Technical Specialist-Mining
Required skills
- Feasibility Studies
- Detailed Engineering
- Underground Mining
- Surface Mining
- Copper Processing
- Project Management
- Team Management
- Client Interface
- Engineering Processes
- Quality Control
Nice to have
- Stantec's Prevention Through Design
- Hazard Review
- Constructability Review
Role summary
Our Mining group is seeking a Technical Specialist in Chandler, Arizona, to support clients with feasibility studies and detailed engineering for underground and surface mining operations, focusing on copper processing. The role involves ensuring safety and compliance, managing engineering processes, and leading a team of engineers and designers. You will act as a key liaison between technical and project management teams, interface with clients on technical issues, manage budgets and schedules, and contribute to proposal development and procurement/construction support. This position offers an opportunity to work on challenging mining projects with a focus on sustainability and digital solutions.
Your Opportunity
Our Chandler, Arizona Mining group has an immediate need for a Technical Specialist to serve various clients in completing feasibility studies and detailed engineering projects for underground and surface mining operations, with an emphasis on copper processing.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Work in compliance with all Health and Safety rules and regulations for Stantec and its Clients.
- Ensure all applicable safety codes, regulations and guidelines are met by appropriate design and use of technology.
- Review and analysis of drawings for possible safety and constructability problems prior to issue to clients.
- Provide clients with engineering support to meet their needs and incorporate client suggestions for future requirements in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
- Act as the key link between the technical execution team and project management team on projects.
- Manage and direct a team of engineers and designers in the planning and execution of project work including scoping, asset integrity assessments, feasibility studies, detailed engineering and technical support during construction and commissioning.
- Regularly interface with the Client on project technical issues, while ensuring the identification and socialization of value opportunities, risks and mitigation to the project team and/or Client as applicable.
- Implementing, maintaining, evaluating, and adjusting engineering processes on projects. This includes confirmation that mandated quality control steps are being followed, including Stantec’s Prevention Through Design and Hazard/ Constructability Review programs.
- Owning, monitoring, and reporting on engineering budget, progress, managing to engineering/procurement/construction schedules, and driving change management processes as they relate to engineering and design.
- Develop proposals based on client’s request for proposal (RFP). Including developing hours, deliverables list and proposal write-up.
- Delivering the project’s engineering deliverables on schedule in accordance with corporate and project processes and standards, while ensuring that multi-disciplinary interfaces are correct and complete.
- Provide and/or coordinate engineering involvement in procurement and construction work packages, including scopes of supply/work, technical bid evaluations, recommendations to award, vendor/contractor data review and responses to RFIs.
At Stantec, we help deliver the critical minerals needed to power our world, from the cars we drive to the infrastructure powering our communities. And we don’t just design the largest, deepest, and most technically challenging mines in the world—we do it sustainably. We’re helping clients reduce energy usage, adopt clean energy sources, and implement digital solutions and automation.
Join our team of mining professionals and you’ll be at the forefront of this evolving industry while building the mine of the future. You’ll also build your own future, with exciting opportunities for development and advancement.
