utility water chemistry testing and chemical dosing for boiler and cooling systems.
• Maintain compliance records required by environmental permits and coordinate with the Environmental Compliance Specialist.
• Monitor utility consumption and support energy efficiency efforts.
• Perform first line maintenance on utility equipment and support planned outages.
• Respond to utility upsets that threaten process stability.

Required Qualifications

• Three or more years operating industrial utilities or wastewater systems.
• Texas boiler operator or wastewater operator license, or willingness to obtain within twelve months.
• Working knowledge of water chemistry and chemical handling.
• Willingness to work a twelve hour rotating shift.

Preferred Qualifications

• Both boiler and wastewater licensing.
• Industrial pretreatment and biological treatment experience.

Position Purpose

The hands of the plant. Operates equipment in the field, executes procedures, catches problems before instruments do, and keeps the unit running safely around the clock.

Key responsibilities

• Perform routine rounds, monitor equipment condition and report abnormalities.
• Operate valves, pumps, filters, centrifuges, dryers and packaging equipment per written procedures.
• Execute media preparation, sterilization, inoculation, transfer and clean in place operations.
• Take process samples per the sampling plan and perform basic field tests.
• Prepare equipment for maintenance, including isolation, draining, purging and permit support.
• Handle chemicals, solvents and raw materials safely, including unloading and transfer operations.
• Complete logs, checklists and batch records accurately and on time.
• Participate in emergency response as a member of the site response team.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two or more years of industrial process operations, or a process technology associate degree.
• Ability to work at height, in confined spaces and in personal protective equipment including respirator.
• Willingness to work a twelve hour rotating shift including nights, weekends and holidays.
• Pass background check, drug screen, physical and respirator fit test.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in process technology.
• Fermentation, food, pharmaceutical or specialty chemical experience.
• Forklift and mobile equipment certification.

Position Purpose

Runs the plant from the control room. The most technically demanding hourly role in the plant, where hiring early pays back most since console competence is built by watching systems come alive during commissioning.

Key responsibilities

• Operate the process from the DCS within the approved operating envelope and respond to alarms and deviations.
• Execute batch sequences, phase transitions and grade changes, and verify batch record completion.
• Monitor and trend critical process parameters and take early corrective action.
• Coordinate field operators, direct isolation and prepare equipment for maintenance.
• Execute controlled startup, shutdown and emergency shutdown procedures.
• Support commissioning, loop checks, functional testing and dry runs.
• Mentor field operators and support their progression to console qualification.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of process operations with at least two years on a DCS console.
• Demonstrated ability to hold a process steady and troubleshoot under pressure.
• High school diploma or equivalent. Process technology associate degree strongly preferred.
• Willingness to work a twelve hour rotating shift.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fermentation or batch chemical operations experience.
• Prior greenfield startup participation.
• Experience on the site’s selected DCS platform.

Position Purpose

Runs the plant when leadership is not on site, which is most of the time. Owns safety, production and people on their crew. Hired early to participate in commissioning and learn the plant while it is being proven.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the shift crew and own safety, environmental compliance and production performance for the shift.
• Authorize permits to work, direct hazardous work and act as incident commander until relieved.
• Direct operating decisions within the approved operating envelope and escalate deviations promptly.
• Run structured shift handover so that no information is lost between crews.
• Coach and qualify operators and complete performance and competency assessments.
• Coordinate with maintenance on breakdowns, permits and planned work executed on shift.
• Own shift documentation, including logs, batch records and deviation reports.
• Participate in commissioning, functional testing and dry runs before startup.

Required Qualifications

• Eight or more years of chemical, biochemical or refinery operations experience with supervisory responsibility.
• Demonstrated safety leadership and permit to work authority experience.
• Strong process troubleshooting judgment under time pressure.
• Willingness to work a twelve hour rotating shift including nights, weekends and holidays.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in process technology or equivalent.
• Fermentation or batch process experience.
• Prior startup participation.

Position Purpose

Stands up the on site laboratory and the product quality system. The plant cannot release product or troubleshoot a batch without a working lab, and the lab has to be running before the first fermentation.

