Director, Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the main technical expert for Mobius Renewables in the field of industrial wastewater treatment within the anaerobic digestion sector.

• Analyze wastewater properties such as COD/BOD, TSS, FOG, nutrients, pH, alkalinity, toxicity/inhibition, temperature, and various other factors that influence biological treatment and anaerobic digestion.

• Offer technical advice on both aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment, clarification, solids management, DAF, nutrient management, pretreatment, polishing, and other relevant wastewater technologies.

• Stay updated on innovative wastewater and resource-recovery technologies and evaluate their relevance for projects.

• Collaborate with Development and Commercial teams to assess new opportunities in wastewater and anaerobic digestion.

• Conduct or supervise technical due diligence on wastewater streams, current treatment infrastructures, and proposed projects.

• Evaluate the treatability and variability of potential feedstocks while identifying process risks.

• Discover ways to enhance project economics through process optimization, resource recovery, decreased chemical or energy usage, and increased biogas production.

• Work alongside Operations to enhance wastewater treatment and anaerobic process performance across various facilities.

• Diagnose process disruptions and recurring performance challenges, and spearhead corrective measures.

• Review operating data and trends that impact treatment efficiency, system stability, biogas production, chemical usage, solids generation, and operating costs.

• Establish operating parameters, KPIs, monitoring requirements, and performance standards.

• Assist in root-cause analyses following significant process or treatment incidents.

• Facilitate technical discussions with clients, regulatory bodies, engineering firms, and other external stakeholders.

• Prepare capital and operating-cost budgets for improvements in wastewater treatment and incorporate them into financial planning.

• Collaborate across Development, Engineering, Operations, Commercial, and Project Execution to troubleshoot facilities and promote continuous improvement throughout the portfolio.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biological Engineering, or a similar technical field.

• Over 10 years of progressively responsible experience in industrial wastewater treatment, process engineering, biological treatment, anaerobic digestion, or related areas.

• Extensive technical expertise in high-strength industrial wastewater treatment and biological processes.

• Proven experience in designing, commissioning, operating, optimizing, or troubleshooting wastewater treatment systems.

• Strong preference for candidates with experience in anaerobic treatment technologies and/or anaerobic digestion.

• Preferred experience in handling food and beverage, agricultural, manufacturing, or other high-organic-load wastewater streams.

• Solid understanding of wastewater characterization, mass balances, biological kinetics, process controls, nutrient requirements, solids management, and treatment-system performance.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical issues to non-technical audiences.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% to Mobius facilities, customer sites, and project locations.

• Desired experience in high-strength industrial wastewater, food and beverage wastewater, anaerobic biological treatment, anaerobic digestion, renewable natural gas and biogas, DAF systems, aerobic biological treatment, nutrient removal and management, solids separation and handling, wastewater reuse and resource recovery, treatment-system commissioning and startup, process troubleshooting and optimization, industrial pretreatment programs, wastewater permitting and regulatory compliance, as well as evaluations of greenfield and brownfield treatment facilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• No specific benefits or compensation extras stated.