Sustainable Materials Specialist

Origin Materials is seeking a Sustainable Materials Specialist in West Sacramento, CA. The role involves managing field applications and developing integration for closures in various business opportunities. The company focuses on innovative, sustainable materials and values diversity and inclusion within its team. This full-time position does not require a specific degree and emphasizes collaboration and creativity to drive impactful changes in sustainability.
About Us:

At Origin Materials, we are a technology company with a mission to enable the world's transition to sustainable materials. Our innovations include PET caps and closures that bring recycling circularity and enhanced performance to a $65 billion market, specialty materials, and our patented biomass conversion platform that transforms carbon into sustainable materials for a wide range of end products.

We have pioneered products that can enhance sustainability. We anticipate that our PET closure solutions can be transformative for packaging by designing for recycling circularity and improving the performance and sustainability of packaging. We have developed a technology that has the potential to replace petroleum-based materials with decarbonized materials in a wide range of end products, such as food and beverage packaging, clothing, textiles, plastics, car parts, carpeting, tires, adhesives, soil amendments, and fuels.

Innovation and Impact:

We're not just a company, we're a movement for change and our heart beats with the energy of our diverse and dedicated team. We are a group of passionate individuals who are eager to make a positive impact on the world while pushing the boundaries of innovation in our industry. We celebrate creativity, encourage fresh ideas and empower each other to be a catalyst for meaningful change.

Diversity and Inclusion:

Our commitment is unwavering in the pursuit of attracting, developing and retaining the most exceptional individuals from a broad and diverse pool of candidates. We take pride in celebrating differences, actively fostering collaboration and cultivating an inclusive environment where every voice is not only heard but genuinely valued. We believe that collaboration among individuals with varied insights propels us forward and ensures our ability to tackle challenges with a comprehensive and innovative approach.

For this Position:

The Staff Application Engineer is responsible for managing field applications, development, and integration of closures into current and future business opportunities including capping, making new tools such as chucks and optimizing factors such as torque and top load to provide optimal cap performance on a variety of capping and filling lines. This engineer works closely with external vendors and partners to evaluate and approve new methods, line integration and improvements.