Associate Director, Capital Projects — Commercial Scale

Stanford Climate Ventures; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Medical/dental/vision

Paid time off

Parental leave

Paid sick leave

Company holidays

Job summary

Alta Resource Technologies in Boulder, CO is seeking an Associate Director, Capital Projects to lead the delivery of its first commercial-scale facilities and future capital programs. You will own end-to-end execution of capital projects around $100M, spanning brownfield and greenfield sites with a focus on protein-based separation.

You will partner with R&D, engineering, and operations teams while driving schedule, cost, risk, and contractor performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Metallurgical, or Process Engineering and 7–12 years in capital projects.
• Experience leading $50–100M+ projects through full lifecycle (engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning).
• Strong attention to schedule, cost, risk and contractor oversight in heavy processing industries.

Responsibilities

• Own full lifecycle delivery of capital programs from planning through commissioning and handover.
• Develop integrated master schedules and budgets; forecast costs and drive accountability.
• Lead interface with EPCs, contractors, equipment vendors and Alta technical teams.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to schedule, cost, technical integration and permitting.
• Ensure coordination between pre-processing and core separation processes for performance and safety.
• Drive project controls, change management and documentation practices for first‑of‑a‑kind facilities.
• Provide status reporting to Executive Leadership and help mature delivery processes.

Skills

Project controls

Scheduling

Cost management

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Mechanical/Metallurgical/Process Engineering

Job description

Alta Resource Technologies in Boulder, CO is seeking an Associate Director, Capital Projects to lead the delivery of its first commercial-scale facilities and future capital programs. You will own end-to-end execution of capital projects around $100M, spanning brownfield and greenfield sites with a focus on protein-based separation.

You will partner with R&D, engineering, and operations teams while driving schedule, cost, risk, and contractor performance.