Geo-Chemical Scientist

Charm Industrial; Fort Lupton (CO); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Charm Industrial is seeking a Chemist, Geochemist, or Petroleum Chemist in Fort Lupton, Colorado to support carbon sequestration through subsurface injection. This role involves understanding the behavior of bio-oils and other injectates under subsurface conditions.

The ideal candidate will leverage their chemistry expertise to enhance material injectivity and address subsurface uncertainty, collaborating closely with engineering and operations teams.

Compensation is in the range of $165,000 to $185,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Ability to leverage chemistry in material stability analysis.
• Experience with bio-oils and their interactions under subsurface conditions.
• Strong background in geo-chemical analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support permanent carbon sequestration via subsurface injection.
• Characterize and manage interactions of bio-oils and injectates.
• Collaborate with teams within Engineering and Operations.

Skills

Analytical understanding of fluid behaviors

Knowledge of geologic storage

Experience in carbon sequestration

Collaboration skills

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking a Chemist, Geochemist, or Petroleum Chemist to support permanent carbon sequestration via subsurface injection as a member of our Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) team at Charm. This role focuses on understanding how chemically complex, evolving bio‑oils and other injectates behave under subsurface conditions and how their interactions with reservoir rocks, brines, and gases affect material injectivity and stability over time.

Bio‑oils are distinct from conventional petroleum fluids: they contain oxygenated organics, reactive functional groups, water, etc. and undergo aging, polymerization, and phase evolution over time. This role is central to characterizing and managing those processes in the context of geologic storage. Your ability to leverage chemistry and analytical understanding of fluid behaviors across Charm’s portfolio of injectates will directly solve for key business outcomes around injectivity improvements and subsurface uncertainty as we expand our carbon removal impact. Over the long term, these fluid interaction findings and analytical conclusions will serve as a foundation for Charm to employ more advanced subsurface strategies to improve injectivity, such as leveraging first principles from enhanced oil recovery (EOR), fracking fluid development, or related methods.

Your technical recommendations come to life through collaboration with fellow Charmers within Engineering, Operations, Measurement/Reporting/Verification (MRV), and Development organizations. This role will report to the Head of Engineering and Materials Science in Colorado.

Job posting details for Geo-Chemical Scientist at Charm Industrial in Fort Lupton, CO. Compensation / salary range: $165,000 - $185,000 USD yearly.