Get to know Climeworks
Climeworks removes CO₂ from the air to fight global warming and protect future generations to come.
We develop, build and operate direct air capture (DAC) machines which capture CO₂ directly from the air. The captured carbon dioxide is removed from the air by safely storing it underground, permanently.
Founded in 2009 by engineers, Christoph Gebald and Jan Wurzbacher, Climeworks was built with a mission to inspire 1 billion people to remove CO₂ from the air, and is now spearheading the DAC industry globally. It has the world’s largest DAC facility and storage installation in operation and a team of over 300 Climeworkers determined to contribute to a net-zero future.
A true climate pioneer, Climeworks is featured as a TIME100 Influential Company 2022 and Global Cleantech 100 Company 2022, driving a revolutionary technology engineered to solve the most pressing issue of our time.
We foster a dynamic environment and are building a global purpose driven team. We are looking for disruptive thinkers, passionate achievers and inspiring leaders that are ready to take on the world’s greatest challenge.
Will you join us?
Your mission
Job description
In this high-impact role, your mission at Climeworks will be to control one or few large, multidisciplinary, system integration programs and several smaller key R&D projects to ensure a smooth integration of various project plans.
- You are responsible to set-up and maintain the development, validation and delivery timelines, identify gaps and come up with solutions to mitigate clashes interacting with Project Managers and System Integration Leads.
- You create project progress reports /dashboards and make recommendations for improvements.
- You track the overall programs budget including gathering information about the cost of the Product/Systems we are developing, internally and through contractors.
- You review and challenge schedules prepared by contractors (or other internal team members) for resource and cost loading, activity durations, schedule logic, float allocation and critical path identification.
- You lead the development & continuous improvement of our project control methodologies.
- You are supporting reporting duties for any project control related topics and escalating issues to Project Managers and System Integration Leads.
- You work with multiple engineering disciplines, and you can understand the interdependencies between them as well as the impact that each engineering deliverable can have on other disciplines.
Your story
Requirements
- You bring a university degree within a scientific or engineering discipline.
- You have at least five years experience in a similar position (Planning, Cost Control and Estimating) and at least eight years professional experience overall.
- You have demonstrated experience in working in large, organized, fast-paced, high-stake projects, preferably in R&D/NPI projects (TRL4-7).
- You are a proficient user of MS Office Package and project scheduling tools (MS Project) but are flexible to work with more agile and collaborative tools.
- You are proactive, autonomous and comfortable with fast-paced environments, where decisions need to be taken quickly.
- You are business fluent in English.
What we offer: A horizontal organization, a great team, an improvement-oriented approach, and a scale-up venture with an innovative technology. Sounds like you? We are looking forward meeting you! Apply now by filling in the online application form and uploading your complete dossier to our career’s portal: https://www.climeworks.com/careers
Our promise: At Climeworks, you are accepted for who you are. As part of our ongoing journey towards creating a diverse and inclusive environment - we encourage everyone to apply! All qualified applicants are considered for positions, so bring along your knowledge, personal experiences, and fresh perspectives, and together we can solve one of humankind’s greatest challenges. We look forward to getting to know you!
Disclaimer: The percentage in the job title means that for this vacancy, you can decide if you want to be employed on a full-time or part-time basis, depending on what works best for your needs.
We don’t accept candidate profiles from agencies for our positions.
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