Head of Engineering and Operations

About Pangea and Regenesis:

We are a pioneering impact startup on a mission to create products that clean decarbonize our planet using science and technology. We retrieve plastic waste from rivers and mangrove forests and transform it into high-quality products and materials for the production of eyewear using advanced plastic engineering and nanotechnology.

Our vision is to transform the fashion and outdoors industry into a system that regenerates the planet with every product.

We started D2C with our sustainable outdoor gear product line with Pangea and are now evolving B2B with a new vertical of materials science called Regenesis to expand out circular model on an industrial level, for other companies globally.

We launched our patented materials successfully in Milan in February 2025 with great interest from the industry, and we are now gearing up to advance with the pilot program and start scaling the sales

Our vision is to accelerate the transition to a regenerative circular economy and create the most sustainable supply chain for the fashion and outdoor industries worldwide. By using our materials, any brand will become planet-positive and truly sustainable without greenwashing.

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Head of Engineering & Operations to lead and oversee our end-to-end operational functions across R&D scale-up, engineering, and production. This role is critical in ensuring seamless coordination between innovation, execution, and delivery—from lab-scale material breakthroughs to full-scale production runs. Reporting directly to the executive leadership, the Head of Engineering & Operations will play a strategic and hands-on role, participating in the R&D, supervising operations, optimizing processes, and ensuring high performance and compliance throughout our lab, supply chain and production activities. The key goal is to ensure that all R&D and production projects are achieved on time, within budget, and with excellent quality.

Duties:

• R&D Roadmap Collaboration: Collaborate closely with the R&D team to align timelines, resource allocation, and project goals, ensuring timely execution of experiments and new product developments.

• Raw Material Sourcing: Coordinate with the supply chain department to secure high-quality, traceable, and timely raw material procurement for both R&D activities and commercial production needs.

• Scale-up of R&D Outputs: Supervise the transition of R&D innovations into scalable production processes, ensuring effective transfer of technology, documentation, and know-how to both internal teams and third-party manufacturers.

• R&D Formulation Participation: Actively participate in R&D formulation development and laboratory problem-solving, contributing technical expertise and hands-on support to optimize product performance and address formulation challenges.

• Preventive Maintenance: Coordinate with external service providers to ensure effective implementation of preventive maintenance schedules for all lab machinery and production infrastructure. Monitor performance, review maintenance reports, and ensure equipment availability remains consistently above 90% through strategic oversight and timely intervention.

• Process Optimization & Efficiency: Drive continuous improvement strategies focused on operational efficiency, waste reduction, energy reduction, carbon footprint reduction, cost control, and achievement of production targets while maintaining quality standards.

• Operational Data Analysis: Monitor and analyze key production metrics using dashboards to identify bottlenecks, drive continuous improvement, and uncover opportunities for process optimization and automation.

• Safety & Environmental Compliance: Ensure full compliance with workplace safety regulations, environmental policies, and internal sustainability standards. Promote a safety-first culture and embed sustainable practices into daily operations.

• Daily Operations & Scheduling: Lead and coordinate daily production activities, including detailed scheduling, inventory control, and active collaboration with R&D, logistics, procurement, production, and quality control functions.

• Supplier & Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with external suppliers, manufacturers, and partners to ensure reliable, timely, and quality-compliant production flows.

• Training & Team Development: Design and implement training programs that support staff development, cross-functional learning, and operational excellence. Foster a culture of accountability and continuous learning across R&D and production teams.

• R&D Supervision & Scale-up: Timely and successful transition of R&D projects to production (80% of R&D projects scaled up on time; tech transfer success rate)

• R&D Roadmap Alignment: Alignment of operational resources with R&D timelines (85% of R&D milestones delivered on time)

• Raw Material Sourcing: Reliable availability of raw materials with full traceability (<10 days Procurement lead time; supplier quality score >90%)

• Preventive Maintenance: High uptime and minimized unplanned downtime (Equipment uptime >90%; Maintenance compliance rate at 95%)

• Process Optimization: Reduced costs and improved throughput (Cost per unit; Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) at >80%; yield >90%)

• Operational Improvement: Ongoing efficiency improvements (5 of improvement initiatives; >10% reduction in cycle time)

• Safety & Compliance: Zero safety incidents and full regulatory compliance (0 Number of incidents; compliance audit score at >92%)

• Production Scheduling: Reliable production flow and schedule adherence (On-time production rate >90%; inventory turnover at 6)

• Supplier & Stakeholder Management: Strong relationships supporting production timelines (Supplier OTIF (on-time-in-full) >90%; stakeholder satisfaction score >80%)

• Team Development: Skilled and high-performing production team (3 hours/week Training hours per employee; team performance review ratings >3.5/5)

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field.

• 5+ years of experience in operations, engineering, or production management, preferably in a materials, manufacturing, or sustainability-driven company.

• Proven experience in scaling up R&D to production and managing cross-functional teams.

• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance, lean manufacturing, and quality systems.

• Experience working with suppliers and production partners, especially in Asia.

• Strong leadership, analytical, and organizational skills.

• Excellent communication and cross-team coordination abilities.

• Advanced proficiency in operational/project management tools (e.g., ClickUp, Asana, Microsoft Project).

Information :

• Company : PANGEA Movement
• Position : Head of Engineering and Operations
• Location : Bali
• Country : ID