Chief Scientific Officer

Chief Scientific Officer – Climate Tech/Carbon Capture - Nottingham, UK - Permanent

Our client is a pioneering climate-tech company developing breakthrough technology to permanently mineralise CO₂ into high-performance concrete additives. They are an innovative and ambitious startup organisation specialised in developing new calcium-based materials from carbon capture processes. Their mission is to utilise CO₂ and waste to create, stronger, cheaper and cleaner building materials.

To continue the growth of the organisation they are seeking a Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) to lead the transition of their technology from TRL 5 to TRL 8 and deliver performance at industrial scale.
The CSO will be responsible to scale chemistry into industrial processes, support scale-up across pilot plant and demonstration plant, ensure performance with real industrial inputs, deliver under tight timelines and budgets and lead a team to achieve clear, measurable outcomes

The main targets of this role will be to drive TRL progression (5 to 8), translate lab work into industrial performance, remove scale-up bottlenecks and deliver results through the team

The desired outcomes of this role will be to achieve TRL progression, demonstrate a reliable pilot and demo performance, identify and resolve key scale-up risks and to drive a team that consistently delivers against milestones

Experience and background
• Proven years in industry or startup (not academic-only)
• Experience scaling chemical or material technologies beyond lab
• Strong understanding of scale-up and industrial constraints
• Experience managing teams and budgets
• Experience in carbon capture, utilisation, or related fields
• PhD or MSc in a relevant field

Desirable experience
• CO₂ mineralisation
• Concrete / Cement chemistry
• Startup scale-up experience
• IP / patents