Key responsibilities

• Design, equip and commission the on site laboratory, including analytical instrumentation, microbiology capability and safe handling of samples and reagents.
• Develop and validate analytical methods for raw materials, in process samples, intermediates and finished product.
• Own the product specification, certificate of analysis process and release procedure.
• Build the sampling plan across the process and the microbiological monitoring program for contamination control.
• Establish the quality management system, including document control, deviation handling, out of specification investigation and change control.
• Manage laboratory technicians and set the shift coverage model to match production.
• Own instrument calibration, maintenance and reference standard control.
• Manage external laboratory relationships for methods held off site.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology or a related field.
• Seven or more years in an industrial analytical or quality control laboratory, including supervisory responsibility.
• Hands on method development and validation experience with HPLC, GC and titrimetric methods.
• Microbiological testing and contamination investigation experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience commissioning a laboratory from empty space.
• ISO 17025 or ISO 9001 quality system experience.
• Organic acid or monomer analysis experience.

Position Purpose

Owns everything after the fermenter, including broth clarification, purification, the catalytic conversion step and final product purification to specification.

Key responsibilities

• Own the downstream process description covering separation, filtration, ion exchange or chromatography, crystallization, drying and solvent recovery.
• Own the catalytic conversion step, including fixed bed reactor operation, catalyst loading and unloading, activity monitoring and regeneration or replacement planning.
• Own distillation and purification operations and the product specification control strategy.
• Translate the process into operating procedures, control narratives and operator training content.
• Track yield, recovery, purity and solvent losses at each step and drive improvement.
• Manage polymerization risk, including inhibitor dosing, oxygen requirement and temperature limits, alongside the process safety engineer.
• Support commissioning of downstream and reaction systems, including catalyst first load and performance verification.
• Interface with the technology partner and catalyst supplier on performance questions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemical engineering or organic chemistry with process experience.
• Five or more years in downstream purification or organic chemical synthesis at production scale.
• Direct experience with separation, crystallization or distillation unit operations.
• Solvent handling and recovery experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fixed bed catalytic reactor operating experience.
• Reactive monomer experience.
• Chromatography or ion exchange purification at scale.

Position Purpose

Owns the biological front end of the process, from raw material preparation and saccharification through seed train and production fermentation, and is the technical bridge between the laboratory process and the plant.

Key responsibilities

• Own the fermentation process description, operating envelope and batch recipe, and translate it into control system sequences and operating procedures.
• Establish media preparation, sterilization, seed train propagation and inoculation procedures, and verify sterile boundary integrity.
• Own biomass feedstock handling and saccharification operations, including enzyme dosing and hydrolysis control.
• Set and monitor critical process parameters covering temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, agitation, aeration and feed profile.
• Analyze batch data for yield, titer, productivity and contamination events, and drive corrective and improvement actions.
• Support commissioning of fermenters, sterilizers, air filtration, and clean in place and steam in place systems.
• Interface with the technology partner team on process transfer, scale up questions and troubleshooting.
• Train operators on fermentation fundamentals and contamination control discipline.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, bioprocess engineering or microbiology.
• Five or more years of industrial fermentation experience at pilot scale or larger.
• Practical command of sterile technique, contamination investigation and clean in place validation.
• Strong batch data analysis skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Organic acid fermentation experience.
• Scale up experience from pilot to commercial fermenters.
• Reading knowledge of Mandarin for technical exchange with the partner team.

Position Purpose

Turns a group of hires into a qualified operating crew. Owns the competency system that lets the plant prove, on paper, that the person at the console knows what they are doing.

Key responsibilities

• Build the operator and technician qualification matrix covering every position, task and required competency.
• Develop training content from P&IDs, control narratives, standard operating procedures and equipment manuals.
• Schedule and capture vendor training delivered during installation and commissioning before those representatives leave site.
• Run classroom, field walkdown and simulator or console based training and document completion.
• Administer written and practical qualification assessments and maintain auditable training records.
• Own mandatory compliance training, including hazard communication, lockout tagout, confined space, respiratory protection and emergency response.
• Build the refresher and requalification calendar and the onboarding path for new hires.
• Partner with local colleges and workforce boards on pipeline programs.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of industrial training coordination or operations experience with training responsibility.
• Ability to read P&IDs and translate technical content into usable training material.
• Learning management system administration experience.
• Strong facilitation and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior process operator or technician background.
• Existing relationships with regional process technology programs.
• Bilingual English and Spanish.

