Project Manager – Commercial Electrolysis Systems; Richmond

Job Title

Project Manager – Commercial Electrolysis Systems

Onsite

Full-Time

Up to 15% domestic and international

NESI Headquarters (Richmond, BC)

The Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end execution of industrial-scale commercial electrolysis system projects, from design through fabrication, commissioning, and customer handover. This role operates at the intersection of electrochemical technology development, industrial equipment delivery, and customer project execution.

The successful candidate will manage complex, multidisciplinary projects involving electrochemistry, fluid systems, power electronics, gas handling, and industrial controls, ensuring delivery on scope, schedule, cost, and performance targets.

• Lead full lifecycle delivery of commercial electrolysis system projects (pilot, demonstration, or commercial scale)
• Define and manage project scope, deliverables, and success criteria aligned with product requirements
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules (engineering, procurement, fabrication, commissioning)
• Ensure adherence to cost targets, budgets, and margin objectives
• Drive risk identification, mitigation, and contingency planning
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across electrochemical, process, mechanical, electrical, and controls engineering, and company finance, legal, and operations departments
• Ensure traceability from Product Requirements → DVPR → Commissioning Validation

• Work within NESI structured project management methodologies and policies
• Maintain complete project documentation including schedules, procurement plans, DVPRs, risk registers, design reviews, and test and validation reports
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements

• Ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams
• Strong stakeholder management across customer representatives, government agencies, industrial partners, and internal executives
• Clear, structured communication for both technical and non-technical audiences

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or related)
• PMP certification preferred but not required with equivalent experience

• 8–15+ years in project management within cleantech, electrochemical systems, or industrial process equipment
• Experience delivering pilot, demonstration, and commercial scale industrial chemical systems
• Experience with PFDs, P&IDs, system architecture, industrial controls and power systems
• Preferred experience in electrolysis systems and electrochemical processes, process engineering and plant integration
• Preferred fluency in multiple languages

$–$ per year

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking