Staff Project Engineer (Mechanical & Civil)

Charm Industrial; Fort Lupton (CO); On-site; USD 141,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Healthcare premiums covered

Comprehensive health coverage

HSA contributions

401(k) with match

Paid leave and parental leave

PPE and workwear allowance

Professional development stipend

Employee recognition programs

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Charm Industrial is seeking a Staff Industrial Project Engineer to lead the development and integration of production facilities. You will own major projects across Process, Mechanical, Civil/Structural, Electrical, and more, driving decisions from concept through commissioning.

You will coordinate with engineers, contractors, and vendors to ensure safe, scalable, and cost-effective facilities, balancing safety, performance, and maintainability throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of engineering experience in industrial facilities or similar.
• Experience delivering projects through design, construction, or commissioning.
• Ability to coordinate across disciplines and manage interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering and integration of industrial facility projects from concept through construction and commissioning.
• Develop facility layouts considering process flow, utilities, safety, and maintenance access.
• Coordinate across engineering, construction, and operations teams to resolve interfaces.
• Manage scopes and deliverables from consultants, EPC firms, contractors, and vendors.
• Review drawings and specs for quality, constructability, and operability.
• Make practical tradeoffs among safety, performance, cost, and schedule.
• Resolve field issues during construction and commissioning and capture lessons learned.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

8+ years experience

Industrial facilities experience

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Engineering judgment

Vendor/consultant collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Civil Engineering

Tools

CAD/3D modeling

Job description

About Charm

Our mission is to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. We convert excess inedible biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into underground storage for permanent carbon removal. At scale, we can use bio-oil to make fossil-free iron.

About Charm

Our mission is to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. We convert excess inedible biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into underground storage for permanent carbon removal. At scale, we can use bio-oil to make fossil-free iron.

Our carbon removal efforts began in 2020 with initial purchases from customers like Stripe, Shopify, and Microsoft. Since then, we’ve scaled to thousands of tons of carbon removal, grown to over a hundred employees, and established three locations in San Francisco, Colorado, and Louisiana.

We’re expanding our team of ambitious, creative, and hands‑on problem solvers. We value psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning. We take calculated risks and treat mistakes as opportunities to improve. If you're excited about tackling big challenges, we encourage you to explore our company values.

Come help us reverse climate change. Gigatons or bust!

About The Role

Charm is seeking a Staff Industrial Project Engineer with a mechanical or civil engineering background to lead the development and integration of our production facilities. You'll help turn process and equipment concepts into complete industrial facilities that are safe, maintainable, constructible, and scalable.

You’ll serve as a technical owner for major facility projects, working across Process, Mechanical, Civil/Structural, Electrical, Controls, Facilities, Construction, Operations, Procurement, equipment vendors, and external engineering partners. Your work will span equipment layout, site infrastructure, utilities, constructability, contractor coordination, permitting, and field execution.

We’re looking for an experienced engineer who has helped build or significantly modify industrial facilities and enjoys solving problems that cross traditional engineering disciplines. You don't need to be an expert in every discipline; we’re looking for someone who knows how industrial facilities come together, can identify the right questions and tradeoffs, and can drive engineering decisions from concept through construction and commissioning.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering and integration of industrial facility projects from early concepts through construction and commissioning.
• Develop facility and equipment layouts considering process flow, utilities, maintenance access, safety, constructability, and future expansion.
• Coordinate across engineering, construction, and operations teams to resolve technical interfaces and drive design decisions.
• Manage technical scopes and engineering deliverables from consultants, EPC partners, contractors, and equipment vendors.
• Review drawings, specifications, and technical documentation for quality, constructability, operability, and project requirements.
• Make practical engineering tradeoffs across safety, performance, cost, schedule, reliability, and maintainability.
• Resolve field engineering issues during construction and commissioning, while capturing standards and lessons learned to improve future Charm facilities.

You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of engineering experience supporting industrial facilities, manufacturing plants, energy projects, or other complex physical infrastructure.
• Experience delivering industrial projects through design, construction, and/or commissioning.
• Strong practical understanding of how industrial equipment, structures, utilities, and operations integrate within a facility.
• Experience coordinating across engineering disciplines and resolving technical interfaces.
• Demonstrated engineering judgment balancing safety, performance, cost, schedule, constructability, and maintainability.
• Experience working with engineering consultants, contractors, EPC firms, or equipment vendors.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to lead technical work across teams.

Bonus, if you Bring

• Professional Engineer (PE) license, Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification, or demonstrated path toward professional licensure; ability to obtain Colorado PE licensure is a plus.
• Experience with greenfield industrial facilities, major expansions, or industrial site development.
• Experience with biomass, bulk solids, chemical processing, mining, oil & gas, power generation, renewable energy, manufacturing, or similar industrial environments.
• Familiarity with applicable industrial codes and standards such as OSHA, IBC, NFPA, ASCE, ACI, or AISC.
• Hands‑on field experience supporting construction, commissioning, startup, permitting, or plant operations.
• Experience with industrial CAD, 3D modeling, or design-review tools.

$140,935 - $176,902 a year

What We Offer

• Equity ownership through stock options
• 100% employee healthcare premiums covered
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with multiple plan options
• Employer-funded HSA contributions for eligible HDHP plans
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 50% match on contributions up to 6%
• Paid leave, including parental and medical leave
• PPE and workwear allowances
• Annual professional development stipend
• Employee recognition programs that celebrate impactful work and team contributions
• Opportunities for internal growth, career development, and transition into climate from a range of industries and backgrounds

Visa Sponsorship Policy

Since we are a small startup, certain accommodations for visa sponsorship may not be within our capability. At this time, Charm Industrial is only sponsoring E3 and TN visas.

Our Commitment

Charm Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skills, experience, and passion for our mission. Climate challenges require a wide range of perspectives and expertise, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We’re excited to grow our team with people who bring unique strengths and help us improve as a company.

At Charm, we may use AI-enabled tools to support certain aspects of the hiring process, including organizing candidate information and highlighting experience that may be relevant to a particular role. In a world where AI-assisted resumes, synthetic content, and deepfakes are increasingly common, these tools help our team navigate the process thoughtfully and efficiently. Every application and resume is reviewed by a member of our hiring team, and hiring decisions are made by people, not algorithms. Our recruiting process is designed to ensure candidates are evaluated fairly, consistently, and in alignment with our equal employment opportunity commitments. AI tools support our team's work, but they do not replace human judgment or determine hiring outcomes.