Senior Engineering Director, Plant Development

Twelve is pioneering a new industrial era with carbon transformation. We use electrochemistry to turn CO2 into critical products—fuels, chemicals, and materials—that today rely on fossil fuels. Our mission: to fundamentally change how the world makes its essential goods by transforming CO2 from a liability into a resource, building resilient, fossil-free supply chains, and advancing next-generation industry.

Job Brief

We are seeking a boots-on-the-ground Senior Engineering Director with broad experience across a variety of engineering disciplines (think electrical, modularization, process, civil, mechanical, structural, piping, control systems, etc.) to lead and oversee all key aspects of engineering, quality, and asset data management for plant design, execution, and operations, including our Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractors’ teams. 

We are looking for candidates who are eager to contribute their expertise in leading design and engineering efforts to support cost-effective gas-to-liquid projects, with particular emphasis on Jet Fuel projects. 

The ideal candidates are willing to relocate to Moses Lake, WA for a year and will then be able to travel frequently to or relocate again to wherever the business takes us (both domestically and internationally).

What you will do...

• Translate strategy into a direction and work plan for the project team. Enable capital efficient delivery and lowest lifecycle costs of assets with technical integrity to meet project business objectives. 

• Develop and maintain project KPIs and provide transparent and accurate stewardship of project status to appropriate levels of Twelve leadership. 

• Establish the technical baseline and requirements for the projects such as: engineering deliverables, technical standards, specifications, class of plant, design criteria, procedures, guidelines and process safety requirements. 

• Develop and determine the adequate level of engineering scope in an increasingly complex business environment for the Engineering, Quality and Asset Data Management Plans for the project at each stage. Balance addressing Industry Governance Model practices while identifying new opportunities to create value.

• Demonstrate sound decision-making and identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency gains throughout the project lifecycle. Implement best practices and lessons learned from previous projects to drive continuous improvement and optimize project outcomes.

• Champion our Safety culture and demonstrate your proven ability to model purposeful and visible world-class safety leadership. Ensure process safety requirements & activities are implemented and executed at the appropriate project stages. 

• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact on the plant. Regularly assess plant engineering risks and implement appropriate risk management measures to ensure plant engineering success.

• Plan, staff and lead engineering and technical personnel to meet project mandate throughout the entire project lifecycle, i.e. scoping, design development, detail engineering and field engineering.

• Demonstrate your strong communication skills and the ability to work with dynamic and diverse and multicultural groups to facilitate the delivery of the scope of facilities. 

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including EPC firms, clients, contractors, and regulatory authorities. Ensure effective communication with stakeholders throughout the plant life cycle, addressing concerns and resolving issues in a timely manner.

• Measure, manage, monitor and report engineering and quality performance by engineering contractors, fabricators, constructors and business partners. Prepare required progress reports and dashboards to provide project status updates to all internal and external Stakeholders.

Who you are...

• 20+ years of experience in complex projects (i.e.,upgraders, refineries, naphtha, syngas plants, jetfuel) , and has worked with or in EP or EPC service providers, construction companies, and as the Owner/Owner representative.

• Exceptional knowledge and experience in multi-disciplined environments and risk management strategies  (e.g. Civil, Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Automation, Piping, etc.), and scope of facilities (i.e., Fischer Tropsch/ Syngas/ Methanol/ Ethanol Plants, Utilities’ Plants (i.e., Water Treatment Plants, Boiler Feed Water, Flare, Air Supply Units, Instrument and Plant Air, DCS/ SIS, Control Roo