Senior Project Engineer

Company

Worley

Kitimat, British Columbia or Terrace, British Columbia (relocation required)

Senior Project Engineer

Full-time

Employee

Jul 30, 2026

Aug 30, 2026

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.

Worley is supporting their client's Sustaining Capital Program through the delivery of project management services and multidisciplinary engineering and design. Our team provides engineering support for a diverse portfolio of sustaining capital and operational improvement projects within an active brownfield aluminum smelter environment. We are seeking a motivated and career-oriented individual who is eager to develop their technical and professional skills while contributing to a high-performing project team.

In this role, you will work closely with on-site client operations and project stakeholders supporting the successful delivery of capital and operational projects at the Kitimat Smelter. As a technically proficient Senior Project Engineer, you will be the primary technical liaison between the Project Management team, the Engineering disciplines, Procurement, and Construction. This position is site-based in Kitimat, British Columbia and requires the successful candidate to relocate to/reside in either Kitimat or Terrace, British Columbia.

• Project Delivery and Performance
  • Deliver projects safely and in accordance with approved scope, budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
  • Lead multidisciplinary project teams through all phases of the project lifecycle, from project identification and development through to commissioning and handover.
  • Monitor project performance, proactively managing risks, opportunities, scope changes, and resource requirements to achieve successful project outcomes.
  • Ensure effective cash flow management, forecasting, and cost control across assigned projects.
  • Stakeholder & Customer Management
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with customer stakeholders, ensuring alignment on project objectives, priorities, and delivery strategies.
  • Provide trusted advice and leadership to stakeholders to improve project delivery outcomes and support capital planning initiatives.
  • Facilitate effective communication, issue resolution, and decision-making across all project stakeholders.
• Stakeholder and Customer Management
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with customer stakeholders, ensuring alignment on project objectives, priorities, and delivery strategies.
  • Provide trusted advice and leadership to stakeholders to improve project delivery outcomes and support capital planning initiatives.
  • Facilitate effective communication, issue resolution, and decision-making across all project stakeholders.
• Safety, Risk and Project Assurance
  • Champion Safety in Design principles, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, and reduced to As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).
  • Lead project risk management activities and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are implemented throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Ensure key project assurance and engineering studies are completed as required.
• Engineering and Execution Leadership
  • Ensure appropriate engineering and project resources are assigned and effectively utilized throughout project execution.
  • Drive technical and project development decisions that optimize safety, operability, constructability, technical integrity, and lifecycle cost.
  • Lead interface management between engineering, procurement, operations, construction, and commissioning teams to ensure seamless project execution.
  • Support client stakeholders in identifying and developing projects that address safety, environmental, reliability, and operational improvement requirements.
  • Participate in risk assessment and project identification workshops, including FMEA and other asset risk reviews.
  • Ensure design reviews involve all relevant internal and external stakeholders and that project requirements are fully captured.
  • Coordinate procurement, equipment supply, and construction contract activities to meet project schedules and delivery objectives.
  • Develop construction, installation, commissioning, and handover strategies in conjunction with Operations and Construction stakeholders.
  • Prepare and maintain project and portfolio performance reports, including schedule, cost, risk, resource, and forecast reporting.
  • Ensure completed projects are successfully commissioned, handed over to Operations, and closed out in accordance with customer and…