Senior Process Engineer

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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