Quentin Klein
Quentin joined Acre as a Principal to lead technical recruitment in cleantech and decarbonization markets encompassing Power Generation, Alternative Energy, Clean Chemicals & Fuels, and Carbon Removals. His background is unique in that he studied Mechanical Engineering and spent five years in Research & Development before getting into recruitment.
He was responsible for leading various low TRL projects that required extensive design, simulation and testing work but he also overall worked hand in hand with material scientists, operators and business development teams to create new processes and new products for the defense mobility market.
For the past four years, Quentin has leveraged his engineering foundations to take a first principles approach to technical recruitment helping innovators across North America attract and attain the greatest engineers and technical leaders on the market.
Open Positions from Quentin's Team
Senior Project Engineer
Clean Technology
New Jersey, United States
On-Site
Acre has partnered with a high-growth startup commercializing a novel decarbonization technology set to completely disrupt technological paradigms. They have performed excellently in fundraising and are backed by some of the most powerful and successful investment engines in the industrial decarbonization landscape. The success they've found in only a few years is attributed to the elite team of engineers, scientists and leaders they've been able to hire with much of their team coming from the most reputable businesses globally in the specialty chemicals and industrial gas industries.
Their success in funding has enabled them to rapidly scale their technology. Resultantly, they are nearing commercial scale with several projects at various stages of the process lifecycle and inherently are looking to grow their Project Engineering team by adding a Senior who can take complete ownership over several complex projects.
Based in New Jersey, the Senior Project Engineer will be responsible for
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Owning the entire project lifecycle for multiple projects at once from cradle-to-grave meaning you will lead various internal engineering and external EPC vendors from first design discussions through construction and commissioning.
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Owning project deliverables, conceiving engineering work orders and owning the timely execution of projects
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Identifying, managing and mitigating risks throughout the project lifecycle
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Provide technical support and leadership over a cross-functional team of process engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, controls engineers and structural engineers
To be effective, you'll need
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A Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering with 10+ years of project engineering experience, three of which should be in a lead position focused on cradle-to-grave plant execution.
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Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams comprised of internal engineering, and vendors.
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Experience managing Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors is required.
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Expertise in project management, risk management and construction management is required.
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Ideally have experience developing plants incorporating one or more of the following technologies: Hydrogen (H2), Steam Methane Reformers (SMR), Autothermal Reformers (ATR), Blue Hydrogen, Ammonia (NH3) synthesis, sustainable aviation fuel, green Methanol (CH3OH), Direct Air Capture, Carbon Sequestration or CO2 utilization technologies.
If you want an early-day stake in a business developing technology set to change the world, please apply now with a copy of your resume in .docx! or contact Quentin Klein at quentin.klein@acre.com for more information
Director of Projects
Natural Resources
Houston, Texas, United States
On-Site
Acre has partnered with a world leader in the biofuels sector who's developing large infrastructure scale multi-billion-dollar projects to produce fleet-level volumes of carbon-negative biofuels.
They have partnered with major transportation infrastructure companies critical to world trade and are continuously gaining traction amongst supermajors in transportation. There will be more projects to come, but right now they are in need of a super-seasoned Director of Project Execution to come in and lead the projects they have going to success.
Based in Houston, the Director of Project Execution will be responsible for:
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Defining the organizational infrastructure for the newly formed projects division.
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The inception and delivery of all project deliverables from FEL through FEED, construction and startup.
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Managing, building and owning multi-disciplinary teams and partners to ensure widespread project success
Your background consists of:
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A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Project Management with a minimum of 20 years' experience executing complex projects. Experience executing projects with first-of-a-kind decarbonization technologies is a plus.
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Proven experience leading projects with budgets of $1B-$5B from cradle to grave (required).
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Experience building out project organizations and leading project teams with hundreds of multi-disciplinary, cross-company contributors
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Experience in executing projects within one of the following domains: integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), coal gasification, biomass gasification, power generation, hydrogen, blue hydrogen, ammonia, syngas, CO2 sequestration, eFuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), CO2 transformation, CO2 utilization, etc
There are few businesses in the world today that are executing projects of this scale, at this level of complexity and this level of impact, and the Director of Project Execution is a momentous hire for our client. If you are the person who wants to leave a legacy and make history, please apply.
