Carbon economies. Carbon-neutral fuel. Photosynthesis replication from molecules of air. This isn’t science fiction. This is the technological reality of today, soon to become a major commercial force. If you want to be a significant player in this space, we’re offering an opportunity you can’t afford to ignore.

The Opportunity

CO2 capture and utilization will be a $550 billion market by 2040. OCED (Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations within the DOE) will be a major driver in this commercial and technological movement. 

OCED’s initiative will require a technically savvy, results-oriented project manager to serve as the Associate Director of Carbon Capture. In this role, you’ll deliver first-of-their-kind commercial-scale solutions, managing both government and private sector assets. The scale and importance of this effort are monumental, backed by $3.5 Billion in funding. If successful, the projects you launch will unlock trillions of dollars in follow-on investment from private sector companies, making clean energy financially and technologically viable. 

In this role you will be helping to:

• Accelerate American innovation and environmental leadership 
• Create rewarding, good-paying jobs
• Deliver clean, reliable, and affordable power to more Americans
• Drive economic, social, and environmental benefits across the U.S. and the world

With OCED you will be exposed to landmark clean energy technologies and planet-saving business models, gaining invaluable experience for your future career.

The Mission of the Associate Director of Carbon Capture

Reporting to OCED’s Deputy Director for Project Management, the Associate Director will drive and deliver on two large-scale programs: 

• The Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program, with a budget of $2.5 Billion, will develop six carbon capture facilities that can be readily replicated and deployed at energy plants and other industrial sources of CO2. Using integrated carbon capture, transport, and storage, these facilities will reduce costs, emissions, and the overall environmental performance of fossil fuel utilization. The program includes two deployments at natural gas facilities, two at coal facilities, and two at industrial, non-electricity-generating facilities (such as cement, paper, metal, and chemical facilities). 
• The Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilot, with a budget of $937 Million, will establish and test innovative carbon capture pilot projects large enough to support new processes and technologies at scale.

Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Oversee and manage the delivery of up to 30 projects, directing and synchronizing activities across all contributors, setting organizational structures and methods
• Build and oversee a team of up to 40 talented contributors, including managers and technical experts
• Act as the primary interface to the Secretary of Energy and Congress
• Manage a budget approaching $1 Billion
• Vet and recommend private sector partners who are capable of developing carbon capture/reduction technologies and facilities
• Address technical, environmental, permitting, and financing challenges for deployment
• Ensure early identification and mitigation of cost, schedule, and/or technology risks
• Support on-site monitoring of projects, as appropriate
• Represent the DOE to industry, universities, national laboratories, and other government entities
• Promote Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Candidate Profile

Our successful candidate will have:

• 15+ years’ experience as a Project Manager on innovative, highly-technical projects 
• Experience leveraging a broad spectrum of resources and stakeholders, including private sector companies
• Experience managing projects with budgets in excess of $30 million 
• A proven track record of achieving results and delivering on mission objectives
• Demonstrable familiarity with clean energy or carbon capture technologies
• Excellent project management, team management, and organizational skills
• The ability to exercise executive-level judgment, imagination, and analysis
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including demonstrated comfort and finesse communicating with high-level personnel in a variety of environments
• An adventurous, innovative, high-energy personality
• A Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university