Senior Project Engineer

Brunel GmbH; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consulting firm in British Columbia is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to support the Owner's Engineering Manager and project team in a major mining project. This role involves overseeing engineering progress, managing EPCM consultants, and providing technical expertise as part of developing a multi-billion-dollar copper concentrator. Ideal candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in engineering and extensive experience, particularly in industrial and mining environments, with skills in project management software.

Qualifications

• 10 to 12 years heavy industrial engineering experience, mining preferred.
• 2 to 3 years engineering management experience.
• Experience in EPCM office environment.

Responsibilities

• Review engineering progress and make recommendations.
• Serve as Area Lead on engineering/construction work packages.
• Coordinate with vendors and manage engineering services.

Skills

Engineering software (MS Office, AutoCAD, Google Earth, Navis Works, Aconex, MS Project)

Fluency in English

Strong analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (process, mechanical, electrical, structural, civil)

Job description

Senior Project Engineer

Vancouver, British Columbia

Introduction

Brunel is currently hiring a Senior Project Engineer / Project Area Lead on behalf of our major mining client. This contract position will be based in the EPCM consultant's engineering office in Vancouver, BC, with periodic travel to a remote project site in Arizona. As a Senior Project Engineer, you will play a key leadership role supporting the Owner's Engineering Manager (EM) and project team in managing the EPCM consultant responsible for developing a new multi-billion-dollar copper concentrator. You will oversee the project through the basic (BE) and detailed engineering (DE) phases and provide technical expertise, guidance, and leadership to the EPCM consultant and other vendors, ensuring project quality, consistency, and progress across your assigned project area(s), as well as engineering support during field execution.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, investigates, and develops appropriate recommendations to EPCM team regarding engineering progress.
• Serves as an Area Lead on a wide range of small to medium engineering / construction, work packages within the main project scope.
• Prepares scopes, evaluates proposals and administers awarded contracts with vendors for engineering services, field work and equipment.
• Coordinates cooperation, and information flow between vendors, particularly at scope battery limits.
• Coordinates Owner's disciplines engineers on technical review/supervision of the EPCM and other contractors.
• Collaborates and provides guidance to the site management team on applicable processes, practices and engineering information.
• May contribute to site strategic planning and budgeting efforts for designated engineering areas.
• Includes the Owner's stake holders in the sharing information about the project, makes sure that their comments are accounted in the design by the EPCM and other vendors.
• Provides related information about the project to the Owner's stake holders. May present the project on company's steering meetings.
• Performs other duties as required.

Job Scope

• Nature of work: Works on moderately complex issues, implements solutions through individual effort, but may delegate more routine tasks to others.
• Level of interaction: Collaborates mostly with peers in the same functional area and has moderate external interaction. Receives instructions from the project EM.
• Autonomy/decision making: Works under supervision under EM, but has some latitude to set objectives, priorities and timelines impacting the individual assigned area of work as the Area Lead.
• Budgetary responsibility: Assists with budget preparation and monitoring.
• Managerial responsibility: may manage Owner's discipline engineers dedicated to the assigned areas of the project. Manages EPCM and other consultants/vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (process, mechanical, electrical, structural, civil) and 10 (ten) to 12 (twelve) years heavy industrial engineering experience, mining strongly preferred, including 2 (two) to 3 (three) years engineering management experience.
• Experience in EPCM office environment; knowledge of principles and large industrial/mining project engineering execution and management.
• Demonstrate technical competence in his/her discipline, knowledge of operation of copper concentrator.
• Experience working in the Owner's team in the EPCM consultant office will be considered as an asset.
• Experience with metal mining operations and consulting, with regards to process, machinery, piping, structural, civil, electrical and instrumentation.
• Skilled in related engineering software (MS Office, AutoCAD, Google Earth, Navis Works, Aconex) scheduling (MS Project).

Language Skills, Certifications and/or Training

• Fluency in English.
• Broad knowledge of the principles and practices of engineering.
• Ability to research and analyze information of considerable difficulty and draw valid conclusions.
• Skill in effective communication, both verbal and written, including the ability to actively listen and to adapt behavior and communication style based upon the audience.
• Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions.
• Skill in following safety practices, and recognizing, controlling and/or eliminating hazards. Ability to build trust and credibility with employees/peers and establish common goals and expectations.
• Strong analytical skills.