Senior Project Engineer

Basin Solutions; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leader in sustainable engineering is seeking a Senior Project Engineer in Calgary to oversee capital-intensive projects that contribute to a low-carbon future. The role encompasses project execution, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration within the cement and building materials sector, requiring a minimum of 5-7 years of relevant experience and a degree in engineering. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a high-performance team and make a significant impact on sustainable construction.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in senior project engineering or project engineering.
• Experience managing capital-intensive projects, including budgeting and scheduling.
• Strong client-facing and internal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate detailed project execution plans.
• Monitor project progress and performance.
• Ensure health, safety, environment (HSE) compliance during project delivery.
• Collaborate with business development for project proposals.

Skills

Project management

Engineering design evaluation

Technical communication

Capital project budgeting

Client-facing skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Professional Engineer (P.Eng) designation

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.