Travertine Technologies’ next-gen phosphate process recycles mining and fertilizer waste into circular, carbon-negative materials. Backed by Clean Energy Ventures.
About the role
The VP of Engineering will lead Travertine’s engineering function as the company advances its technology from demonstration plant operation to commercial plant deployment. This role reports directly to the CEO and will be responsible for building the engineering discipline and team that will design and ensure effective operation of world-scale critical mineral production plants. The first plant in development is a purified phosphoric acid plant located in the southeastern US, that is currently in FEL-2. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 20+ years of engineering experience in complex chemical, hydrometallurgical, industrial water, mining, critical minerals, cement/materials, or adjacent process industries
- Proven track record translating R&D, pilot, and demo results into scalable engineering designs for commercial deployment
- Deep applied process engineering foundation, including PFDs, P&IDs, mass and energy balances, equipment specification, process safety, and technoeconomic/capital planning
- Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering programs from concept through detailed design, construction support, commissioning, and startup
- Ability to lead internal teams and external partners, including EPCs, vendors, consultants, and contractors
- Experience building engineering discipline in a startup, scale-up, or first-of-a-kind industrial technology environment
More about this role
Travertine is an Industrial Transformation company based in Boulder, CO, that is rapidly scaling a technology for sulfur-decoupled production of critical minerals, starting with phosphate. Our technology enables large-scale circularity in extractive industries while simultaneously decarbonizing building materials.
We do this by electrochemically recycling chemical byproducts, sulfate wastes, into sulfuric acid and valuable mineral co-products. Sulfuric acid is the world's most used inorganic chemical and is vital for producing a wide range of critical elements including phosphate (for fertilizer and LFP batteries), lithium, copper, nickel, and rare earth elements. Travertine's technology solves the dual problems of sulfur supply vulnerability and large-scale chemical waste disposal. Our transformative process changes the fundamental material balance of critical mineral production, laying the groundwork for an industry liberated from fossil inputs and their legacy waste and carbon impacts.
Since founding, Travertine has raised over $29M in capital, including over $5M in US Federal and State government grants. We are an accomplished and driven team recognized by C&EN 10 startups to...
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