Senior Mining Consultant

Stantec•Salt Lake City, UT

19h

About The Position

Stantec is seeking a Senior Mining Consultant to join its mining team at a West or South West office location. This senior-level role combines mining project leadership, technical guidance, client relationship development, and business development. The consultant will engage current and prospective clients, travel to mining sites to assess project challenges, and develop solutions. They will lead project scopes, budgets, and design approaches across projects of varying sizes, provide technical guidance on complex projects, and coordinate marketing opportunities with other Stantec operating units and sectors. As a senior office leader, the consultant will mentor staff, help evaluate and hire team members, and contribute to the development of standards and specifications for the mining group. The role also involves engineering mining systems, coordinating with internal teams and external project participants, supporting client requirements and value-analysis meetings, contributing to cost estimates and constructability reviews, and conducting quality assurance and quality control. Travel of up to 50% is expected. The position requires a master's degree or equivalent in engineering and more than 30 years of relevant experience. Preference is given to candidates with a strong operational background and experience in consulting and operations, as well as experience in Environmental Services, Oil and Gas, and sectors beyond mining.

Requirements

Master's degree or equivalent in Engineering.
30+ years of relevant experience.
Proven Seller-Leader-Doer capability, with an emphasis on selling.
Ability to build relationships with client representatives and become a trusted advisor.
Strong knowledge of industry standards.
Ability to understand client challenges and guide teams toward solutions.
Established client connections across mining commodities and throughout the western United States.
Technical knowledge of underground and surface mining methods and mining infrastructure.
Ability to lead one or more teams through all project phases.
Ability to check others' work for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule.
Ability to collaborate in project teams and engage in creative and critical thought.
Expertise in mine health and safety regulations.
Strong presentation and interview skills.
Understanding of Microsoft Office Suite.
Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.
Willingness to mentor and teach expertise to the mining team.

Nice To Haves

Strong operational background in the candidate's career.
Experience in Environmental Services, Oil and Gas, and sectors beyond mining.
Experience in both consulting services and operations.

Responsibilities

Manage business development for current and new mining clients and projects.
Engage existing and prospective mining clients to identify opportunities.
Travel to mining sites and meet with clients to evaluate project challenges and identify solutions.
Lead project scope, budgets, and design approaches for projects of all sizes.
Coordinate marketing opportunities with other Stantec operating units and sectors.
Provide technical guidance for large, highly complex projects.
Engage and mentor local staff as a senior leader in the office.
Evaluate, select, specify, and engineer mining systems.
Participate in project coordination meetings with internal team members and external consultants, owners, contractors, subcontractors, and vendors.
Participate in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and basic cost estimating.
Participate in constructability reviews.
Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and peer projects.
Lead and guide development of new standards and specifications for the mining group.
Check others' work for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budgets and schedules.
Assist in evaluating and hiring new team members.
Teach and mentor the mining team.