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.
  • 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.
  • Aid 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.
• Good understanding of underground operations around mine shafts, including shaft stations, personnel and material flow, shaft pipes and electrical services (routing), and muck flow in and out of the hoisting systems.
• 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.