Senior Mechanical Engineer- Tailings Delivery

Vancouver, BC

KCB is a multidisciplinary engineering, geoscience, and environmental consulting firm grounded in our values of Passion, Integrity, and Excellence. With teams across North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe, we bring together global technical knowledge, local insight, and a shared commitment to solving complex challenges that matter.

Today's challenges demand more than just technical knowledge; they require collaboration, creativity, and a deep understanding of the communities, industries, and environments that we support. At KCB, our team collaborates across regions and disciplines to bring practical thinking, technical excellence, and diverse perspectives to every project.

We are problem-solvers at heart. Our teams bring passion to complex challenges, integrity to every client relationship and excellence to the solutions we deliver for communities, industries, and future generations.

Guided by our long-term ambition of Globally Connected Excellence and our purpose of Sustaining the Future, we work alongside our clients to deliver lasting solutions that strengthen resilience and benefit future generations.

The Opportunity

An opportunity exists for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join Klohn Crippen Berger’s team based in Vancouver. At KCB, the mechanical group focuses primarily on hydroelectric and resource sector projects. Resource projects include large tailings delivery pumping and cyclones systems. The KCB mechanical group has enough experience to allow mentorship of career and technical advancement but it is small enough that we have a close-knit team who regularly work together.

Typical Projects

• Slurry transport systems and cyclones for domestic and international mining clients.
• Tailings storage facilities which require tailings distribution, reclaim, well borefield systems.
• Overland tailings and water pipelines; including siphons.
• Marine and port facilities.
  
  

Typical Services

• Mechanical design from concept to final design
• Process design for cyclone sand production and mass balance studies.
• Hydraulic grade lines and operating envelopes for new mine and for mine life extensions.
• Transient hydraulic studies.
• Pipe stress calculations.
• Pipelines anchor load definition.
• Preparation of design deliverables (drawings, specs, estimates, schedules, reports, etc.)
• Site investigations and construction monitoring.
• Upgrades and refurbishment of existing installations.
• Be the lead for multi-discipline projects which includes the definition and coordination of the requirements for structural, geotechnical and electrical/instrumentation/controls disciplines.
  
  

This Role Will Give You The Opportunity To

• Work on word-class mining project.
• Design large pumping and cycloning infrastructure.
• Design long distance overland pipelines.
• Design tailings distribution systems.
• Define and optimize pump and pipeline anchor loads.
• Work with diverse teams of multidiscipline engineers, designers and drafters from preliminary investigations and conceptual design through preliminary design, final design and construction.
• Oversee project management activities, including budgeting, resource planning, timelines, and deliverables.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, providing technical advice and ensuring clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.
  
  

What We Require

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 10+ years of related experience
• Registered P.Eng with EGBC
• Strong working knowledge of Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) tailings delivery technics, tailing rheology and AFT Impulse transient software.
• MSWord, Excel, Mathcad, Plant 3D, Inventor, SolidWorks and hydraulic design software.
• Ability to technically review the work of others while providing effective feedback.
• Ability to coordinate and lead multi-discipline projects.
• An ability to foster relationships, cultivating client engagement and team support.
  
  

What We Offer

The salary for this position is $110,000 to $180,000 per year. Salary is based on applicable experience, education, and skill level. Along with continued career development, KCB offers:

• Hybrid work opportunities
• Annual performance and salary review
• Vacation policy that aligns to your experience
• Paid OT, and sick days
• Flexible benefits, including RRSP, social, and mental well-being initiatives
• Dedication to World Economic Forum’s “Four Pillars” of Environment Social Governance framework, Governance, People, Planet and Prosperity
  
  

We are a global organization committed developing a respectful workplace founded on the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion. We strive to be a workplace where our employees, clients, and the communities in the regions we operate, feel valued and are treated equitable. We respect the uniqueness that makes you, you. We encourage applications from all qualified career seekers, regardless of gender, sex, religion, or nationality.

To learn more about projects you could be a part of check out Projects - KCB (klohn.com) and our Careers page for more details.