Mechanical Project Engineer

Phase Consulting; Unorganized Kenora District; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Phase Consulting is seeking a Mechanical Project Engineer for a major gold mining operation in Northern Ontario. This independent contractor role focuses on owning mechanical engineering packages, coordinating with consultants, and ensuring design for constructability across major mining projects.

Hybrid work arrangements apply as projects progress through execution. The ideal candidate brings 8–10 years of mining/mechanical project experience, a Canadian P.Eng.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 8–10 years of relevant engineering/project experience.
• P.Eng. designation in Canada (Ontario or other province).
• Experience with mining projects and multidisciplinary capital projects.
• Experience coordinating with consultants and contractors.
• Ability to develop and review mechanical concepts (pumps, piping, HVAC, etc.).
• Strong constructability judgment and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as package owner for mechanical engineering packages and coordinate deliverables.
• Coordinate external engineering consultants and interfaces across disciplines.
• Develop scopes of work for consultants and contractors.
• Review drawings, specs, calculations, datasheets, P&IDs, and other docs.
• Support procurement with technical scope and bid evaluations.
• Assist with construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Constructability review

Mechanical systems knowledge

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Inventor

Navisworks

Job description

Mechanical Project Engineer – Gold Mining Company – Northern Ontario (Hybrid)

An exciting opportunity is available for an Mechanical Project Engineer to join the Capital Projects team supporting one of Canada's largest gold mining operations. This is an independent contractor opportunity, with a target start date of approximately mid-October 2026.

Reporting directly to the Lead Mechanical Project Engineer, this is a contributor position responsible for the day-to-day coordination and ownership of assigned mechanical engineering packages within major mining and processing projects.

The Mechanical Project Engineer will work closely with engineering consultants and multidisciplinary project stakeholders to coordinate design development, review engineering deliverables, assess constructability, prepare scopes of work, and support assigned mechanical packages through project execution.

The successful candidate will act as the package owner for assigned mechanical engineering packages, while the Lead Mechanical Project Engineer maintains overall oversight of mechanical packages across the broader project team. The Mechanical Project Engineer will work closely with the Lead on key engineering decisions and escalates significant technical or execution roadblocks as required.

This is an individual contributor position with no direct reports or people-management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the package owner for assigned mechanical engineering packages, coordinating engineering activities, deliverables, interfaces, and stakeholders throughout project execution.
• Manage the day-to-day coordination of external engineering consultants responsible for assigned mechanical packages.
• Coordinate design development and ensure engineering consultants deliver documentation in accordance with project requirements, scope, schedule, and applicable standards.
• Develop and review mechanical concepts for pumps, piping systems, material handling equipment, HVAC, tanks, utilities, and other process-support equipment.
• Review consultant-produced engineering drawings, specifications, calculations, datasheets, P&IDs, 3D models, technical reports, scopes of work, and other engineering deliverables.
• Review mechanical designs from a constructability perspective, identifying potential execution challenges and ensuring proposed designs can be practically and safely constructed, installed, accessed, and maintained in the field.
• Lead and participate in design reviews and constructability reviews, coordinating comments and required revisions with engineering consultants and project stakeholders.
• Prepare and develop Scopes of Work (SOWs) for engineering consultants and contractors associated with assigned mechanical packages.
• Coordinate with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, procurement, environmental, project controls, consultants, and contractors.
• Coordinate engineering interfaces between mechanical packages and other disciplines, including civil, structural, electrical, process, and piping.
• Help evaluate technical alternatives ahead of detailed engineering, comparing equipment and layout options.
• Monitor engineering consultant progress and assigned package deliverables against established project schedules and requirements.
• Support procurement activities associated with assigned packages, including technical scope development, clarification of technical requirements, equipment selection, and vendor/technical bid evaluations.
• Participate in value engineering, project risk assessments, and technical reviews to identify opportunities, constraints, missing information, design conflicts, and potential project risks.
• Support construction activities by responding to technical queries, reviewing RFIs, submittals, and field/design change requests, and assisting with the resolution of field engineering and constructability issues.
• Coordinate consultant and contractor interfaces during project execution to ensure engineering requirements are effectively communicated and implemented.
• Support assigned packages through construction, commissioning, turnover, documentation, and closeout as required, including QA/QC activities such as inspections, NCR reviews, and ITP input.
• Support mechanical infrastructure scopes involving conveyors, shaker screens, paste plant systems, building envelopes, and other heavy industrial mechanical systems.
• Support the transition of packages from concept / study / FEED into detailed engineering.
• Work closely with Project Controls and other project team members to monitor scope, schedule, cost, progress, risks, changes, and key deliverables associated with assigned packages.
• Ensure assigned engineering work complies with applicable regulations, project standards, engineering best practices, and site health and safety requirements.
• Maintain regular communication with the Lead Mechanical Project Engineer regarding package status, technical decisions, risks, and execution challenges.
• Escalate significant technical issues, design concerns, constructability challenges, or project roadblocks to the Lead Mechanical Project Engineer and work collaboratively toward resolution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Approximately 8–10 years of relevant engineering and project experience, ideally at an intermediate-to-senior Project Engineer level.
• Previous mining industry experience is required, including experience supporting mechanical engineering projects for operating mines, mine expansions, mineral processing facilities, or other mining infrastructure.
• Valid Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Canada. Registration may be held in Ontario or another Canadian province.
• Strong experience coordinating and working with engineering consultants on multidisciplinary capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing consultant-produced mechanical engineering drawings, specifications, calculations, datasheets, P&IDs, scopes of work, and technical documentation.
• Experience developing and reviewing mechanical concepts for equipment such as pumps, piping systems, material handling equipment, HVAC, tanks, and process-support utilities.
• Strong understanding of constructability and demonstrated ability to review engineering designs from a practical construction and execution perspective.
• Experience preparing and developing Scopes of Work (SOWs) for engineering and/or construction packages.
• Experience coordinating mechanical engineering packages through multiple stages of project execution, including engineering, procurement, construction support, commissioning, and closeout.
• Strong understanding of mechanical infrastructure and systems associated with mining and/or mineral processing operations.
• Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary project stakeholders, including engineering, construction, operations, procurement, project controls, consultants, and contractors.
• Working knowledge of project scope, schedule, cost, risk, change management, and engineering deliverable management.
• Strong technical judgment, communication, coordination, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently manage assigned engineering packages while working within the overall direction and governance established by the Lead Mechanical Project Engineer.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary Capital Projects environment.

Preferred Experience

• Gold mining experience.
• Mining process plant construction, expansion, or sustaining capital projects.
• Brownfield projects within operating mine or mineral processing environments.
• Mine infrastructure and site mechanical works.
• Experience with conveyors, shaker screens, paste plant systems, and related heavy industrial mechanical equipment.
• Experience working with EPC/EPCM organizations and engineering consultants.
• Experience working at operating or remote mine sites.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD, Inventor, Navisworks, and other relevant engineering/design review software.