Position Purpose

Builds the maintenance function before the plant needs it, arriving during installation so equipment history, spare parts and preventive maintenance plans are built from vendor data rather than reconstructed after the first failure.

Key responsibilities

• Stand up the computerized maintenance management system, including asset register, equipment hierarchy, bills of material and preventive maintenance plans.
• Build the critical spares list from vendor recommendations and criticality analysis, and secure spares before startup.
• Own the mechanical integrity program for pressure equipment, relief devices, piping and instrumented protective systems.
• Recruit, train and lead the mechanical and instrumentation and electrical maintenance technicians.
• Establish planning and scheduling discipline, work order flow, and the weekly maintenance schedule.
• Own lubrication, vibration monitoring, thermography and other predictive maintenance programs.
• Capture vendor training during installation and commissioning and convert it into internal training material.
• Own maintenance budget, contractor support agreements and reliability metrics.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience with a strong maintenance track record.
• Ten or more years of industrial maintenance, including five or more years leading a maintenance organization.
• Direct CMMS implementation experience.
• Working knowledge of rotating equipment, pressure equipment and instrumentation maintenance.
• Mechanical integrity program experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• CMRP certification.
• Reliability centered maintenance facilitation experience.
• Experience staffing a maintenance team in a rural labor market.

Position Purpose

Owns process safety as a discipline for a facility handling flammable solvents and a catalytic reactor, likely covered by OSHA process safety management and EPA risk management program rules.

Key responsibilities

• Determine and document applicability of OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 and EPA 40 CFR Part 68 based on final chemical inventory and threshold quantities.
• Build and own the process safety information package, including chemical hazard data, technology and equipment information.
• Lead process hazard analyses using HAZOP or equivalent, and drive recommendation closure before startup.
• Own relief system design verification, flare or vent header adequacy, and overpressure protection documentation.
• Establish the management of change, pre startup safety review and mechanical integrity programs.
• Address polymerization hazards, including inhibitor management, temperature control and storage practices.
• Develop and verify safe operating limits and consequences of deviation for inclusion in operating procedures.
• Support incident investigation and lead process safety training for operations and maintenance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
• Seven or more years of process safety in chemical or petrochemical manufacturing.
• Direct experience leading HAZOPs and closing recommendations.
• Working command of relief system sizing and API 520 and 521.
• Practical PSM and RMP program implementation experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCPSC certification.
• Layer of protection analysis and safety integrity level determination experience.
• Reactive chemistry or self reactive monomer experience.

Position Purpose

The person who will still be here in five years. Owns the operating plant, its people, its safety record, its cost and its output. Joins during commissioning so they own the plant they will run rather than inherit someone else’s decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Build the operating organization, including shift structure, crew composition, staffing levels and succession.
• Own safety, environmental and quality performance of the operating plant.
• Take care, custody and control of systems from commissioning and own production performance from first product.
• Develop and own the operating budget, unit cost model, and production and yield targets.
• Own standard operating procedures, batch records, shift handover discipline and operating discipline generally.
• Drive the operator and technician training and qualification program with the Training Coordinator to a competency based standard.
• Set the production plan and coordinate with supply chain on raw materials, utilities and finished product logistics.
• Lead continuous improvement in yield, reliability, energy and labor efficiency once steady state is reached.
• Represent the site to regulators, the community and company leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Twelve or more years in chemical or biochemical manufacturing operations, including five or more years leading an operating site or major production unit.
• Direct experience through a plant startup, ideally on the operations side.
• Proven safety leadership in a hazardous process environment.
• Genuine people leadership capability, including building a shift organization from nothing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fermentation, downstream purification or catalytic process experience.
• Process safety management leadership experience.
• Experience opening a new site in a rural labor market.

