Lead Process Engineer

Sedgman is seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Process Engineer, Mining & Minerals to join our growing team in Vancouver, BC.

As a Lead Process Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary mining and mineral processing projects, guiding process engineering activities from early-stage development studies through detailed design, commissioning, and operational support. You will serve as a key technical authority, ensuring process solutions are safe, practical, innovative, and aligned with client objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to process engineers and designers across mining and mineral processing projects.

• Lead and coordinate process engineering scope and deliverables across studies, detailed design, procurement support, construction support and commissioning.

• Lead the development and review of process design deliverables including process flow diagrams (PFDs), heat and mass balances, process design criteria, equipment sizing calculations and P&IDs.

• Review and approve key process engineering deliverables to ensure compliance with project requirements, company standards, industry best practice and applicable regulations.

• Lead process design reviews, resolve complex technical issues and ensure process solutions consider safety, operability, maintainability, constructability and efficiency.

• Coordinate process engineering resources, allocate work, maintain consistent engineering practices and mentor junior and intermediate engineers.

• Support procurement and vendor engagement activities, including technical bid evaluations, equipment package reviews, vendor data assessment and technical clarifications.

• Provide construction and commissioning support, including technical queries, field issues, process troubleshooting, start-up activities, performance testing and design modifications.

• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams and act as a key process engineering interface with clients, vendors and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

• Support proposals, studies, business development and client presentations while promoting safety, quality, innovation and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mineral Processing Engineering, or a related discipline, with registration or eligibility for registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC).

• 10+ years of relevant process engineering experience, preferably within mining, mineral processing, EPC/EPCM or heavy industrial environments.

• Demonstrated experience in a lead or technical leadership role coordinating process engineers and designers on multidisciplinary projects.

• Strong experience across the project lifecycle, from studies and conceptual design through detailed engineering, construction, commissioning and operational support.