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SLR Consulting

Senior Process Engineer - Mine Backfill & Tailings Management

Sudbury, ON, Canada

Pay: The salary range for this position is $150,000-$180,000.
Job type: Full-time
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 2, 2026

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Original job description

We are SLR Consulting (Americas), a 1500+ team of advisory, environmental, engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada, the United States, and LATAM. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

As our new Senior Process Engineer, you will play an important role on our North American mine waste engineering team.

Role

In this position you will contribute to the design of tailings dewatering and paste backfill strategies, driving both sustainability and efficiency in underground mining and tailings surface disposal. We’ll look to you to bring experience and understanding of current industry trends and guidelines on design, estimation, planning, as well as interest in working collaboratively to find solutions to complex and interesting problems. Success in this role will require exceptional written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work independently and effectively with co-workers, clients, and contractors, and a “safety-first” attitude.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership for engineering studies within a multi-disciplinary team, leveraging experience and competencies in a range of mining operations
Contribute, through innovative and entrepreneurial thinking and strategic aptitude, in developing backfill concepts that will be presented to planners up to senior executive/corporate level clients
Provide technical direction to project engineers and mentoring young engineers
Conduct economic valuation of different plant solutions.
Manage technical work to meet scope, time and budget
Demonstrate proficiency in writing and review of proposals and project reports.
Demonstrate competency in MS Office software,
Experience with MS Project, AutoCAD, and Deswik is desirable.
Provide guidance and direction to the drafting team to generate drawings, schematics alongside the associated discipline engineers for support on proposals and plant design/build opportunities.
Perform field work, data analysis and calculations.
Support the implementation of plant design standards across project delivery and engineering disciplines.
Support the preparation of technical documentation including design criterias, calculations, process flowsheets, P&IDs, control philosophy's, reports etc.
Support commercial activities, including writing, reviewing proposals, estimates and quotations.
Periodically travel to site to support business development activities, including inspections, audits and design/build opportunities.
Periodically travel to technical conferences or conventions to support business development activities.

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives.
The salary range for this position is $150,000-$180,000. Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.

Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

Qualifications/Education/Memberships:

10+ years experience in the mining industry
5 years of operational experience at a mineral processing facility
Understanding of impacts of mineralogy on processes and material properties
Experience in dewatering technologies and interpreting testwork results in scaling and sizing of equipment
Registered or qualified for registration as a Professional Engineer in Canada or the equivalent in the USA, UK, Australia, or South Africa.
Willingness and ability to travel within the domestically and internationally up to 10% of your time as required
Fluency in any of Spanish/French/Portuguese languages would be advantageous.
Familiar with international and public disclosure and reporting codes, including NI 43-101, JORC, SAMREC, Competent Persons Reports, and Mineral Expert Reports etc.

This job posting is for an existing vacancy. Artificial intelligence is not being used to screen, assess, or select applicants.

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.

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Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership for mine waste engineering studies and develop innovative backfill strategies for underground and surface operations. Manage project scope, budget, and technical documentation while mentoring junior engineers and supporting business development activities.

Requirements

Requires over 10 years of mining industry experience, including 5 years in mineral processing operations. Candidates must be eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer and possess strong knowledge of dewatering technologies and international reporting codes.

Skills

Mine backfill
Tailings management
Process engineering
Dewatering technologies
Technical leadership
Economic valuation
Project management
AutoCAD
MS Project
Deswik
P&IDs
Process flowsheets
Data analysis
Proposal writing
Mentoring
Safety-first attitude

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits
Vacation
Wellness initiatives

Visa sponsorship

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Keywords

Mine Backfill
Tailings Management
Dewatering
Mineral Processing
NI 43-101
JORC
SAMREC
Process Engineering
AutoCAD
MS Project
Deswik
P&IDs
Economic Valuation
Sustainability
Engineering Studies
Field Work
Technical Documentation
Business Development
Mining Operations
Professional Engineer
Plant Design
Data Analysis
Calculations
Project Management
Mentoring
Safety
Consulting
Environmental Services
Infrastructure
Engineering

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