Intermediate Engineer – Process Performance and Operational Readiness

SIC partners with organizations across the mining, manufacturing, energy, and industrial sectors to improve operational performance throughout the entire asset lifecycle.

Our multidisciplinary teams support clients in operational readiness, commissioning, start-up, ramp-up, maintenance and reliability, asset management, workforce solutions, and continuous improvement. We don't simply develop strategies; we work alongside our clients to successfully implement them

As the Intermediate Engineer – Process Performance and Operational Readiness you will support optimization, operational readiness, start-up, and performance improvement projects in the mineral processing and extractive metallurgy sectors.

Reporting to the Director, Process Performance and Optimization and working closely with senior engineers, you will contribute to technical audits, performance analyses, operational readiness plans, test campaigns, and the development of tools and methodologies that improve industrial facility performance, while collaborating with client-site teams across operations, maintenance, engineering, automation, and commissioning as needed.

Responsibilities

Participate in performance audits of mineral processing plants, including process data analysis, mass, water, and metallurgical balances.

Develop, monitor, and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs), performance dashboards, and statistical process data to support informed decision-making.

Identify process improvement opportunities, reduce operational variability, and contribute to circuit stability, process stabilization, and performance improvement studies.

Support industrial tests, sampling campaigns, performance testing, start-up, ramp-up, and operations performance reviews.

Participate in the development and audit of operational readiness plans, including ORP audits, organizational readiness assessments, and client workshops.

Contribute to the development of SOPs, operational documentation, training plans, and competency matrices.