Technology Development Director

**Technology Development Director**
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Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.

Our greatest asset has been, and will continue to be, our people. We are looking for a motivated individual to fill the position of **Technology Development Director** in our **Carbon Engineering** group based in **Squamish, B.C., Canada**.

The Technology Development Director** **will lead a multidisciplinary team and be responsible for a cost down effort using new and advanced technologies and innovations in 1PointFive’s direct air capture technology, TerraLithium’s lithium technology, and/or our technology equity investment partners, under the general direction of the Vice President of Technology & Application - Low Carbon Ventures.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- Drive costs down in Direct Air Capture and TerraLithium technologies to meet business objectives.
- Provide exceptional leadership to a high-performing team to accomplish corporate objectives and LCV critical milestones.
- Critically evaluate and prioritize the technical and economic feasibility of integrating CCUS and lithium technologies and concepts that may fit into the LCV short and long-term strategies.
- Network in the scientific community to identify novel yet practical CCUS and lithium concepts, technologies, or products.
- Support LCV by directly innovating with our equity investments and JV partners to accelerate their development to commerciality.

Identify talent with capabilities and expertise to enhance and expand the LCV technology team including laboratories.

**Qualifications**

**Education**:

- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering or associated field
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering a plus
- Ability to work in Canada a must
- Ability to travel to US is a requirement

**Experience**:

- A minimum of 5 years of technical management experience leading high-performing engineers, scientists, and/or a laboratory.
- Demonstrated ability to identify new approaches to solve existing problems.

**Skills & Competencies**:

- Demonstrated exceptional leadership to meet corporate objectives and key milestones.
- Able to communicate with passion and vision to effectively drive action and/or result, particularly with outside clients or partners using exceptional business acumen.
- Demonstrated experience in taking abstract concepts and quickly discerning their technical and economic viability as well as their fit in the overall LCV strategy.
- Technical leadership and organizational skills to develop, negotiate, and coordinate multi-disciplinary partnerships across a wide range of projects simultaneously.
- Confidence to step up and lead by taking on challenges when no one else will.
- Understands LCV business objectives and incorporates the same into problem solving process.
- Advanced understanding of economic principles and methods as related to early-stage research through commercial financing.
- Possesses a collaborative nature and actively participates in teams; actively expecting excellence of team members and continuous improvement by identifying and implementing best practices and procedures.
- Considers each internal and external engagement as an opportunity to progress LCV goals and objectives which includes recruiting new talent.

Occidental does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.
- Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status._

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**Job** Production Operations

**Primary Location** Canada-British Columbia-Squamish

**Organization** CORP FUNC

**Schedule** Full-time