Wood Scientist (Wood Science) -T2EARTH

About Us:

T2EARTH is a breakthrough, wood science and eco treatment technology focused, sustainable forestry products building materials company. After 4 plus years of ground-breaking R&D and proprietary factory build out, T2EARTH has recently emerged from stealth mode into full scale plant production and commercial operations. These important two milestones are just the beginning of our significant production scale up and customer attainment journey to change for the better the way we all modify and use wood for residential and commercial construction and infrastructure.

Wood is #2 of the world’s big three building materials, (concrete and steel the other two), with wood being the only renewable and carbon sequestering one. At T2EARTH, we are building the next generation of superior performing, eco-friendly, wood products. As a key member of our R&D and engineering team, you would share your highly valued technical skills with us as we develop and launch one of the most important paradigms changing wood products in the past century that is targeting construction and infrastructure applications. Our first launched product, OnWood™ 1.0 is a revolutionary product that qualifies as an Interior Type A (HT) fire retardant wood in accordance with AWPA Standard U1. It is targeted at commercial and resident construction, including interior light-frame use cases such as roof systems, trusses, studs, flooring, joists, blocking, furring and more. OnWood™ is made with a completely green formulation that is eco-friendly and contains no hazardous chemicals, heavy metals, or environmental toxins. OnWood™ is manufactured today primarily using sustainably harvested wood from Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®), Sustainable Forestry Initiative ® (SFI ®) certified forests or other comparably eco-certified sources.

You will hit the ground running (sprinting) as you join our highly personable, accomplished and entrepreneurial, PhD Engineering and PhD Chemistry R&D Chiefs’ led dynamic R&D team based out of our own growing T2E LAB and Factory #1 in Columbia, Country, Georgia. Our team focuses on driving some of the most ground-breaking wood science R&D in the world with a hands-on combination of science-based and innovation driven product and process development.

We expect your business and operations experience will go beyond our R&D lab as an active member of our company assisting to steer mission critical projects and responsible for multiple new wood science and chemistry based capabilities platforms development, product innovation and scaling our first to market OnWood™ product and production facilities and will include working closely with members of the T2EARTH team in operations, marketing, and sales as we accelerate market acceptance and revenue growth. Your personal growth potential at the company, include deepening new chemistry and wood science, managerial and leadership career development and strong financial incentives, as part of our team, our green building purpose, and our entrepreneurial breakthrough thinking culture, offers you an extraordinary opportunity as a team member.

This is a ground floor opportunity to work with a dynamic group of experienced and entrepreneurial science and management team colleagues and to be part of a mission with science-based sustainable purpose and personal growth far beyond normal career expectations. This is an opportunity for a highly motivated out-of-the-box thinking individual to work closely with key leaders in the organization to drive value creation by leading initiatives and insights and engaging with colleagues across all functions of the organization.

Personal

High Intellectual Capabilities, Disciplined and Organized, Entrepreneurial, Inquisitive, Team Player, Determined to meet your goals and support your colleagues, as together you enhance the T2EARTH mission to develop and advance our sustainable products as a logical and viable alternative to non-sustainable products and applications commonly used today.

Expertise and Experience

Proficiency in a variety of relevant areas, specifically, but not limited to the chemistry and biological science of wood, knowledge of wood physical properties, wood mechanics, statistical process control is a plus.

Interest in materials science and sustainable technologies, green chemistry, polymer science, environmental sciences, materials science, renewable polymers applications are all valued areas of knowledge and interest.

Experience with performance profiles of wood, preservation, mechanical strength, engineered woods and mass timber and wood’s applications is helpful.

If your interest fit any of these areas, we are happy to have you join our team and continue to develop your expertise with the T2EARTH’s future product development in green building material, and the acceleration of the world to a sustainable built environment.

Responsibilities

An ability to work under minimal, broad supervision and manage new situations and special assignments which call for initiative, planning, judgment, and interpretation.

· Conducts research to determine composition, properties, behavior, utilization, development, treatments, and processing methods of wood and wood products with interaction with the team, clients, outside resources, and universities.

· Analyzes physical, chemical, and biological properties of wood.

· Lead projects in wood treating and developing attributes of lumber to meet new and novel applications.

· Develops and improves methods of preservation and treating wood with substances to increase performance properties including resistance to mold, fire, fungi, insects, and marine borers as well as the mechanical properties of the wood.

· Responsibilities to support the design and productivity of the production operations including QC methods and implementation, data management and overall approval of production processes.

· Conducts tests to determine ability of wood modification including stains, paints, and adhesives to withstand water, oil penetration, temperature extremes, and stability, strength, hardness, and crystallinity of wood under variety of conditions.

· Evaluates and improves effectiveness of key inputs and industrial equipment and production processes.

· Determines best type of wood for specific application and investigates methods of turning waste wood materials into useful products.

· Managing testing strategies and projects including certifications and labels from leading globally recognized institutions.

· Position requires residency in greater metropolitan Augusta, Georgia