Field Operations Manager

🚀 Join Spark Cleantech : At the Heart of Sustainable Innovation 🌱 Sector: Deep Tech / Cleantech / Innovation ✨ Who We Are Spark Cleantech is a fast-growing and innovative start-up developing a breakthrough process that replaces the combustion of hydrocarbons in high-temperature industrial furnaces and in materials production with an alternative that is not only fully decarbonised, but also economically competitive and requires only minimal adaptation to existing industrial processes. Following the successful deployment of an industrial pilot on a client site in 2024 and a major funding round in 2025, we are now building our first industrial standard. Our ambition is bold: to address, by 2027, sectors that represent 10% of the global CO2 emissions on a multi hundred Bn€ market . To support this growth, we aim to hire around 20 talented individuals to join our team who share our vision , contributing to a more sustainable world, and our values : positivity, passion, and high standards. We are looking to bring together top experts in their fields to industrialize a technology that comes with exciting challenges. Our team is passionate, positive, and committed to building a cleaner future. If you’re looking to join a high-impact, ambitious, and innovative project, we’d love to hear from you! 🎯 Your Role As part of the operations department and reporting to the COO, your main mission will be to prepare and execute all activities requiring the SPRING test bench to be powered. This encompasses the full operational lifecycle from commissioning and start-up through to routine operations, planned maintenance and inspection campaigns. The Field Operations Manager defines and procures the necessary spare parts (commissioning spares and capital spares), manages the real-time process database and the configuration management database (Digital Twin), and ensures full operational readiness of Spark's industrial facility and operations teams. As site HSE focal point, he/she ensures that all activities on site are conducted in full compliance with Spark's HSEQ framework and applicable regulations. Your main responsibilities will include: Commissioning & Start-Up Participate in engineering studies to ensure maintainability and inspectability are embedded in the design (Design for Maintenance / Design for Inspection). Lead and coordinate all pre-commissioning and commissioning activities in close collaboration with the Engineering and Project teams. Develop and own the commissioning procedures, punch-list management, and handover dossiers. Manage the SPRING first start-up campaign and performance testing. Operations Organize and manage shift teams for round-the-clock operations; define shift schedules, roles and responsibilities. Monitor real-time plant performance using the inhouse « Cockpit production monitoring tool »; drive operational optimization. Manage operational events via the event log and ensure systematic root cause analysis and corrective action tracking. Maintain and update the configuration management database (Digital Twin) to reflect as-builtand as-operated plant status. Ensure production objective are met in time, quality, quantity and cost of goods sold. Maintenance & Inspection Define the maintenance strategy (preventive, predictive, corrective) and implement it within the CMMS. Manage the spare parts strategy: define, source and stock commissioning spares and capital spares. Oversee the inspection program using the inspection tool (with due-date tracking and compliance follow-up). Ensure timely execution of maintenance work orders, including contractor management and permit-to-work application. Digital Tools & Data Management Operate and maintain the full suite of operational digital tools: Cockpit (production monitoring), pre-com / commissioning tool, interlock application, CMMS (maintenance and stock management), planning and shift management tool (Jira-like), event log, inspection tool, HSE passport (training and qual...