River Operations Architect

The mission of The Ocean Cleanup is to develop technology to rid the world’s oceans and rivers of plastic. One part of the solution is to design, develop, and deploy cleanup systems to stop plastic from reaching our oceans by intercepting it in rivers.

"Operations is about maximizing the river cleanup by ensuring the technology, the local infrastructure, the resources, and the total OPEX are aligned in the most effective and safe way." - Onno van de Sande, Director River Operations

THE ASSIGNMENT

We are hiring a Rivers Operations Architect who will be responsible for determining the capacities needed to clean riverine plastics within a city. The city approach design includes the following variables: plastic volumes in rivers, extraction systems and extraction volumes, recycle- and waste management infrastructures, transport infrastructures, and operational resources. In addition, propose future capacity requirements. Key responsibilities:

• Work out the conceptual city design into detailed operational designs per river
• Design the holistic city-wide operational plan for river cleaning
• Work closely together with engineering, catch management, and river surveyors
• Assess city waste capacities and draw up forecasts based on river catch expectations
• Undertake appropriate calculations to estimate capacities and timings to extract and dispose of river waste
• Determine requirements for resources, tools, and materials to run operations
• Propose installation sequence based on available capacities

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Technical or logistic supply chain background
• Able to overview the holistic city approach; recognize opportunities and bottlenecks
• Prior experience in a capacity planning role or operational design role
• Prior experience of building capacity models and plans and undertaking complex analysis to create accurate information
• Experience or knowledge of statistics, forecasting, and management information methods and techniques

PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Team player, working closely together with other disciplines within the Rivers team
• Excellent communicator with the ability to communicate complex concepts to others
• Able to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally
• Strong numeracy, statistical, and reporting skills with the ability to analyze, interpret, and manage information, data, and trends
• Attention to detail skills
• Fluent in English and preferably in another global language
• Intrinsic motivation to clean the oceans and rivers
• Willing to travel

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• Starting date: As soon as possible.
• Please note: because we are a non-profit, our salaries reflect that of an organization fully reliant on donations rather than that of a commercial entity. Conducting a pre-employment check is part of our recruitment process.
• At The Ocean Cleanup, we believe we are stronger together, while harnessing the uniqueness each individual brings. That is why we take a fair, equal opportunity, and transparent approach to hiring and welcome special needs requests.

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