Operations Associate, Foresight Data Machines (FDM)
3-5 days a week in office
FDM pair AI with physics to solve process control problems in electric steelmaking.
Posted today
FDM pair AI with physics to solve process control problems in electric steelmaking.
1-20 employees
Posted today
3-5 days a week in office
1-20 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the adoption of electric steelmaking by unlocking its technical and commercial advantages.
Role
Who you are
- You have demonstrated exceptional ability. Whether in work, school, side projects, or elsewhere, you will have demonstrated exceptional ability. We are open minded about the exact form this takes. Some examples we look for:
- You have played a key role in an early stage startup
- You have won sports events, writing awards, hackathons, or other competitions
- You have an impressive side project, like a popular blog or open source library
- Excellent communication. In speech and writing
- Conscientiousness. You want to do good work, regardless of oversight
- You are excited to have freedom to work without too much process and friction, but at the same time, excited to share ideas and work closely with others
- You’re excited to work in the metals industries, and everything that goes with it. That means excited to travel, spend time in massive factories, meeting and working with a wide range of people
- You are comfortable working in uncertain and dynamic environments
Desirable
- We are open to a wide range of backgrounds, but some examples we expect to see are below.
- You’ve worked as a founder's associate, chief of staff, or similar
- You’ve worked in legal or finance but are keen to build in a fast-paced tech environment
- You’re an engineer but want to help build systems across operations, people and process
- You’ve helped run internal ops in a startup, scale-up, or professional services firm
- You’ve run your own business or handled complex logistics for others
What the job involves
- Build and run internal systems that scale. Spot inefficiencies and rebuild them from first principles - from day-to-day processes to our broader financial strategy
- Take responsibility for key operational areas such as compliance, financial processes and legal operations. This involves working closely with our accountants on reporting, compliance, and filings or keeping tabs on lawyers to manage our legal documentation
- Be a force multiplier. Support the CEO and other senior team members with high-leverage, ad hoc projects
- Drive team growth and productivity. Help launch and manage new office spaces, support hiring logistics, and coordinate onboarding to ensure new joiners are set up for success from day one, as well as managing the physical office spaces and organising socials and off sites
- Own day-to-day admin related to coordination of travel, managing calendars and inboxes, and keeping financial processes, like invoicing and expenses running smoothly behind the scenes
Application process
- Please include a list of 3-5 things you have done that you are proud of and that are relevant to the attributes we are looking for.
- We will do two or more telephone screenings. At least one will be with the CEO
- You will work on something real with the team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Steelmaking is an intricate process that involves numerous variables and the interactions between these variables are both complex and ever-changing. Traditional analysis methods often fail to fully grasp and understand these intricate relationships. Steelmaking is also a huge contributor to global emissions - between 8-10%.
Foresight Data Machines leverages the power of AI to unravel the complexities in steelmaking, increase efficiencies, and decrease emissions. Its ScrapChef software can comprehend the intricate relationships between variables and translate this knowledge into actionable recommendations for purchasing raw materials - saving steel plants money, and increasing circularity in the process, without compromising on quality.
While Foresight Data Machines is still a young company, its AI-driven recommendations offer a practical approach to enhancing steel production efficiency. By enabling the optimisation of energy and raw material utilisation while maximising the output yield and ensuring superior quality, it seems likely to provide a competitive edge for its customers that will be hard to pass up.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
May 2022
$3.5m
SEED
Total funding: $3.5m
Company benefits
- Competitive equity package
- Central London office
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Thomas Kirk
(CEO)Graduated from the London Centre for Nanotechnology with a PhD in Theoretical Physics.
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