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Job Title: Senior Process Engineer
Company: trajectorE Engineering Inc.
Location: St. John’s NL, Canada or Remote within Canada
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

 

trajectorE is seeking an experienced and technically accomplished Senior Process Engineer to join our team. If you're a resourceful and pragmatic engineer who thrives in a collaborative consulting environment, this is your opportunity to lead project execution and shape sustainable mineral processing across North America.

You’ll work closely with mine owners and operators to support feasibility studies, process design, and operational optimization for mineral processing and metal refining facilities. This role blends design expertise with operational understanding, making it ideal for someone who has been both behind the desk and on the plant floor.

 

Responsibilities

 

Process Design & Engineering:

  • Lead or support process modelling using tools such as METSIM, SysCAD, or HSC Chemistry

  • Develop heat and mass balances, flowsheets, and process descriptions for a range of process flowsheets

  • Prepare technical deliverables and documentation for feasibility studies (Scoping, PFS, FS)

  • Assist in CapEx and OpEx development, design criteria, and metallurgical testwork planning

 

Technical Advisory & Study Work:

  • Contribute to trade-off studies and risk assessments

  • Collaborate with clients to identify optimization opportunities in new or existing flowsheets

  • Review client planning documents and provide experience-based advice on recommended next steps and project development plans

 

Project & Client Interface:

  • Support commissioning and operational readiness for new or modified process plants

  • Interface directly with clients to align on scope, priorities, and deliverables

  • Provide process expertise across multidisciplinary project teams

 

Business Development & Team Support:

  • Assist in proposal development and scope definition for new engagements

  • Mentor junior process engineers and contribute to internal knowledge sharing

  • Represent trajectorE’s values and capabilities in client and industry settings

 

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Chemical, Process or Metallurgical Engineering

  • Minimum of 10 years’ experience in mineral processing, metal refining, or related industries

  • Strong understanding of process modelling, simulation, and heat/mass balance development

  • Direct project-based experience at multiple development stages including feasibility studies, detailed design, commissioning and operations

  • Demonstrated experience with operational improvement and start-up support

  • Experience with CapEx/OpEx estimating

  • Excellent communication, organizational, and client management skills

  • P.Eng. designation or eligibility in Canada

Preferred Experience:

  • Involvement with critical minerals operations, project development or emerging battery/green tech metals

  • Consulting or Owner’s Engineer experience

 

About trajectorE:

trajectorE’s mission is to partner with operators to achieve sustainable production. Since 2016, we’ve built a reputation as a trusted partner to mine owners across North America. We deliver Process Engineering, Operational Readiness, Commissioning, and Asset Management services that help clients meet today’s production challenges and tomorrow’s decarbonization goals.

 

Our team is guided by five core values: Execution, Excellence, Everyone, Enjoyment, and Evolution.
We’re committed to inclusion, equity, and supporting a culture where every team member can thrive and contribute authentically.