Position Purpose

Takes the plant from installed to proven. Owns system turnover, pre commissioning, functional testing, dry runs and the introduction of first feed, and hands a working plant to operations.

Key responsibilities

• Build the commissioning strategy, system boundary definition and turnover sequence with engineering and operations.
• Own the commissioning schedule and integrate it with the remaining construction and punch list work.
• Direct pre commissioning activities including flushing, blowing, drying, leak testing, motor solo runs and instrument loop checks.
• Run functional testing and dry runs, capture preliminary performance results and disposition deviations.
• Verify all safety systems are proven before first introduction of hazardous materials, including gas detection, fire suppression, relief devices and emergency shutdown.
• Coordinate vendor field service representatives so their site time is used efficiently and their sign offs are captured.
• Lead pre startup safety review and confirm every recommendation is closed before startup.
• Manage the formal care, custody and control transfer of each system to the Operations Manager.

Required Qualifications

• Ten or more years of process plant commissioning, with at least two greenfield startups in a lead role.
• Deep working knowledge of system turnover, pre commissioning sequences and functional testing.
• Experience running a pre startup safety review.
• Ability to hold a startup date honestly, including saying no when a system is not ready.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fermentation, biochemical or specialty chemicals commissioning experience.
• Commissioning management software experience such as GoTechnology or WinPCS.

Position Purpose

Owns the control system as an owner asset rather than a vendor deliverable, ensuring accountability after the integrator leaves.

Key responsibilities

• Own the control system architecture, including DCS, PLC, safety instrumented system, historian and network segregation.
• Review, test and accept integrator configuration, graphics, alarms, interlocks and sequences before handover.
• Lead factory acceptance testing and site acceptance testing, and run loop checks and functional testing with the field engineers.
• Configure and rationalize the alarm system so that operators receive an actionable alarm load, not a flood.
• Own control narratives, interlock schedules and cause and effect matrices as controlled documents.
• Set up the historian, batch records and reporting that operations and quality will rely on.
• Establish cybersecurity controls, backup and recovery procedures for control system assets.
• Provide control system support through commissioning, startup and into operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, control, chemical or computer engineering.
• Seven or more years of industrial control system engineering, including at least one greenfield commissioning.
• Hands on configuration experience on a major DCS or PLC platform.
• Working knowledge of functional safety concepts and safety instrumented systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Batch control experience under ISA 88.
• TUV functional safety certification.
• Historian and manufacturing execution system integration experience.

Position Purpose

Owns permits, emissions, discharge and waste compliance. Permit conditions are schedule constraints on startup, so this role protects the commissioning date as much as it protects the environment.

Key responsibilities

• Own all environmental permits and authorizations, including air authorizations, wastewater discharge, stormwater and waste registrations, and track every condition and deadline.
• Build the emissions inventory and monitoring plan covering point sources, fugitive emissions, volatile organic compounds and any thermal oxidizer or scrubber controls.
• Prepare and submit compliance reports to state and federal agencies and maintain the compliance calendar.
• Set up the stormwater pollution prevention plan and spill prevention control and countermeasure plan for the construction and operating phases.
• Establish waste characterization, manifesting, storage and disposal procedures, including solvent and spent catalyst streams.
• Support the government and regulatory submittal package with environmental content.
• Train site personnel on environmental requirements and lead agency inspections.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering or a related field.
• Five or more years of environmental compliance at an industrial facility in Texas.
• Direct working experience with TCEQ permitting and reporting.
• Command of RCRA, Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act obligations as they apply to chemical manufacturing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience taking a greenfield facility through initial permit to operate.
• Title V and EPA Risk Management Program experience.
• Wastewater pretreatment design familiarity.

Position Purpose

Physically inspects and documents the work. This is the role that keeps the turnover dossier real rather than aspirational.

Key responsibilities

• Perform visual weld inspection, verify welder qualifications and monitor compliance with approved weld procedures.
• Coordinate and witness radiographic, ultrasonic, dye penetrant and magnetic particle testing, and review reports.
• Witness hydrostatic and pneumatic pressure tests and complete test packages.
• Inspect equipment setting, bolt torque, gasket installation and flange makeup.
• Verify cleanliness, flushing and passivation of process systems.
• Raise, track and verify closure of non conformance reports.
• Maintain daily inspection records that feed the system turnover packages.

