Job description

Tracerco is launching a new Carbon Authentication business unit to provide advanced monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) services for permanent CO₂ storage in depleted oil & gas reservoirs and deep saline formations.

This is a foundational role combining technical leadership, business development support, and operations management. You will develop our proprietary tracer-calibrated reservoir modeling methodology, support high-value sales opportunities ($1-10M MRV contracts), and manage operational delivery of client projects from permit support through 50-year monitoring programs. his role uniquely blends reservoir engineering expertise with commercial acumen to build a profitable climate solution business from the ground up.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Geology
• 10+ years reservoir engineering experience in oil and gas industry
• Direct experience with at least one of the following:
  • CO₂-EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) projects
  • CO₂ injection operations (any purpose)
  • EPA Class VI permit preparation or project execution
  • Geological CO₂ storage research (academic or industry)
  • Reservoir simulation software proficiency
  • Geological characterization (formation evaluation, core analysis interpretation, log analysis)
  • Geomechanics (pressure management, induced seismicity, caprock integrity)
  • Data analysis (Excel, Python for data processing)
  • Regulatory knowledge of EPA Class VI program and MRV requirements
  • Technical credibility with commercial acumen
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Customer-centric approach
  • Regulatory savvy
  • Collaboration and influence without direct authority
  • Communication excellence
  • Continuous learner

Job responsibilities

• Lead preparation of Testing and Monitoring Plans, methodologies, and cost estimates for permit applications
• Deliver technical presentations to client engineering teams, VPs of Environmental/Regulatory Affairs, and C-suite executives
• Articulate Tracerco's tracer-based MRV advantages versus competitive approaches
• Build cost-benefit models demonstrating 40%-60% monitoring cost savings over 50-year project life
• Review client reservoir data (core logs, seismic, PVT data) to assess tracer monitoring feasibility
• Develop computational workflows integrating tracer breakthrough data with reservoir simulations
• Create design guidelines for new CCS monitoring products
• Define integrated protocols combining tracer, periodic seismic surveys, pressure monitoring, and USDW geochemical sampling
• Create standardized Testing and Monitoring Plan templates for EPA Class VI applications
• Develop data fusion methodologies and real-time alert systems
• Work with legal team on patent applications for key methodologies
• Manage CCS project lifecycle (permit, testing, operational monitoring)
• Design tracer injection tests to validate reservoir characterization
• Manage ongoing tracer injection and sampling programs
• Design long-term monitoring protocols
• Ensure regulatory reporting compliance
• Support carbon credit verification audits
• Supervise field technicians
• Coordinate with Tracerco's laboratory services team for sampling analysis
• Manage external contractors
• Serve as primary point of contact for active projects
• Interact regularly with EPA and environmental regulator stakeholders
• Present at major conferences and publish technical papers in peer-review journals
• Contribute to industry standards development
• Collaborate with universities in CCS research programs
• Monitor competitive landscape and attend industry events to identify partnership opportunities
• Provide market intelligence to BU leadership