Facility Development Engineer

Location: Saint Adolphe

Type: Full Time, Permanent

Benefits: Health and Dental Plan

Pay: Commensurate with experience, negotiable, performance-based increases

Position Overview

Carbon Lock Tech is seeking an experienced engineer to lead the development of a first-of-a-kind organic waste-to-biochar facility in Saint Adolphe, Manitoba. This is a highly hands-on role for someone who enjoys building things from the ground up and has the skills and confidence to take on the responsibility of transforming a project concept into an operational demonstration facility by coordinating site development, permitting, utilities, equipment procurement, construction activities, commissioning, startup and ongoing operations.

This position will work closely with Carbon Lock Tech's executive, research and technology development teams, as well as contractors, equipment suppliers, regulators, utility providers, and landfill operators to ensure the successful delivery of the facility.

This is not a traditional office-based engineering position. Significant time will be spent on-site managing contractors, solving problems, installing equipment, commissioning systems and establishing and ensuring reliable operations.

If you're as comfortable with a wrench in your hand as you are with a mouse, this might be the position for you.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the development, construction, commissioning, and startup of Carbon Lock Tech's demonstration-scale biochar facility at the Mid Canada Landfill.

Coordinate site preparation, infrastructure, utilities, permitting, environmental approvals, and regulatory compliance requirements.

Build and maintain productive relationships with regulators, municipalities, utilities, landfill operators, contractors, vendors, consultants, and EPC partners.

Procure, install, and integrate feedstock pre-processing, material handling, pyrolysis, storage, and shipping systems.

Serve as the primary on-site engineering lead, resolving technical, construction, commissioning, and operational challenges.

Establish safe and reliable facility operations through startup, performance testing, process optimization, and operational readiness activities.

Generate operational and performance data to support technology validation, continuous improvement, and future commercial deployments.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil, Agricultural, Environmental, Industrial or a related engineering discipline (required)

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Canada or eligibility to obtain registration (required)

Minimum 5 years of experience developing, constructing, commissioning, operating, or maintaining industrial facilities or process systems (required)

Strong understanding of industrial equipment, utilities, construction practices, and facility development

Willingness to spend substantial “hands on” time at project side during construction, commissioning, and startup activities

Demonstrated ability to manage contractors, vendors, consultants, and external stakeholders

Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and decision-making skills in dynamic field environments

Ability to work independently, take ownership, and deliver results with limited direction

Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment where priorities evolve and innovation, initiative, and resourcefulness are expected

Asset Qualifications

Experience in waste management, biomass processing, energy systems, manufacturing, mining, agriculture, or related industrial sectors

Experience working with municipalities, regulators, utilities, landfill operators, or environmental permitting processes

Experience with first-of-a-kind, pilot, demonstration, scale-up, or commercialization projects

Experience commissioning agricultural and/or industrial process equipment and familiarity with material handling, thermal processing, pyrolysis, or similar systems

What Does Success Look Like?

By the end of the project the Facility Development Engineer will have:

Obtained required permits and utility connections

Coordinated construction of the demonstration facility

Installed and integrated feedstock pre-processing and pyrolysis systems

Successfully commissioned and started facility operations

Established safe and repeatable operating procedures

Generated operational data to support future commercial deployments

What’s it Like Working at Carbon Lock Tech?

Carbon Lock Tech is developing patented pyrolytic reactor technologies that convert biomass and organic waste into stable biocarbon outputs. We operate in one of the newest and most exciting areas of climate technology, where the technical, commercial, and environmental opportunities are significant. We are not a large corporation with extensive support departments, rigid reporting structures, or narrowly defined job descriptions. This is not an environment where every process already exists or every answer can be found in a manual. Instead, we are a small, ambitious team of engineers, scientists, and business professionals building a first-of-a-kind biocarbon production facility in Manitoba. We move quickly, solve difficult problems, and rely on practical, hands-on approaches while taking ownership and making things happen. There is no blueprint for what we're building. Our success rests on innovativeness, resourcefulness, initiative, and a willingness to figure things out and achieve key milestones.