Project Engineer
Saskatoon, SK
Schedule: 14 days on/14 days off
Introduction
Brunel is seeking experienced Project Engineers to support a major mining development project in Saskatoon. This role will provide engineering leadership and oversight across multidisciplinary project scopes, ensuring engineering deliverables are completed safely, accurately, on schedule, and within budget.
The Project Engineer will work closely with engineering service providers, consultants, discipline leads, project leadership, and other stakeholders to coordinate engineering execution and maintain alignment with overall project objectives.
Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & Oversight
- Provide technical and strategic leadership, mentorship, and direction to Area Engineers, Discipline Leads, consultants, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Champion discipline-specific engineering procedures, work processes, standards, and lessons learned.
- Oversee the development, review, coordination, and approval of engineering designs and technical documentation.
- Maintain clear written and verbal communication with engineering teams, project leadership, consultants, and other stakeholders.
- Promote technical excellence and consistency across engineering disciplines.
Planning & Coordination
- Manage engineering scope definition and maintain alignment with overall project execution plans.
- Develop and oversee engineering schedules, resource plans, and Engineering Work Package (EWP) structures.
- Coordinate engineering inputs from third-party consultants, vendors, contractors, and project information systems.
- Identify engineering interfaces, constraints, and potential execution risks and support their timely resolution.
Engineering Deliverables
- Lead the planning, coordination, quality, and timely delivery of engineering deliverables across disciplines.
- Monitor engineering budgets, job-hour forecasts, schedules, and progress against established baselines.
- Coordinate the release of engineering work packages to support procurement, construction, and overall project execution.
- Identify areas of concern relating to schedule, cost, scope, or technical content and develop preliminary mitigation strategies for review with project leadership.
Cross-Functional Integration & Communication
- Liaise with senior project leadership, Area Managers, engineering service providers, and key stakeholders to ensure priorities remain aligned.
- Facilitate effective communication and information flow between engineering, project controls, procurement, construction, and other project functions.
- Support integrated project teams and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities.
- Follow up with internal project teams and engineering service providers to ensure deliverables remain on track for schedule, cost, quality, and technical content.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from a recognized institution.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation, or eligibility for registration, is preferred.
- Demonstrated project engineering experience within mining, mineral processing, heavy industrial, or major capital projects.
- Strong understanding of multidisciplinary engineering execution, schedules, cost management, and engineering deliverables.
- Experience working with engineering consultants, EPC/EPCM organizations, vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Strong planning, coordination, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively within both owner and engineering service provider environments.
What We Offer
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About Us
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