Senior Project Engineer-Mining

At our core, we're a community. Together, we exercise creative thought, developing engineering and designs as individual as the people and projects we touch. From approval and permitting to design and construction management services, we put the goals of our clients and their communities at the center of everything we create. Join us as we assist mining companies in getting mined materials to communities around the globe.

We are a leader in underground hard rock mining engineering and related technology, serving the largest, deepest, and most technically challenging mines in the world. This is where great ideas and rewarding careers are built.

Your Opportunity

Our Chandler, Arizona Mining group has an immediate need for a Senior Project Engineer to serve various clients in completing feasibility studies and detailed engineering projects for underground and surface mining operations, with an emphasis on copper processing.

Your

Key Responsibilities

- Work in compliance with all Health and Safety rules and regulations for Stantec and its Clients.

- Ensure all applicable safety codes, regulations and guidelines are met by appropriate design and use of technology.

- Accountable for the technical quality, integration, and compliance of all project deliverables across disciplines.

- Partner closely with the Project Manager to verify technical scope, risk, schedule, and budget alignment throughout the project lifecycle.

- Review and analysis of drawings for possible safety and constructability problems prior to issue to clients.

- Provide clients with engineering support to meet their needs and incorporate client suggestions for future requirements in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

- Serve as the primary technical authority linking the technical execution team and project management team, translating technical input into clear direction and decisions.

- Manage and direct a team of engineers and designers in the planning and execution of project work including scoping, asset integrity assessments, feasibility studies, detailed engineering and technical support during construction and commissioning.

- Regularly interface with the Client on project technical issues, while ensuring the identification and socialization of value opportunities, risks and mitigation to the project team and/or Client as applicable.

- Implementing, maintaining, and adjusting engineering processes on projects. This includes confirmation that mandated quality control steps are being followed, including Stantec's Prevention Through Design and Hazard/ Constructability Review programs.

- Owning, monitoring, and reporting on engineering budget, progress, managing to engineering/procurement/construction schedules, and driving change management processes as they relate to engineering and design.

- Provide technical leadership for proposals, translating client requirements into clear execution strategies, scopes, and engineering deliverables.

- Support pursuit and campaign efforts by shaping opportunities and applying Stantec's Project Management Framework (PMF) to assess scope definition, technical risk, and project viability.

- Lead and coach multidisciplinary technical meetings and discussions, synthesizing input from subject matter experts and providing clear technical direction to advance project scope and execution.

- Contribute to client and market development through collaboration across teams and disciplines, supporting long‑term client relationships and repeat work

- Delivering the project's engineering deliverables on schedule in accordance with corporate and project processes and standards, while ensuring that multi-disciplinary interfaces are correct and complete.

- Provide and/or coordinate engineering involvement in procurement and construction work packages, including scopes of supply/work, technical bid evaluations, recommendations to award, vendor/contractor data review and responses to RFIs.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

- The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, with the ability to handle change and work with minimal supervision.

- Must be willing to challenge your own work as well as the work of those around you in the pursuit of quality and safety.

- Excellent knowledge of applicable design codes and familiarity with Mine Health and Safety Regulations.

- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, along with excellent interpersonal abilities and a willingness to work in a team atmosphere, including involvement in technical business development.

- Previous experience as a Project Engineer on detailed engineering/construction projects with a consulting firm or Owner's team.

- Previous experience in the design, specification, and installation supervision of mine processing plants, including milling, refining, and/or smelting operations.

- Previous engineering experience in underground mining or industrial HVAC system design projects preferred.

- Previous engineering experience in industrial or mining material handling and…