Senior Project Engineer – Capital Projects

Senior Project Engineer – Engineering Studies & Delivery

Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Work Arrangement: 100% On-site – 5 days per week

Contract Duration: 12–18 months

Language Requirements: Fluency in English and French (written and spoken)

Professional Registration: P.Eng. designation with the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) required

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer – Engineering Studies & Delivery to support the delivery of major industrial engineering studies within a large-scale mining and infrastructure program.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Program Engineering Manager to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities, manage Engineering Service Providers, maintain study schedules and quality standards, and ensure consistent delivery across multiple project workstreams.

This is a delivery-focused role requiring strong engineering judgment, project controls expertise, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive progress across complex industrial studies.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Engineering Manager in planning and delivering feasibility studies (FS) and pre-feasibility studies (PFS).
• Develop and maintain integrated study execution plans covering scope, schedule, deliverables, resources, risks, interfaces, and key decisions.
• Coordinate Engineering Service Providers, consultants, internal engineering disciplines, and project stakeholders.
• Monitor study progress, schedules, engineering deliverables, quality requirements, and project milestones.
• Manage deliverable registers, technical interfaces, action items, risks, changes, and study controls.
• Conduct cross-project reviews to ensure consistency in engineering assumptions, design bases, cost estimates, schedules, and recommendations.
• Identify delivery issues, technical gaps, schedule variances, and risks, and recommend corrective actions.
• Organize and facilitate technical reviews, engineering maturity assessments, and multidisciplinary coordination workshops.
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, project management processes, safety requirements, and quality expectations.
• Prepare progress reports, performance analyses, and decision-support materials for program governance.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and effective communication across project teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Valid Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation and registration with the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ).
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in project engineering, engineering management, or engineering study delivery within complex industrial environments.
• Proven experience coordinating engineering consultants or Engineering Service Providers.
• Strong experience delivering multidisciplinary engineering studies, including feasibility or pre-feasibility studies.
• Demonstrated expertise in project controls, including schedules, deliverables, risk management, change management, and decision tracking.
• Experience managing technical interfaces and coordinating multiple engineering workstreams.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to influence multidisciplinary teams and drive results without direct reporting authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and French.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in mining, tailings, industrial infrastructure, or other large-scale capital projects.
• Familiarity with Rio Tinto engineering standards, project delivery frameworks, and governance processes.
• Experience working with multiple Engineering Service Providers on complex engineering studies.
• Strong understanding of engineering assurance, design maturity reviews, and project risk management.

Contract Details

• Initial contract duration of 12–18 months.
• Full-time engagement.
• Mandatory on-site presence at the Montreal office, five days per week.
• Occasional travel may be required based on project needs.