Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Description
- Senior Mechanical Engineer (VAN
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Senior Mechanical Engineer - VAN
00LK

Company :
Worley

Mechanical

Full-time

Employment Type

:
Employee

Jul 23, 2026

Aug 22, 2026

Reporting Manager Title :
Department Manager, Mechanical and Piping Engineering

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Mechanical Engineer, Kitimat Field Engineering. Our team includes world class experts and dynamic go-getters. This is a full-time position based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Worley is supporting Rio Tinto Kitimat Sustaining Capital Program as a multidiscipline team undertaking engineering design services. The work comprises of engineering support for sustaining capital projects and operational projects on a brownfield site.

We are looking for a motivated individual that wants to grow in their professional career. You will be supporting a site-based project team at Rio Tinto Kitimat aluminium smelter operations.

This role is based at the Kitimat Smelter and requires the candidate to be based in Kitimat or Terrace.

You will be supported by Worley Site Team and experienced engineers and designers located at head office in Vancouver and to ensure that you have the support to complement your current experience.

Responsibilities:

As a Mechanical Engineer with Worley, you will work closely with our existing Capital team to deliver projects for our clients while continuing to develop your skills and experience. Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver discipline specific engineering services that meet Worley, the client’s and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Undertake site activities such as surveys, as-build verifications, engineering support to ongoing construction/commissioning activities.
• Undertake engineering design and technical verification of discipline project deliverables by others (within your technical capability).
• Ensure a ‘fit for purpose’ solution from concept through to as built is developed considering safe and sustainable design, constructability, commissioning phases, operability, maintainability and decommissioning.
• Communicate effectively and regularly with the Customer site-based stakeholders, SMEs and head office project team.
• Establish and maintain relationships with site contractors, Customer and other Worley personnel.
• Proactively seek an understanding of the safety hazards and risks associated with the asset lifecycle of the designed product, plant or structure; be responsible for action and close out where relevant.
• Identify issues and problems; develop appropriate and innovative solutions; and ask for assistance if required.
• Perform and/or manage discipline specific engineering services such as:
  • Ensure the project scope is clear and that changes to scope comply with project change management processes.
  • Prepare/assist or oversee the production of engineering calculations, drawings and documentation.
  • Ensure all deliverables are checked in accordance with Worley checking procedures.
  • Participate in project reviews, HAZIDs/HAZOPs and safety in design workshops as required.
• Prepare engineering estimates for the Mechanical discipline in response to requests for quotation including:
  • scoping engineering requirements.
  • detail methodologies and/or engineering tasks in scope and those out of scope.
  • clarify and detail assumptions, exclusions, relied upon information and the deliverables list.
  • input into the schedule incorporating a realistic delivery sequence for the discipline with consideration to project milestones; input from other disciplines and receival of relied upon information.
  • ascertain in…