Project Engineer

Job Title: Project Engineer 

Reports To: Lead
PM, Project Delivery 

Location: Calgary, AB 
Company: Carbon Upcycling Technologies 

Role Overview 

As a 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. 
  

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 6 years’ experience in project engineering, project management, or project planning within heavy industry, building materials, 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. 

• 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 25%. 

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.