Required Qualifications

• AWS CWI or equivalent, and five or more years of industrial piping and equipment inspection.
• Working knowledge of ASME B31.3 and ASME Section IX.
• Disciplined, legible, timely documentation habits.

Preferred Qualifications

• ASNT Level II in one or more NDE methods.
• API 570 or API 510 certification.

Position Purpose

Owns field execution of power, control and instrument installation, including panels, sensors, cabling and the physical interface to the control system.

Key responsibilities

• Supervise installation of switchgear, motor control centers, transformers, cable tray, conduit, grounding and lighting.
• Direct instrument installation, including transmitters, control valves, analyzers, level and flow devices, and verify tagging against the instrument index.
• Manage hazardous area classification compliance, including sealing, wiring methods and equipment ratings in classified zones.
• Coordinate DCS and PLC panel installation, marshalling, cable termination and loop check execution.
• Support commissioning of gas detection, fire alarm and emergency shutdown circuits.
• Verify calibration certificates and maintain the instrument calibration register.
• Maintain electrical and instrumentation redlines for the as built set.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent field experience.
• Five or more years of industrial electrical and instrumentation field engineering.
• Working knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E and hazardous area classification.
• Loop check and functional test experience.
• OSHA 30.

Preferred Qualifications

• DCS platform experience such as DeltaV, Honeywell, Rockwell or Siemens.
• Arc flash study and coordination experience.

Position Purpose

Translates drawings into correctly installed steel and pipe. Walks the job daily, catches interferences before they become rework, and keeps installation moving to the correct tolerance.

Key responsibilities

• Verify equipment setting, elevation, orientation, levelness and alignment against foundation and general arrangement drawings.
• Supervise grouting, anchor bolt tensioning, soft foot correction and final alignment of rotating equipment.
• Track piping installation against isometrics, including spool receipt, fit up, support installation and spring hanger settings.
• Resolve field routing conflicts, raise technical queries with clear proposed solutions, and drive engineering response.
• Coordinate ductwork and ventilation installation in volatile and hazardous classified areas.
• Support pressure testing, flushing and cleanliness verification with QA/QC.
• Maintain the redline markup set that becomes the as built package.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent field experience.
• Five or more years of field installation on process plants.
• Strong isometric and P&ID literacy and practical alignment and grouting knowledge.
• OSHA 30.

Preferred Qualifications

• Rotating equipment alignment certification.
• Stainless and hygienic piping experience.

Position Purpose

Receives, protects and controls everything that arrives on site. This role is urgent, as major equipment deliveries are beginning and there is currently no named owner for receiving, preservation or custody.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and sequence inbound deliveries against the installation schedule so equipment arrives in the order it is needed, not the order it ships.
• Coordinate offloading, heavy haul routing, permits, escorts and crane availability for oversized loads.
• Receive and inspect every delivery with QA/QC, photograph condition on arrival and file damage claims within carrier and vendor time limits.
• Run the equipment preservation program, including desiccant, nitrogen blanketing, rotation of shafts, weather protection and preservation logs.
• Control laydown yards and secure storage, and maintain a live materials location register.
• Build the initial spare parts inventory and set up the storeroom that operations will inherit.
• Issue materials to contractors with signed accountability and track consumption against allowances.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of site materials management on industrial construction projects.
• Direct experience receiving oversized process equipment and managing preservation.
• Working knowledge of heavy haul logistics, permits and rigging coordination.
• Practical inventory system experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Import and customs documentation experience for overseas sourced equipment.
• Experience setting up a maintenance storeroom and CMMS item master.

Position Purpose

Keeps the paper straight. Owns contracts, change orders, submittals and the single controlled document repository so that no one builds from a superseded drawing and no claim is lost for want of a record.

