VP of Engineering
About The Position
Queens Carbon is scaling a lower-emissions way to produce cementitious materials from limestone and clay, using widely available feedstocks and aiming for economics competitive with traditional cement without incentives or a green premium. The Vice President of Engineering will build and lead the engineering organization and scale the technology into reliable, cost-competitive commercial systems. This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical engineering, people management, and industrial commercialization. The role works directly with the CEO and collaborates with R&D, Product Development, and Engineering Operations to take the technology from pilot and demonstration scale through commercial deployment. The position is based at Queens Carbon’s headquarters and R&D facility in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. It is full-time and on-site, with domestic and international travel to suppliers, fabrication facilities, and deployment sites. The position reports to the CEO.
Requirements
- Proven ability to recruit, manage, mentor, and develop high-performing multidisciplinary engineering teams, including direct people management and performance accountability.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and ability to independently perform calculations, evaluate designs, and solve complex industrial equipment and process problems.
- Demonstrated experience taking process technologies from pilot or demonstration through engineering, commissioning, and sustained operation.
- Ability to balance technical performance, capital and operating costs, reliability, safety, and schedule.
- Experience managing external engineering partners and collaborating across technical, operational, and commercial teams.
- BS or MS in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of relevant industrial engineering experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in cement, lime, minerals processing, chemicals, thermal processing, continuous solids handling, pressure equipment, modular systems, or commercialization of first-of-a-kind industrial technology.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team across process, mechanical, electrical, software, and controls engineering.
- Establish responsibilities, performance expectations, technical standards, and accountability across the engineering organization.
- Serve as the senior technical authority for Q-System design and contribute directly to critical calculations, design reviews, engineering decisions, and problem-solving.
- Lead the design and scale-up of industrial process equipment, including thermal systems, steam and pressure equipment, solids handling, heat recovery, and plant utilities.
- Direct development of engineering deliverables, including mass and energy balances, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specifications, and control philosophies.
- Translate experimental and operating data into commercial designs and identify and resolve scale-up risks.
- Develop standardized, modular Q-Systems for integration into existing cement plants, optimizing capital and operating costs, performance, and reliability.
- Lead technical evaluation of equipment suppliers, fabricators, engineering firms, and EPC partners.
- Partner with Engineering Operations through procurement, fabrication, commissioning, and startup; provide technical leadership and resolve equipment performance issues.
- Establish engineering practices for process safety, design reviews, technical documentation, and change management.
- Speak with customers.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Equity ownership in Queens Carbon
- Competitive paid time off (PTO)
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Professional development and leadership growth opportunities
- Support and flexibility for the team to do its best work
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
