Geo-Chemical Scientist

About the Role

We are seeking a Chemist, Geochemist, or Petroleum Chemist to support permanent carbon sequestration via subsurface injection as a member of our Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) team s role focuses on understanding how chemically complex, evolving bio‑oils and other injectates behave under subsurface conditions and how their interactions with reservoir rocks, brines, and gases affect material injectivity and stability over time.

Bio‑oils are distinct from conventional petroleum fluids: they contain oxygenated organics, reactive functional groups, water, etc. and undergo aging, polymerization, and phase evolution over time. This role is central to characterizing and managing those processes in the context of geologic storage. Your ability to leverage chemistry and analytical understanding of fluid behaviors across Charm’s portfolio of injectates will directly solve for key business outcomes around injectivity improvements and subsurface uncertainty as we expand our carbon removal impact.

Over the long term, these fluid interaction findings and analytical conclusions will serve as a foundation for Charm to employ more advanced subsurface strategies to improve injectivity, such as leveraging first principles from enhanced oil recovery (EOR), fracking fluid development, or related methods.

Your technical recommendations come to life through collaboration with fellow Charmers within Engineering, Operations, Measurement/Reporting/Verification (MRV), and Development organizations. This role will report to the Head of Engineering and Materials Science in Colorado.

Job posting details for Geo-Chemical Scientist at Charm Industrial in Fort Lupton, CO. Compensation / salary range: $165,000 - $185,000 USD yearly.