About Kanin Energy
Kanin Energy is a leading waste heat-to-power (WHP) and behind-the-meter clean power developer, partnering with industrial companies across North America to deliver innovative low-carbon energy solutions.
We develop, finance, own, and operate power generation assets that reduce emissions, improve energy efficiency, strengthen grid resilience, and create long-term value for our industrial partners. Our portfolio spans waste heat-to-power, combined heat and power (CHP), distributed generation, and emerging industrial decarbonization technologies.
As we continue to grow, we are seeking talented professionals who are passionate about delivering complex energy infrastructure projects and advancing the transition to cleaner industrial energy systems.
The Opportunity
Kanin Energy is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the development and execution of industrial decarbonization and power generation projects across North America.
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading multidisciplinary project teams and coordinating with engineering partners, equipment suppliers, contractors, industrial host facilities, and internal stakeholders to advance projects from early development through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and commercial operation. This role requires strong project leadership, commercial judgment, technical fluency, and the ability to manage complex projects in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment.
Key Responsibilities
Project Development, Engineering & Execution
- Lead execution of projects through scope definition, FEED, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and transition to operations.
- Develop and manage project execution plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, risk registers, procurement strategies, and reporting processes.
- Own overall project performance, ensuring work is delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in alignment with commercial and technical objectives.
- Lead project development activities including utility interconnection, permitting, grant applications, site coordination, constructability planning, and technical due diligence.
- Oversee key project documentation, including project charters, cost estimates, cash flow forecasts, schedules, execution plans, RFP/RFQ packages, procurement documentation, construction deliverables, and commissioning and startup plans.
- Review engineering deliverables, guide multidisciplinary design coordination, and ensure technical issues are identified, escalated, and resolved effectively.
- Lead commercial evaluations, contracting activities, vendor selection, equipment procurement, and contractor management processes.
- Identify, manage, and proactively communicate project risks, technical challenges, commercial issues, and schedule impacts.
Stakeholder & Contractor Management
- Lead internal and external project meetings, ensuring decisions, action items, risks, and follow-up requirements are clearly documented and advanced.
- Manage relationships with client partners, vendors, EPC contractors, engineering consultants, equipment suppliers, specialty service providers, grid operators, and other project stakeholders.
- Coordinate and hold external engineering firms, contractors, and suppliers accountable for quality, cost, schedule, safety, and deliverable performance.
- Prepare and deliver clear project updates, executive-level status reports, and decision materials for management, project partners, customers, and lenders or other external stakeholders as required.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical preferred)
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation; PMP designation considered an asset.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in project management, project development, engineering, construction, or execution of power, industrial, oil and gas, infrastructure, or energy projects.
- Demonstrated experience leading projects through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup phases.
- Strong understanding of project controls, cost management, scheduling, contracting, procurement, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities, and make sound decisions in complex project environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear executive-level updates and decision materials.
- Ability and willingness to travel to project and partner sites throughout the United States and Canada.
Preferred Experience
Candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas will be viewed favorably:
- Waste heat-to-power, combined heat and power (CHP), distributed generation, or other industrial decarbonization projects.
- Power generation, reciprocating engine gensets, gas compression, industrial facilities, or major energy infrastructure projects.
- Utility interconnection, electrical infrastructure, permitting, and regulatory coordination.
- EPC, design-build, major equipment procurement, construction management, or owner’s representative roles.
- Industrial facility commissioning, startup, operations readiness, or handover to operations teams.
What Will Make You Successful
The ideal candidate is an experienced project leader who takes ownership of outcomes and can drive complex projects forward in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. You are comfortable balancing technical, commercial, contractual, and stakeholder considerations while maintaining a strong focus on safety, execution, and accountability.
You bring:
- Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with the confidence to make decisions and escalate issues appropriately.
- The ability to quickly understand new technologies, commercial structures, and project requirements.
- A bias toward action and the ability to drive progress in the face of ambiguity.
- Sound judgment, practical risk management, and the ability to balance detail with big-picture project objectives.
- A willingness to step outside your comfort zone, take on unfamiliar challenges, and contribute wherever needed to advance project success.
- Adaptability and resilience in a dynamic environment.
- A commitment to delivering projects safely, efficiently, commercially, and professionally.
How to Apply
If you are excited about developing innovative energy projects and contributing to industrial decarbonization across North America, we would like to hear from you.
Interested candidates should submit their resume to [email protected]. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
