Senior Project Engineer

Reporting to Technical Studies Lead

The senior project engineer supports the Technical Studies Lead in the execution and coordination of MDO's project studies across the full Front-End Loading (FEL) lifecycle. The role manages assigned study work streams, coordinates multi-discipline technical inputs, maintains study progress tracking systems, and ensures consultant deliverables meet MDO's quality governance and schedule requirements.

• Study Workstream Execution & Coordination
  • Manage and coordinate assigned study work streams across all FEL phases (Scoping G0, G1, Pre-Feasibility G2, Definitive Feasibility G3, and FEED) ensuring each workstream is delivered to agreed scope, schedule, and budget.
  • Prepare and maintain study workstream schedules, deliverable registers, action logs, and milestone trackers for each assigned study phase, providing regular status updates to the Technical Studies Lead.
  • Identify deviations from approved study plans early and escalation with proposed corrective actions.
  • Maintain study document register ensuring version control, document traceability and alignment with MDO's governance framework from concept through Gate 3.
  • Coordinate the collection, consolidation, and review of technical inputs from consultants and internal MDO functions at each study milestone.
  • Apply lessons learned from previous studies and projects to the design of study scopes and management plans.
• Consultant Interface & Deliverable Management
  • Serve as owner-side interface with assigned study consultants and specialist technical firms, ensuring deliverable quality, schedule adherence, and alignment with MDO's terms of reference.
  • Review and comment on consultant draft deliverables (technical reports, study inputs, engineering calculations, cost estimates, discipline outputs) providing structured evidence-based feedback.
  • Maintain consultant deliverable registers and KPI tracking systems, monitoring progress, flagging performance issues, and reporting to the Technical Studies Lead.
  • Coordinate RFI processes, technical queries, and clarification requests, ensuring timely resolution and documentation.
  • Support procurement and onboarding of study consultants, including scope of work development, terms of reference preparation, and technical bid evaluation support.
  • Ensure all consultant deliverables are archived systematically in MDO's document management system with appropriate version control and traceability.
• Multi-Discipline Technical Integration
  • Coordinate multi-discipline technical inputs across geology, mining, metallurgy, process engineering, infrastructure, utilities, and environmental disciplines, identifying and resolving integration gaps and inconsistencies.
  • Coordinate metallurgical and process study inputs, track status of testwork programmes, confirm that recovery assumptions are supported by testwork data and liaise with the Technical Studies Lead to validate process design criteria.
  • Interface with internal MDO functions (Exploration, ESG, Finance, Legal) to collect, consolidate, and integrate required study inputs at each phase milestone.
  • Identify and document multi-discipline integration risks and gaps, escalating unresolved issues with proposed resolution plans.
  • Prepare technical integration summaries and discipline coordination matrices that support the Technical Studies Lead's review of study completeness and decision quality.
• Technical Report Review & JORC / NI 43-101 Support
  • Review assigned consultant technical reports and study deliverables for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and fitness for purpose, escalating material deficiencies.
  • Support JORC Code and NI 43-101 compliance assurance across all assigned deliverables, verifying that reporting requirements are embedded from the outset.
  • Maintain a structured register of open technical review comments, track resolution status, and ensure all comments are closed before gate review submission.
  • Prepare technical review summaries and draft technical sections of study reports as directed.
  • Assist in preparing gate-ready study documentation for all Stage-Gate reviews G0 through G3.
• Technical‑Economic Analysis & Value Engineering Support
  • Support Executive in technical‑economic trade‑off analyses, option comparison matrices, infrastructure alternatives, and capital cost scenario summaries.
  • Prepare trade‑off study inputs, cost model inputs, and option evaluation documentation.
  • Participate in value engineering workshops, identifying opportunities to reduce CAPEX, improve schedule, enhance operability, or reduce technical risk.
  • Maintain VE registers documenting findings, decision rationale, and carry‑through of VE outcomes.
  • Support preparation of trade‑off summaries and VE reports for presentation to the Director.