Manager of Mine Hoisting and Shafts

Stantec•Chandler, AZ

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Stantec Consulting is seeking a Senior Mine Hoisting and Shaft Specialist Design Professional Engineer to join their Professional Consulting Services team as a Manager of the Hoisting and Shaft team. This role involves the direct management of a team of hoisting and shaft design professionals for large-scale, iconic, deep-level projects across the full project lifecycle. The successful candidate will develop and implement best-in-class engineering practices, tools, and innovations, ensuring the timely and successful delivery of technical solutions that meet or exceed client expectations.

Requirements

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.
15-20 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 and managing engineering teams.
Exceptional working knowledge of hoisting systems, shafts, headframes, industry standards, and design tools.
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.
Familiarity with CAD modelling, Microsoft Office Suite, and other forms of specialized engineering design software, or the ability and willingness to learn.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to produce quality technical reports and documents.
Demonstrated mentoring ability and interest in developing junior staff.
Strong leadership skills and consulting and stakeholder engagement skills.
Excellent client-facing communication skills, including conflict resolution in a professional manner.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
Exceptional problem-solving and organizational abilities.
Knowledge of quality and safety standards, with an emphasis on Health Safety Security and Environment (HSSE).
Strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

Provide clear technical direction and oversight, ensuring teams integrate designs so that they are compliant and constructible.
Review designs, challenge assumptions, and resolve technical issues early.
Provide oversight across all engineering disciplines to deliver a coherent system while flagging issues, managing interfaces, assumptions, and constraints across teams.
Provide oversight for execution planning, cost, and schedule.
Establish structured communication, ensuring issues, decisions, and actions are tracked and closed out.
Act as the bridge between engineers, management, and clients.
Maintain team discipline and drive accountability with clear roles and responsibilities.
Own technical quality, assurance, and compliance with standards for Hoisting and Shaft work.
Identify and manage risks early.
Ensure disciplined review processes are used to avoid rework and late-stage issues.
Provide day-to-day leadership, enabling teams to deliver safely and efficiently.
Build a collaborative environment and develop team capability.
Delegate effectively and remove blockers rather than micromanaging.
Provide specialized expertise for hoisting and shaft system designs.
Ensure the hoisting team consistently delivers work within allocated scope, budget, and schedule.
Formulate and implement recovery plans for underperforming hoisting teams.
Perform quality control on engineering deliverables within the hoisting design space.
Collaborate with other Discipline Managers and guide teams 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, where applicable.
Support business development and client relationship management.
Assist with technical proposal development by providing project scope, budget, and design approaches, providing all inputs related to shaft and hoisting scope.
Represent the company at technical conferences and client meetings.