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Entry LevelFull-time
Salary Range
$26,244 - $35,506 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
The Quality/Technical Lead is instrumental in driving the Annacis Island Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) Demonstration Facility to meet the stringent Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) outlined in the operations agreement. Because the HTL process is highly experimental and relies on strict data integrity, this position is heavily focused on ensuring that all products, byproducts, and testing protocols strictly align with the clientβs performance objectives.
The duties of the Quality/Technical Lead are as follows, but not limited to:
β’ Reporting & Data Compliance: Leads the facility's Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) programs. 
β’ KPI Management & Process Optimization: Directly monitors and optimizes process metrics to guarantee the facility meets contractual KPIs. This includes achieving 90% solids capture in the sludge dewatering centrifuge and consistently pumping two dry tonnes of solids per day
β’ Product Quality Control: Oversees the oil/water separation process to successfully achieve the strict KPI of less than 1% water in the Biocrude oil phase and less than 1% oil in the aqueous water phase.
β’ Waste Solid & Precipitate Validation: Manages precipitate blowdown operations and storage to meet the KPI of maximum 1% oil content and maximum 60% water content in the precipitate totes.
β’ Feedstock Parameter Control: Ensures dewatered sludge meets targeted Total Solids (TS) KPIs under different test scenarios.
β’ Guarantees that at least 95% of all daily and weekly operational and laboratory reports are delivered accurately and on time, which is a critical KPI.
β’ Operational Integration: Supports the facility's broader goals of maintaining a minimum of 80% operational availability and safely executing at least 80% of the prescribed Intended Operation Conditions (which include running 30 different test scenarios for two weeks each).
β’ Laboratory & Data Validation: Oversees data quality control, validates external laboratory data (confirming surrogates, matrix spikes, and holding times), and ensures flawless data entry and management within the DeltaV Historian software.