Key responsibilities

• Administer contractor and vendor agreements, including scope, insurance certificates, lien waivers, retainage and payment applications.
• Log, route, track and close submittals, requests for information, and technical queries against committed response dates.
• Operate the controlled document system so that only current revision drawings and specifications are in the field, and superseded copies are removed.
• Prepare and track change orders, back charges and claim notices within contractual time limits.
• Maintain the government and regulatory submittal register, including transmittal records and approval status.
• Assemble and issue the project record set, including as builts, operation and maintenance manuals, warranties and spare parts lists.
• Support procurement with purchase order administration, expediting and delivery tracking.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of contracts administration or document control on capital projects.
• Strong command of a document control platform such as Procore, Aconex, SharePoint or equivalent.
• Precise written communication and unusually strong attention to detail.
• Comfort holding contractors to contractual notice periods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with federal or state contract reporting requirements.
• Notary commission.

Position Purpose

Owns the quality system that proves the plant was built correctly. Every inspection, test and certificate needed for turnover, warranty, insurance or regulatory review runs through this role.

Key responsibilities

• Write and enforce the project quality plan, inspection and test plans, and the witness and hold point schedule.
• Inspect incoming equipment and materials on arrival, document damage, and protect warranty and insurance claims through timely reporting.
• Control welding quality, including welder qualification, weld procedure specifications, weld maps, NDE coordination and repair tracking.
• Witness and document pressure testing, hydrotest, flushing, cleanliness verification and passivation of process systems.
• Verify electrical and instrumentation installation quality, including loop checks, termination inspection, cable megger testing and grounding.
• Own the turnover package structure so that each system handed to commissioning carries a complete, auditable dossier.
• Track non conformance reports to closure and escalate systemic contractor quality problems.
• Assemble the final documentation set covering certificates, test records, calibration data and as builts.

Required Qualifications

• Eight or more years of QA/QC leadership on industrial construction or process plant projects.
• Working knowledge of ASME B31.3, ASME Section VIII and IX, and NDE methods including RT, UT, PT and MT.
• Experience building complete system turnover packages.
• CWI certification or equivalent welding inspection credential.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hygienic and stainless process piping experience, including passivation and riboflavin testing.
• ISO 9001 internal auditor training.
• Familiarity with instrument calibration and loop check documentation.

Position Purpose

Owns the safety of everyone on site from the first crane lift through steady state operations, and builds the permanent safety management system rather than a construction only program.

Key responsibilities

• Build and run the site safety program, including permit to work, lockout tagout, confined space, hot work, elevated work, line breaking and critical lift control.
• Approve contractor safety plans, verify training and certifications, and hold contractors to company standards.
• Run daily safety briefings, weekly walkthroughs and monthly leading indicator reporting.
• Own incident reporting, investigation, root cause analysis and corrective action closure.
• Design and run the emergency response program, including fire suppression readiness, gas detection coverage, evacuation, alarm testing and emergency drills.
• Coordinate OSHA recordkeeping and, as the process definition is confirmed, lead readiness for process safety management obligations.
• Establish the industrial hygiene program covering solvent exposure, respiratory protection, hearing conservation and biological agent handling.
• Transition the construction safety program into the operating safety management system without a gap at handover.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Eight or more years of HSE leadership in chemical, petrochemical, biotech or heavy industrial settings, including active construction sites.
• Direct experience with OSHA 1910 and 1926, hazardous energy control and emergency response planning.
• OSHA 30, first aid and CPR instructor capability or willingness to certify.
• Presence and credibility to stop work and hold the line with contractors.

Preferred Qualifications

• CSP, CIH or CHMM certification.
• Process safety management program experience under 29 CFR 1910.119.
• Flammable solvent and combustible dust experience.

Position Purpose

Owner’s technical authority for the plant. Holds the design basis, resolves technical questions from the field, controls engineering change, and makes sure what is built matches what was designed and will actually operate.

