Principal Engineer and Expert, Iron Ore Processing

Type of position: Regular

Your future role on our team

BBA is a well-established private Canadian firm providing specialized engineering services in the natural resources industry, including iron ore processing. We’re currently seeking a senior engineer with extensive expertise in iron ore processing. The specific sectors of expertise we’re seeking include magnetic processes (low and high intensity), gravity separation (hydroclassifiers and spirals), concentrate drying and dewatering, flotation for the production of high purity concentrates, bulk concentrate management, pelletizing, direct reduction processes, and operational experience. At BBA, we’re proud to define and strive toward the mine of the future and green mining operations.

With us, you’ll get the opportunity to...

• Provide metallurgical expertise for all aspects of projects and studies, including EPCM projects.
• Serve as a discipline lead for studies and supervise the work of junior and intermediate engineers.
• Lead metallurgical tests and guide clients in developing their projects.
• Perform due diligence audits and manage preliminary economic, prefeasibility, and feasibility studies within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Promote BBA expertise in the iron ore processing industry.
• Liaise with clients on technical matters and professionally present reports, publications, and briefings.
• Design and simulate mineralogical processes.
• Examine and approve mass balances, process design criteria, PFDs, P&IDs, layouts, and technical specifications.
• Lead and participate in market analyses for local and worldwide iron ore projects.
• Prepare, review, and approve professional qualifications, expressions of interest, as well as proposals and service offerings.
• Take on various interdisciplinary technical challenges to ensure factory acceptance tests and the implementation of optimization solutions for processes are performed on time, safely, and cost-effectively.
• Review, analyze, or develop PFDs, P&IDs, technical specifications and evaluations, material land energy balances, and process design and operating parameters.
• Assess, select, and commission new technology to improve the sustainability, efficiency, and profitability of client operations.

Do your qualities and values match our corporate culture?

• Entrepreneurial spirit.
• Results-driven.
• Thirst to learn and excel.
• Willingness to work together while having fun.
• Constantly seeking sustainable and agile solutions.
• Rigour and ethical standards.

Overview Of Certifications And Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s or graduate degree in mineral processing, metallurgy, chemical engineering, or mining.
• At least 15 years of experience in mineral processing operations.
• Strong track record of successfully completing projects in the mining and metals industry.
• Qualified person as per CIM standards.
• Ability to travel frequently across Canada and abroad (> 25 %).
• Canadian Professional engineer (P.Eng.) designation or eligible to obtain.
• Bilingual (English and French).

An Overview Of BBA’s Total Reward

• Annual base salary, based on 37.5 hours weekly, between $150,000 to $205,000.
• Annual bonification program for all regular employees.
• Onsite mobility premium.
• Access to a time bank.
• Cellphone Program.
• Group insurance plan starting day one including short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Pension Plan.
• Vacation and sick leave.
• Premium offer through the Employee Referral Program.

At BBA, You Get Many Benefits

• A corporate culture that values expertise.
• Participation in innovation projects.
• Flexible schedule that combines office presence and telecommuting.
• Friendly, eco-mindful, and high-tech workspaces.
• Growing business with many opportunities.
• Generous pension and insurance plan.

About BBA

For over 40 years, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of engineering to serve our clients in the Energy and Natural Resources sector. At BBA, we develop innovative, flexible, and sustainable solutions, from strategy to execution. BBA is one of Canada’s leading private consulting engineering firms, focused on practice (PCB), with a network of 18 offices. Our teams work closely to deliver projects that shape tomorrow’s industry at the local, national, and international levels.

Our goal is to ensure a diverse and inclusive work environment. We do everything we can to build a workplace where all of our employees want to excel and where they feel respected, heard, and valued. Every day.

Our people’s passion and excellence make BBA one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies.

We have unique talents, and we’re committed to providing a workplace where you can be yourself. Job postings are written in gender-neutral language.

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