Senior Process Engineer - Mining Water and Wastewater Treatment

Job Details

Req :

Opportunity Type:
Staff

Relocation eligible:
Yes

Full time/Part time:
Full-Time

Contract Hire Only for this Project:
No

Visa Sponsorship Available:
No

Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation and benefits that start day 1 and a hybrid environment that promotes work‑life balance.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and design treatment for raw water supply, mine contact water, process wastewater, and mine effluent systems across active and legacy mining operations.
• Provide technical leadership in the planning, design, and delivery of water treatment, reuse, and management systems across the mining lifecycle—from feasibility and permitting through detailed design, construction, operations support, and closure.
• Develop and present technical evaluations and recommendations to clients and key stakeholders.
• Supervise junior engineers in performing design work.
• Perform all aspects of conventional process design engineering analysis, building and maintaining relationships with clients and participating in writing proposals.

• Engineering Production
  • Lead process engineering design of water and wastewater treatment and delivery systems.
  • Evaluate, select and integrate treatment technologies including biological treatment systems, membrane systems, and solids handling.
  • Prepare a variety of moderately complex process engineering deliverables such as PFDs, Water Balances, MSDs, P&IDs, Equipment Datasheets and Specifications.
  • Perform complex research and develop recommendations for equipment and/or material selection and detailed design and procurement of water treatment systems, including construction and commissioning support.
  • Manage assigned budget, schedule and quality requirements.
  • Plan and conduct independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria.
  • Review junior engineering work or assignments.
  • Oversee data collection, assimilation and management; lead smaller production teams; and serve as the responsible charge for projects.
  • Collaborate with hydrology, hydrogeology and civil teams on integrated water resource solutions across mine life cycles.
• Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology
  • Serve as a technical specialist and provide consultation and guidance to project teams.
  • Design complex projects within the assigned practice area.
  • Coordinate with the industrial water team and segments regarding thought leadership and presentations at critical conferences.
• Client Focus
  • Assist with identification of key client interests and drivers.
  • Support feasibility studies and closure strategies.
  • Actively seek to understand client interests and drivers through normal client contact and through interaction and communication with project leadership.
  • Provide support to business development or pursuit activities including involvement in pre‑positioning meetings, proposal development, client interviews, identification of winning sales messages.

• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to the assigned engineering discipline.
• Effective oral and written communication skills; drive for results; quality‑driven; priority setting; planning; delegation; directing others; conflict management; informing; dealing with ambiguity; building effective teams.
• Established skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development.

Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from a recognized accredited program in the professional’s country of practice. Minimum of 11 years of related work experience. All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements including criminal background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search in compliance with any applicable laws.

Professional Engineer registration or licensure required, or willingness and ability to pursue…