Job Location : Ashland,KY, USA
ACP Technologies (ACPT) is seeking a highly skilled technical leader with a strong background in the petroleum and/or petrochemical industries. The Director of Process Development will assume technical leadership in ACPT's process development and licensing department that develops, patents, commercializes and licenses new technology. ACPT is a small, innovative company that converts aromatic petroleum streams into isotropic pitch and mesophase pitch and collaborates with a large US oil company on technology development. We conduct R&D with the US DOD and work with industrial partners to develop downstream applications of the pitch, such as graphite for Li ion batteries, carbon fiber and carbon-carbon composites. We are looking for someone with experience in petroleum and/or petrochemical process development, design and operating experience and has patents in the field. Company is headquartered in St. Clair Shores, MI and has a pilot plant in Eastern Kentucky. Ideal candidates would live near the company headquarters, the pilot plant or be willing to relocate. Expect to travel up to 25% of the time.
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