Project Manager – CO₂ Energy Storage

InnoActive Group is seeking a Project Manager to lead planning, development, and execution of a CO₂ energy infrastructure capital project. The role oversees multidisciplinary engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup activities while managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of complex CO₂ energy infrastructure capital projects
• Manage project activities from early-stage development and engineering through procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout
• Develop and maintain project execution plans, budgets, schedules, resource plans, risk registers, and performance metrics
• Establish project milestones, deliverables, and execution strategies
• Oversee project scope, contract requirements, change management, and overall project performance
• Identify technical, financial, and scheduling risks and implement mitigation strategies
• Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams to ensure successful delivery
• Provide project oversight for CO₂ processing, liquefaction, compression, storage, and associated industrial systems
• Coordinate technical activities involving gas handling, pressure management, heat exchange, refrigeration, and process equipment
• Support the integration of mechanical, process, electrical, instrumentation, and control systems
• Collaborate with engineering teams on technical specifications, equipment requirements, design reviews, and constructability
• Coordinate technical interfaces between engineering consultants, equipment manufacturers, contractors, and project stakeholders
• Identify and address technical challenges associated with CO₂ handling, processing, and storage infrastructure
• Support the evaluation and implementation of appropriate CO₂ technologies and project solutions
• Manage multidisciplinary engineering teams across process, mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, and instrumentation disciplines
• Oversee EPC contractors, engineering consultants, specialized equipment vendors, and construction partners
• Coordinate engineering deliverables, equipment procurement, vendor evaluations, and construction activities
• Support project planning and procurement of major process equipment and long-lead items
• Monitor contractor performance, schedule adherence, cost forecasts, and project milestones
• Ensure construction activities align with approved engineering designs, technical specifications, and quality requirements
• Support equipment installation, system integration, testing, and commissioning readiness
• Serve as a primary point of coordination among project leadership, engineering teams, contractors, vendors, and stakeholders
• Facilitate project meetings, technical reviews, and cross-functional coordination
• Prepare and present project progress reports, financial forecasts, risk assessments, and schedule updates
• Communicate project challenges, recommended solutions, and critical decisions to senior leadership
• Maintain strong relationships with project partners and technical stakeholders
• Promote a strong safety culture throughout engineering, construction, and commissioning activities
• Support compliance with applicable engineering codes, environmental requirements, industrial safety standards, and process safety practices
• Coordinate quality assurance, inspections, and contractor compliance
• Support pre-commissioning, commissioning, startup planning, and operational readiness
• Ensure project documentation, equipment turnover packages, and closeout requirements are completed

Requirements:

• Demonstrated project management experience delivering complex industrial or energy infrastructure capital projects
• Strong understanding of industrial process equipment, gas handling systems, and multidisciplinary engineering requirements
• Experience overseeing engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities
• Experience working within EPC, EPCM, or similar complex industrial project delivery environments
• Demonstrated ability to manage multidisciplinary engineering and construction teams
• Experience coordinating equipment manufacturers, engineering consultants, contractors, and specialized vendors
• Strong knowledge of project budgeting, scheduling, forecasting, cost controls, risk management, and change management
• Experience coordinating process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control systems
• Familiarity with industrial safety requirements, quality standards, and applicable engineering codes
• Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
• Relevant technical or project experience involving CO₂ technologies, processing, compression, liquefaction, storage, or closely related systems
• Direct experience with CO₂ liquefaction, compression, storage, or energy storage systems
• Experience with carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) or carbon management infrastructure
• Experience with CO₂-based energy storage or other advanced energy storage technologies
• Familiarity with industrial refrigeration, heat exchangers, compressors, pressure vessels, and associated process equipment
• Experience with Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), detailed engineering, and technical design reviews
• Experience with industrial gas processing facilities and complex process systems
• Familiarity with process safety management, HAZOP studies, and relevant industrial safety requirements
• Experience managing major equipment procurement and specialized vendor interfaces
• Experience supporting commissioning and startup of industrial process facilities
• Familiarity with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar project management tools
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline preferred
• Equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered
• Experience with CO₂ technologies will be a key consideration in evaluating candidates
• PMP certification or other relevant professional credentials