Key responsibilities

• Own the design basis, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment datasheets, line lists, instrument index and electrical load schedule as controlled documents.
• Review and approve vendor drawings, installation requirements and contractor submittals before work proceeds.
• Disposition field technical queries and non conformances quickly, and control engineering change through a formal management of change process.
• Lead the process hazard analysis, layer of protection review and relief system verification with the process safety engineer and third party facilitator.
• Coordinate the mechanical, electrical and instrumentation, civil and structural discipline inputs into a single coherent installed design.
• Verify utility adequacy across steam, cooling, chilled water, compressed air, process water, nitrogen, power and effluent before commissioning.
• Own the as built drawing set and confirm it is complete and accurate at handover to operations.
• Support the engineering content of regulatory and government submittals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical or process engineering.
• Twelve or more years of process plant engineering with multi discipline coordination responsibility.
• Deep working knowledge of ASME, API, NFPA, NEC and applicable Texas codes.
• Direct experience taking a design through construction, commissioning and startup.
• Comfortable making binding technical decisions in the field under schedule pressure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Texas PE license.
• Fermentation, biochemical, downstream purification or catalytic fixed bed reactor experience.
• Prior owner’s engineer role rather than only EPC contractor experience.

Position Purpose

Runs the field. Owns daily construction execution, contractor coordination, site logistics and the physical installation of equipment, piping, electrical and ventilation systems in the sequence the schedule requires.

Key responsibilities

• Direct all field construction activity, including rigging, setting, positioning and anchoring of reactors, columns, exchangers, pumps, compressors and tanks.
• Own the site logistics plan for equipment arrival, including crane and rigging studies, laydown, access routes, offloading sequence and equipment preservation.
• Coordinate the trade contractors so that mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation, civil and HVAC work sequences without interference or rework.
• Run the daily plan of the day and the three week look ahead, and hold contractors to committed manpower and productivity.
• Enforce the site safety program in the field alongside the HSE Manager, including permit to work, lifting plans, confined space and hot work controls.
• Verify installed work against issued for construction drawings before it is covered, and reject non conforming work early.
• Drive punch list generation and closure ahead of mechanical completion so that turnover to commissioning is not delayed.
• Manage site access, temporary facilities, temporary power and waste handling.

Required Qualifications

• Ten or more years of industrial construction supervision, including direct responsibility for setting and aligning major process equipment.
• Fluent reading of P&IDs, general arrangement drawings, isometrics, structural and electrical single line drawings.
• Proven control of multi contractor sites with concurrent mechanical, electrical and civil scopes.
• OSHA 30 and current rigging and lifting competency.
• Track record of completing installation to a clean, inspection ready standard.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with stainless and hygienic piping systems, orbital welding or fermentation vessel installation.
• Bilingual English and Spanish.

Position Purpose

Single point of accountability for delivery of the LAMP plant from equipment arrival through demonstrated production. Owns scope, cost, schedule, contracts and the integrated project plan, and is the interface between the site and LAMP leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Own the integrated master schedule covering delivery, installation, mechanical completion, commissioning and startup, and hold the critical path visible and current at all times.
• Control project cost against the approved budget, manage change orders and contingency, and issue a monthly cost and schedule report to leadership.
• Chair weekly coordination between construction, engineering, QA/QC, HSE and vendor field service, and drive open items to closure.
• Own the submittal package to government and regulatory bodies, including approved plans and compliance reports, and track approval status as a schedule constraint.
• Manage contractor and vendor performance against contract terms, approve progress payments and lead claim avoidance.
• Maintain the project risk register with named owners, mitigation actions and dates, and escalate items that threaten a milestone gate.
• Lead the phased handover of systems from construction to commissioning to operations, with signed turnover packages at each step.
• Sequence and sponsor the site hiring plan so that each role is on site ahead of the work it is accountable for.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or a related technical field.
• Ten or more years delivering industrial capital projects, with at least one project carried personally from equipment delivery through startup.
• Demonstrated command of cost control, schedule management in Primavera P6 or equivalent, and contract administration.
• Working knowledge of process plant execution, including P&ID driven installation, mechanical completion and commissioning sequencing.
• OSHA 30 and a credible record of safety leadership on an active construction site.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or equivalent certification.
• Chemical, biochemical, fermentation or specialty chemicals project experience.
• Experience managing a project with federal or state reporting obligations.