Senior Project EngineerBasin Solutions • Calgary, AB, Canada

Senior Project Engineer

Basin Solutions • Calgary, AB, Canada

30+ days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

Job Description

Role Overview

As a Senior Project Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in executing capital-intensive projects that advance our mission to decarbonize cement and building materials. You’ll work cross-functionally to deliver technical excellence, operational efficiency, and strategic execution, supporting the deployment of Carbon Upcycling’s technology at scale. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to projects that boost plant capacity, strengthen local supply chains, and lower the carbon footprint of construction worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

Project Execution & Technical Leadership

Perform engineering design evaluations to ensure technical feasibility, regulatory compliance, and alignment with project objectives, schedules, and budgets.
Develop and communicate detailed project execution plans for project completion, including deliverables, work specifications, milestones, budgets, resource allocations, risks & issue registers and change control management.
Monitor project progress and performance such as tracking spend vs budget, schedule slippages, change requests etc and proactively address progress & technical challenges to enable execution excellence.
Ensure health, safety, environment (HSE) and regulatory compliance during project delivery.
Read / interpret P&IDs, 3D models, vendor drawings, and engineering packages.
Develop and review equipment specifications, data sheets and installation work packages.

Strategic & Commercial Support

Collaborate with business development and commercial teams to deliver robust technical input for project proposals, pricing strategies, and commercial negotiations.

Financial and Operational Discipline

Support the preparation and management

of project schedules, budgets, and forecasts, reflecting the economics of capital-intensive deployments.

Ensure compliance with quality assurance and regulatory standards throughout project execution.

Oversee project documentation : produce and maintain SOPs, technical deliverables and reports.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with project teams, EPC firms, field operations, and strategic partners to ensure technical feasibility, alignment project objectives and ensure smooth execution.

Coordinate 3rd party vendors, contractors, and consultants to ensure contract deliverables, quality, schedule adherence and cost alignment.

Serve as a bridge between engineering, operations, and commercial teams to align around Carbon Upcycling’s industry-focused strategy.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering – Mechanical, Process; Professional Engineer (P.Eng) designation preferred.

Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in senior project engineering or project engineering, with 8-12 years of total experience within heavy industry, steel, oil and gas or cement.

Experience with cement plants, solid material handling, and field operations strongly preferred.

Proven ability to manage capital-intensive projects, including budgeting, scheduling, and resource coordination.

Experience delivering complex projects from FEL to commissioning. Experience managing greenfield, brownfield upgrades, pilot to commercial scale project. Experience with first of kind technology deployments an asset, but not required.

Strong client-facing and internal communication skills, both written and verbal.

Experience with EPC firm collaborations and change management processes.

Excellent attention to detail, multi-tasking capabilities, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Willingness to travel up to 15%.

Why Join Us?

At Carbon Upcycling, your work drives meaningful progress toward a low-carbon future. You’ll be empowered to deliver real impact—boosting plant capacity, strengthening local supply chains, and enabling cost-competitive, sustainable building materials. Join a high-performance team where ambition meets action, and where your contributions shape the future of the cement and building materials sector.

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Senior Project Engineer • Calgary, AB, Canada