Senior Project Manager (chemist)

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly qualified/experienced Senior Project Manager (R&D manager) to join as a core member of the team at Concrete4Change.

Job Title: Senior Project Manager (R&D manager)

Location: Nottingham, office based

Remuneration: Competitive Salary

Start date and end date (approx): This is a permanent position and is available for immediate start. (Flexible on start date based on notice period)

About us:

Concrete4Change (C4C) is a R&D company that is developing a ground-breaking technology to utilise and permanently mineralise CO2 in concrete. To date, C4C raised £4.5 million from private and public investors. The company is partly owned by two of the largest concrete manufacturers in the world, Siam Cement Group ($17 billion turnover) and Goldbeck GmbH (€7 billion turnover).

C4C technology won a wide range of awards including:

• 2021, The most innovative Net-Zero project from UN COP26 Climate Challenge Cup
• 2021, SDG award from the European technology chamber
• 2022, Top 10 startups from Royal Academy of Engineer (£20k)
• 2022, Santander X Prize – Global Countdown to Net-Zero (worldwide)
• 2022, Top 50 start-up award from PWC
• 2023, Startups 100 2023 Award Winner
• 2023, Hard Tech Investment of the Year from UK Business Angel Association

Job description:

As the R&D Project manager, you have an entrepreneurial mindset to oversee and manage the efficiency of our R&D team and activities. You will be responsible for managing £5m R&D activities and resources including:

• day-to-day activity management
• R&D team management (15 researchers)
• laboratory management
• equipment and grants management

Essential:

• Minimum M.Sc degree in chemistry
• 3 years of project management and financial management experience of R&D projects in the region of +£1,000,000 p.a.
• Expertise in managing and reporting upon budgetary controls associated with R&D projects.
• Experience in working for startups or SMEs
• Familiarity and expertise in project management tools and methodologies (Agile, PRINCE2, etc)
• Self-starter, able to design, implement and own project management systems.

Desirable:

• PhD degree in construction or chemistry
• Experience with UKRI, DESNZ, EIC projects or equivalent grants
• Previous exposure to complex R&D projects, and or deep-tech start-ups
• Project management experience in relevant industry sectors – carbon capture/utilisation/storage, materials science, materials chemistry
• A wide range of contacts in the industry and/or academia with backgrounds in carbon capture/utilisation/storage, materials science, materials chemistry

Benefits:

• A unique opportunity to work with top researchers across the world
• An exciting opportunity to work with construction and develop technologies for multi-billion pound cement and concrete companies
• Private health insurance
• Government backed pension scheme
• A competitive bonus upon achieving milestones
• Regular team meals and social events