Senior Process Engineer - Mining Water and Wastewater Treatment

The Opportunity

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, build and maintain relationships with clients, and participate in writing proposals.

• 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: PFDs, water balances, MSDs, P&IDs, equipment datasheets and specifications.
• Perform complex research and develop recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Responsible for 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 collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; lead smaller production teams; and serve as the responsible charge for a project.
• Collaborate with hydrology, hydrogeology and civil teams on integrated water resource solutions across mine life cycles.
• Serve as a technical specialist and provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area.
• Design a complete project of complex scope within an assigned practice area.
• Coordinate with the industrial water team and segments regarding thought leadership and presentations at critical conferences.
• 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, interaction and communication with project leadership.
• Provide support to business development or pursuit activities including involvement in pre-positioning meetings, proposal development, client interviews, and identification of winning sales messages.

Supervises work of others. Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of subordinates.

• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to the assigned engineering discipline.
• Strong understanding of mine water quality challenges, including metals, salinity, sulfate, and variable flow conditions.
• Experience with Gold Sim modeling.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, drive for results, quality‑driven, priority setting, planning, delegation, directing others, conflict management, dealing with ambiguity, and building effective teams.
• Established skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from a recognized accredited program or the country in which the professional is practicing.
• Minimum of 11 years related work experience.
• Ability to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements, which may include a criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search.

Professional Engineer registration or licensure, or willingness/ability to pursue such registration.

Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level, safety hazards (electric currents, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to chemicals), atmospheric…