Employment Opportunities

***NEW*** PROJECT MANAGER – PLANT BUILD

Are you seeking a meaningful, impactful and purpose-driven role in a new emerging industry?

Join the passionate and talented team at MCi Carbon (MCi) an Australian based global clean tech shaping the new circular economy by reimagining carbon.

The Project Manager will lead one of the company’s key projects for the deployment of the technology to a customer site and will be responsible for all aspects of project delivery from front-end engineering design through to construction and commissioning.

A role at MCi offers a unique opportunity to assist in the decarbonisation of industry with novel technology and to form collaborations and partnerships with proactive customers to make a real impact. MCi captures emissions from hard-to-abate industries, like steel, cement, fertilisers and mining, unlocking the value of carbon by creating valuable products and materials for the circular carbon economy.

MCi continues to be recognised as a global leader in mineral carbonation technology with the following awards, just a part of our recognition:

• '#1 CleanTech' at COP26 Clean Energy Start-up Pitch Battle in Glasgow from a field of 2700 global solutions - presented by Net Zero Technology Centre
• Resource Innovator of the Year 2018, New Materials Summit, Berlin
• Winner "Circular Transition Award" - 34th National Banksia Sustainability Awards
• Winner "NSW Clean Technology Award" presented by The Banksia Foundation
• Winner "Technology Award" presented by The New York Times, T Australia
• Finalist "Energy Tech Challenger" - Decarbonizing Construction Materials
• 2022 Australia & New Zealand Climate Tech 100 (Holon IQ)
• Global Finalist Xtreme Tech Challenge 2022

Role responsibilities and typical activities:

• Manage the design, procurement, construction and commissioning of decarbonisation plants, including:
• Co-ordinating engineering, technology and commercial teams in the delivery of scoping, demonstration and engineering studies.
• Managing a team of engineers & engineering contractors to conduct FEED activities for the project.
• Coordinating the engineering design process, including management of engineering and safety documents for the plant and ensuring that the plant design complies with all relevant codes & standards.
• Managing and reporting on project cost and timeline and ensuring that all key project milestones are achieved.
• Managing and developing the customer relationship including liaising with the customer to obtain required information for the design process. Ensuring that all site requirements and constraints are understood, and customer feedback is incorporated into the design package.
• Liaising with site personnel to ensure all site approvals, services and operational plans are in place.
• Managing contractors and suppliers for the procurement, delivery and installation of plant and equipment.
• Ensuring industry leading safety practices are employed in all project activities including ensuring compliance with all WHS legislation.
• Commissioning of plant and handover to operational management.
• Liaison with MCi’s commercial function to ensure delivery of customer outcomes, related growth opportunities and MCi’s financial returns.

Required experience and skills:

• Significant experience in safety leadership.
• Experience project managing the delivery of medium-large capital projects in a heavy industry environment.
• Outstanding stakeholder management across public and private sectors (including regulators) and at varied organisational levels.
• Significant communication skills demonstrated internally across functions and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen including project budget and cost management and contractor and supplier liaison for engineering/capital projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage others to successfully deliver projects.
• An interest in new technology development and a demonstrated ability to deliver innovative solutions to new and complex problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated expertise in technical report writing and presentations

Desired experience

• Qualifications in either electrical, mechanical or process engineering.
• Experience in process scale up and/or new process technology development or introduction.
• Strong established network and rapport with contractors & engineering service providers.
• Experience with development and environmental approvals and/or engagement with regulators.
• Experience in process modelling, equipment sizing in one or more of: calcination/thermal processing, crushing, milling, slurry transport/processing, filtration and drying would be highly advantageous.
• Experience in project cost estimation for process plant and equipment.

Required qualifications:

• Engineering degree + 10 years industry experience part of which has included project management of plant design and construction.

Position reports to: Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)

Location: Newcastle

Note: MCi have a corporate office and facilities in Newcastle, New South Wales

Applications deadline: May 31, 2023