Principal Advisor

Principal Advisor – Engineering

Principal Advisor Engineering

Location: Montreal, QC, Canada

Contract Duration: 12–18 months

Work Arrangement: Full-time, on-site - 5 days per week

Language Requirements: Bilingual - English and French (written and spoken)

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer – Montreal Delivery (Principal Advisor Engineering) to strengthen the Vaudreuil Program's engineering delivery capacity and support the Engineering Manager in delivering critical portfolio studies, including the Basin X Feasibility Study (FS) and the Greenfield Pre-Feasibility/Feasibility Studies (PFS/FS).

This is a delivery-focused role responsible for coordinating engineering firms, multidisciplinary teams, technical stakeholders, and Engineering Service Providers to ensure study progress, schedule adherence, quality, and consistency. The successful candidate will also provide cross-portfolio study assurance and help establish a structured delivery environment across the program.

Reporting to the Vaudreuil Program Engineering Manager, you will collaborate closely with project teams, study leads, technical experts, internal engineering disciplines, and external service providers.

Key Responsibilities

Support the Engineering Manager in planning and delivering the Basin X FS and Greenfield PFS/FS studies.

Establish and maintain integrated study execution plans covering scope, deliverables, interfaces, schedules, resources, risks, and required decisions.

Coordinate Engineering Service Providers and internal disciplines to ensure efficient, integrated delivery aligned with program expectations.

Manage study schedules, quality, maturity gates, deliverable registers, actions, technical interfaces, and study controls.

Provide cross-portfolio study assurance, verifying the consistency of assumptions, design bases, estimates, schedules, and recommendations.

Identify variances, risks, and critical decisions early; recommend corrective actions and escalate issues requiring Engineering Manager intervention.

Organize and facilitate technical reviews, maturity reviews, and multidisciplinary coordination workshops.

Promote the consistent application of Rio Tinto engineering and project management processes, standards, systems, and tools.

Prepare clear progress reports, technical analyses, and decision recommendations to support program governance.

Maintain strong coordination across multiple workstreams while promoting safety, technical integrity, engineering quality, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation and registration with the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) are mandatory.

Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in project engineering, study delivery, or engineering management within complex industrial environments.

Demonstrated experience coordinating engineering firms and delivering multidisciplinary engineering studies.

Strong experience managing technical interfaces and coordinating internal teams and external engineering service providers.

Strong command of study and project controls, including schedules, deliverables, risks, actions, changes, and decisions.

Proven ability to structure delivery, manage competing priorities, and advance multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

Strong influencing and leadership skills, sound professional judgment, and the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams without direct line authority.

Demonstrated commitment to safety, technical integrity, and delivery quality.

Fluency in both French and English, written and spoken.