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About Rivan
Rivan Industries (Rivan.com) is a synthetic fuel company designed to decarbonise heavy industry. We’ve developed a unique power‑to‑fuel machine built for low‑capex deployment powered entirely by utility‑scale solar. Here’s our entire business plan (https://rivan.com/the-case-for-synthetic-fuels/). We already have operating modules of our machine, we’re funded, and we’re now building out the team to bring the vision together and deploy at scale.
We aim to make synthetic fuel cheaper than fossil fuels and sustain life on earth by keeping the CO2 locked underground. We’re looking for a Senior / Lead Process Engineer to design, optimise and operate our chemical processes. If you want to work on a high‑impact technology that you’ll see the impact of in the world surrounded by smart people working with a sense of urgency and intensity – this is for you. For how that looks, here’s how we run the company (https://rivan.com/how-we-operate/).
The role
System Architecture and Detailed Engineering Design
- Review and iterate component selection and plant design.
- Process engineering – electrolyser balance‑of‑plant design, gas handling and storage from electrolyser and DAC to meet reactor requirements, reactor system optimisation.
- Process control (e.g PID / SCADA).
- Documentation / SOPs of plant.
- Conduct testing and analysis on current plant to simplify design.
Safety management of plant
- ATEX / HAZOP / COSHH.
- Safety Integrity Level (SIL) analysis.
- Monitoring.
Core skills
- 5+ years professional experience.
- Bachelor’s or Masters in chemical engineering or related field.
- CAD and control system experience.
- Process plant design and operation experience.
What matters to us for this role
- Execution history. What have you built, designed or had full responsibility before? Doing stuff in the real world matters.
- Reasoning by first principles. Can you de‑convolute complex scenarios into their foundational truths or parts?
- Urgency. We don’t have time to wait, are you comfortable with a high‑degree of risk and pressure to move fast?
- Grit. How relentless will you be despite setbacks? We’re going up against some big opposition.
What we don’t care about very much
- Where you went to school / education.
- Where you have worked previously.
Specifics
- £70–100K Salary depending on experience.
- Significant share options as part of the early team.
- In‑person work at our HQ in Bermondsey, South London.
- Extensive relocation support, including £500 per month extra to live close to our HQ.
- Flexible time‑off.
Apply through our website: https://rivan.com/
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