Mine Hoisting and Shaft Specialist Design Engineer

About the role

Stantec Consulting is seeking a Mine Hoisting and Shaft Specialist Design Engineer to join our Professional Consulting Services team. This role involves working independently or leading hoisting and shaft design work on complex, large-scale, iconic, deep-level projects across the full project lifecycle, and includes some flagship projects as well as international exposure.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership
  • Serve as Lead Mechanical Hoisting Engineer on projects.
  • Evaluate, specify, and engineer hoisting and shaft systems and components.
  • Advanced understanding of mine hoisting systems, with a primary focus on mechanical design, supported by a solid working knowledge of hoist safety and control systems, headframe structures, and integrated shaft barrel layouts across multidisciplinary engineering interfaces.
  • Good knowledge of Double Drum, Single Drum, Koepe, and BMR hoisting systems, including rope handling and rope technologies applicable to these systems.
  • Apply modern technologies for system modeling and design.
  • Identify and implement innovative technologies and engineering practices.
  • Provide technical guidance to junior staff and act as a mentor.
• Project Execution
  • Lead shaft and hoisting system designs on projects, sometimes multiple smaller projects.
  • Assist in defining project scope, budget, and design approaches.
  • Deliver quality work within allocated scope, budget, and schedule.
  • Formulate and implement recovery plans for underperforming engineering tasks.
  • Collaborate and guide other design disciplines to develop cohesive hoisting plant and headframe designs.
  • Contribute to risk assessment and hazard identification in the design process.
  • Provide Professional Engineering sign-off on designs that can be used for construction, in the United States of America.
• Business Development
  • Support business development and client relationship management.
  • Aid in technical proposal development.
  • Represent the company at technical conferences and client meetings.

Qualifications

• Strong consulting and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Exceptional problem-solving and organizational abilities.
• Knowledge of quality and safety standards, with an emphasis on Health Safety Security and Environment (HSSE).
• Leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the USA, or the ability to be licensed within 6 months from the date of hire.
• 10–15 years of experience, with at least 5 years of practical shaft and hoist construction or maintenance experience in the field.
• Proven experience leading engineering design work.
• Strong working knowledge of hoisting systems, shafts, headframes, industry standards, and design tools.
• Familiarity with CAD modelling, Microsoft Office Suite, and other forms of specialized engineering design software, or the ability and willingness to learn.
• Understanding of shaft sinking and associated methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to produce quality technical reports and documents.
• Ability to be client-facing and lead structured technical meetings with both in-person and MS Teams participants, including internal team members and clients, and to effectively manage and track meeting follow-up actions.
• Demonstrated mentoring ability and interest in developing junior staff.