Where You Will Work
Located in Downtown Vancouver’s central business district, this area is a dense, high-end urban neighborhood dominated by major office towers, financial institutions, and professional services. Employees in Vancouver mostly follow a hybrid schedule where they are required to work in office, attend in-person meetings or training and may also collaborate virtually. It offers a fast-paced, corporate environment with strong transit access and a mix of nearby dining, retail, and residential amenities.
What You Will Do
Under general direction, this position will serve as a senior technical resource within the Capital Project Design & Delivery team, providing process engineering expertise throughout the planning, design, and execution of large-scale mineral processing and plant engineering capital projects. You will support major studies, develop design packages, and contribute to successful project delivery across all phases.
- Lead and support process engineering efforts throughout all phases of the project lifecycle, including project scoping, prefeasibility and feasibility studies, FEL/FEED activities, detailed engineering, commissioning, and startup.
- Review, evaluate, and optimize process designs for mineral processing systems, including crushing, grinding, flotation, thickening, filtration, tailings management, water systems, and related material handling and pumping circuits.
- Develop, review, and validate key process engineering deliverables, including process flow diagrams (PFDs), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), design criteria, equipment specifications, process control philosophies, and operating strategies.
- Provide technical leadership and oversight for EPCM and EPC contractors to ensure engineering deliverables align with project requirements, company standards, and operational readiness objectives.
- Assess emerging technologies, equipment solutions, and process improvement opportunities to enhance the reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of mineral processing operations.
- Support project risk management activities through participation in HAZOPs, operability reviews, design verification efforts, and other engineering risk assessments.
- Partner with site operations, maintenance, process design, and corporate engineering teams to ensure project solutions meet operational, regulatory, safety, and performance requirements.
- Contribute to the development of project budgets, schedules, forecasts, and strategic plans related to process engineering scope and execution.
- Support commissioning, startup, and ramp-up activities by developing commissioning plans, executing test procedures, and verifying process performance against design objectives.
- Serve as a process engineering representative on company steering committees, technical review boards, and cross-functional project teams.
- Performs other duties as required.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related discipline and at least five (5) years of experience in mineral processing, process engineering, or capital project execution; OR
- Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related discipline and at least three (3) years of experience in mineral processing, process engineering, or capital project execution.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Mineral Processing.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng. or PE) designation, or eligibility to obtain certification.
- Demonstrated experience supporting major capital projects through scoping, prefeasibility, feasibility, FEL/FEED, detailed engineering, commissioning, and startup.
- Experience working with EPCM/EPC contractors and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of mineral processing operations including crushing, grinding, flotation, thickening, filtration, tailings, water systems, and reagent systems.
- Proficiency with process simulation and mass balance tools such as METSIM, HSC, JKSimMet, JKSimFloat, or equivalent.
- Experience developing and reviewing PFDs, P&IDs, design criteria, equipment specifications, control philosophies, and operating strategies.
- Experience supporting commissioning, startup, ramp-up, and operational readiness programs.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
- Ability to travel to the United States and internationally up to 20% of the time, depending on project needs and collaboration requirements.
- Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment.
- Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing or plant environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves and any other protective equipment as required.
What We Offer You
The estimated annual pay-range for this role is currently $110,000 - $140,000 CAD. This range reflects base salary only and does not include bonus payments, benefits or retirement contributions. Actual base pay is determined by experience, qualifications, skills and other job-related factors. This role is eligible for additional discretionary and incentive payment considerations based on company and individual performance. More details will be shared during the hiring process.
- Affordable medical, dental and vision benefits
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- RRSP plan with employer contribution/match
- Paid time off, paid sick time, holiday pay
- Learn more about our competitive and comprehensive benefits package!
What We Require
- Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing as allowed by applicable state laws.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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