Lead Electrical Engineer / Lead Electrical Engineeress

Get to Know Climeworks

Climeworks is a leading provider of high-quality carbon removal solutions, leveraging decades of expertise in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology along with a holistic approach to carbon removal strategies.

We advise companies on effective carbon removal strategies and deliver tailored portfolios incorporating both nature-based and engineered approaches. Our end-to-end services are designed to help achieve net-zero goals. Climeworks operates the world's first two DAC plants in Iceland, underscoring our commitment to high-quality carbon removal, which is backed by over 15 years of pioneering research, development, and deployment.

By advancing the most reliable solutions in the market, we accelerate the global transition to net zero while unlocking economic value for businesses, governments, and society.

We nurture a dynamic environment and are building a global purpose-driven team. We seek disruptive thinkers, passionate achievers, and inspiring leaders ready to tackle the world’s greatest challenges.

Will You Join Us?

Your Mission

Job Description

• Technical Direction: Define and maintain the technical direction for the Electrical Department. Lead the development of tailored EIC specifications, design philosophies, and a comprehensive basis of design for global execution. Ensure clear owner requirements are documented, communicated to contractors, and validate design assumptions against operability, safety, and compliance with local and regional codes.
• Contractor Management: Review and approve contractor submissions for electrical systems and power distribution, enforce owner requirements, provide technical clarifications, and ensure adherence to schedule, quality, safety, and operability.
• System Reliability & Innovation: Lead initiatives to enhance reliability and performance of electrical systems, troubleshoot issues, and implement preventive measures while evaluating and introducing emerging technologies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary electrical interface with process, instrumentation and controls, mechanical, and project management teams to ensure integrated designs. Identify and mitigate electrical risks during design and operation phases, supporting project teams with scope, cost, and schedule estimates.
• Team Leadership & Continuous Improvement: Supervise and mentor junior team members, providing guidance on technical challenges while driving lessons-learned sessions to promote continuous improvement and maintain a robust knowledge base.
• Cold-Weather and Constructability: Integrate climate conditions into electrical design and execution planning for both cold and hot weather environments. Ensure designs are constructible and operable under extreme conditions while considering temporary works and interfaces with cold-weather activities.

Your Story

Requirements

• Professional Experience: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent, with a minimum of 10 years of experience in process plants across various climates as an Electrical Engineer. Experience in team leadership is essential.
• Project Experience: Hands-on involvement in at least one full-cycle project in mining, water treatment, oil and gas, or other comparable industries, covering all phases from FEED and detailed design to construction, commissioning, and startup, preferably in remote or seasonally constrained execution environments. Expertise in low and medium voltage electrical systems, industrial instrumentation, and control systems is required.
• Cold-Weather Industrial Plant Experience: Extensive experience working within industrial plants in cold-weather environments (e.g., Canada, Nordic countries) and an understanding of the operational, maintenance, and safety challenges associated with such conditions.
• Communication & Collaboration: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with diverse stakeholders, including third-party vendors in IP-sensitive collaborations.
• Working Style: Precise, adaptable, and reliable, with a proactive and solution-oriented approach. Comfortable making decisions and taking ownership in both office and field settings, particularly under constraints including winter productivity and schedule risk. Highly organized with strong planning and prioritization skills.
• Language Skills and Travel: Fluent in English and willing to travel up to 40% of the time, including extended site presence during peak design, engineering, construction, and commissioning periods.

What We Offer

• Time Off: Enjoy 25 paid vacation days every year, in addition to public holidays.
• Flexibility: Work in a way that suits you best with a hybrid setup and the option for up to 4 weeks of remote work annually within any EU country.
• Ownership: Receive fair base pay paired with an equity package – your contributions matter.
• Family Support: Inclusive parental leave policies.
• Continuous Learning: Dedicated budget for your professional growth.
• Referral Rewards: Help us grow our team and earn bonuses for successful referrals.
• Salary: Competitive salary ranges based on level of seniority and location, with individual compensation reflecting your skills, experience, and value to the team.

Formalities

This position is based in Opfikon, Zurich, and we require you to work onsite at least three days per week.

Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.