Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Wood is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer/Technical Specialist to join our Mining & Minerals team at our Saskatoon, SK office. If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast paced environment, this opportunity is for you.

Come be your very best YOU at Wood.

Wood is one of Canada’s longest standing engineering firms with roots dating back to 1907 with a presence in Saskatchewan for over 60 years – The Saskatoon office is the Potash Centre of Excellence and leaders in uranium, lithium and other base metals with multi-discipline expertise leading sustaining capital and all phases of projects from concept studies up to large scale EPCM projects.

Come join the elite Wood team!!

Why Wood - you ask ? It’s an opportunity to:

• Join the Potash Centre of Excellence – working with, learning from and becoming world-class experts!
• Grow YOUR career with a team that truly cares about your personal development and advancement.
• Enjoy Hybrid / Flexible working options
• Work on challenging, innovative and sustainable solutions for potash, lithium, uranium and base metal projects
• Collaborate with our national & global mining teams
• Work on projects abroad – we offices are in 30 countries worldwide
• Enjoy a competitive benefits package that includes: progressive matching RRSP’s, medical, dental, parental leave, employee / family assistance / mental wellness programs, among many others)
  
  

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, mentoring, guidance and technical expertise to the project team
• Guide the overall technical design of uranium or potash plants and ancillaries
• Define capital project requirements, prepare scopes of work and project cost estimates
• Guide the creation of specifications and contract documents
• Review project documents prior to issue for scope and presentation, including checking for technical accuracy
• Coordinate and work with other project team members
• Direct the detail design for projects
• Develop and maintain positive, sustainable client relationships
  
  

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience with potash and/or uranium plant design and operations
• Undergraduate or Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) with APEGS in the Province of Saskatchewan
• Familiarity with design codes, equipment and material selection and specification development
• Able to perform calculations for equipment design, such as for tanks, pumps, and conveyors
• Pipe stress calculations are an asset
• Underground operations is an asset
• Wellfield piping design is an asset
• Construction experience is an asset
• Other heavy industrial, mining, or smelting experience is an asset
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work efficiently and demonstrate effective organizational skills
• Must be legally authorized to work in Canada at time of application
  
  

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.