Senior Process Design and Engineering Team Lead

<p><span><span><span><b><span><span>About Umicore</span></span></b></span></span></span><br/> <span><span><span>Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><b><span><span>Umicore Battery Materials (UBM)</span></span></b></span></span></span><br/> <span><span><span>We are all on the move. Umicore’s battery materials give people autonomy and connectivity. We are a pioneer in battery materials that give added range and performance to electric vehicles. Our materials also ensure longer battery life for portable electronics. To enable our customers to produce even better performing batteries we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>What you will be doing</span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br/> <span><span><span><span><span>You will be part of the Process Technology team for Cathode Active Materials (PT-CAM) within the business unit battery materials. As the Senior Manager of the Process Design and Engineering (PDE) team you will lead a team of process engineers. You and your team will be responsible for the process engineering and process design for multiple investment and improvement projects. You have the responsibility to implement new process technologies within existing plants and within expansion programs. Further, you are responsible for improving the process engineering documentation and the related governance. As you will be leading a global team, you will intensively collaborate with colleagues at different locations worldwide (Belgium, Poland, Korea, Finland, China and Canada).<br/>  </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><u><span>Detailed Responsibilities:</span></u></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Responsible for the process design and process engineering of our production lines worldwide.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Responsible for continuous and full alignment on all process aspects within your projects with all your stakeholders (R&amp;D, CAPEX engineering, Production and management). </span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ownership of the process engineering documentation and improvement of the documentation system and related governance structures.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Technology and supplier evaluations to assure the selection of the best equipment for each investment project.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Safeguard technology selection of R&amp;D from scalability and cost perspective. Ensure that all process technologies developed are industrially viable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Lead the upscaling of processes towards Mass Production.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Deploy your team’s expertise by assisting regional teams (Process Technology, Engineering and Operations) in case of issues and troubleshooting during commissioning, validation and ramp-up phases.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Lead and improve global expert teams of different technology domains to align all regional process engineering activities and reflect potential changes in the global, state-of-the-art industrial line designs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span><span><span><span><span>Team coaching &amp; management</span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Lead a global team of (senior) process engineers in all aspects (P&amp;O, project allocation, resource planning, training, …).</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Development of the people in the team, both from a scientific and management side.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Identifying resource needs and taking appropriate actions to adjust the team organization.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>Who we are looking for</span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br/> <span><span><span><span><span>We are looki