Production Surveillance Manager

Leadership & Team Development: Lead and develop the Production Surveillance Engineering team, fostering a culture of safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement while driving operational excellence across all Iceland sites.

Operational optimization: Maximize CDR output and Mammoth run rate through operational surveillance and ongoing optimization.

Performance monitoring: Ensure operational effectiveness by monitoring and improving availability, performance, and recovery across all Iceland sites and own reporting on energy, production, and operating costs.

Data-driven improvements: Analyze plant data to identify and validate improvement projects.

Digital integration: Drive the integration of digital tools such as ERP, document management, and dashboarding into daily operations, transforming data into actionable insights.

Compliance and auditing: Support auditing efforts ensuring 100% traceability of CDR production and maintain a safe and compliant plant operation, upholding a safety culture without compromises and ensuring full regulatory compliance.

This role accelerates the global transition to net zero by maximizing carbon removal output through operational excellence and data-driven improvements at Climeworks' Direct Air Capture plants, directly contributing to high-quality carbon removal solutions.

Education & Experience: Hold a B.Sc. degree or equivalent in process engineering, chemical engineering, or a related discipline and bring at least 6 years of experience in plant operation, maintenance, and team leadership within process engineering or a related industry.

Operational Expertise: Have a proven track record in operational surveillance, troubleshooting, and executing improvement projects in scale-up environments.

Analytical & Digital Skills: Be a proactive problem solver with strong data analysis abilities using SQL and Python, and have experience with dashboarding tools such as Seeq, PowerBI, or Grafana.

Mindset & Working Style: Be an excellent communicator and collaborator, capable of building positive team dynamics and fostering cross-departmental cooperation.

Language & Travel: Be business fluent in English, with Icelandic or German as a plus, and willing to travel up to 30%.

Time Off: 25 paid vacation days every year, plus public holidays.

Flexibility: Hybrid work setup and up to 4 weeks of remote work annually within any EU country.

Ownership: Fair base pay paired with an equity package.

Family Support: Inclusive parental leave.

Continuous Learning: Dedicated budget to invest in professional growth.

Referral Rewards: Bonuses for successful referrals.

Salary: Salary ranges are assigned based on seniority and location-specific market median of similar jobs according to external benchmark surveys. Individual compensation depends on skills, experience, and value brought to the team.