Posted 2 days ago
Project Engineer
@ Discovery Silver Corp
Timmins, Ontario
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Overview
Discovery Silver Corp is hiring a Project Engineer at its Kidd Operations to support tailings facility, water management and water treatment design, construction and project management. The role also covers detailed cost tracking, reporting and forecasting, plus preparation of capital requests and tenders. The posting states a salary of CAD$91,000 to CAD$114,000 per year, plus health and pension benefits.
Pay:
$91,000–$114,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate engineering studies for tailings dams and water treatment
- Monitor contractors for compliance and safety
- Track project costs, schedule and forecasts
- Prepare capital requests, presentations and tenders
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (processing, chemical, environmental or civil)
- 5 years of related experience
- Tailings or water treatment design experience an asset
- Strong reporting and MS Office skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-04
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-04
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-04
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Work setting | Office, Plant or factory, Construction site |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | Women, People with disabilities, Racialized people, Indigenous peoples, 2SLGBTQ+ |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Processing engineering, Chemical engineering, Environmental engineering, Civil engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Wellness |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Discovery Silver Corp
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 22 |
Job description
Project Engineer
Join Our Growing Team!
Discovery Mining has an exciting opportunity for a Project Engineer.
A growing North America Precious Metals Company, Discovery is committed to combining high-quality gold producing assets in Canada with the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposit in Mexico.
Discovery has an experienced team, dedicated to being a highly profitable producer of gold and silver that generates superior returns, delivers substantial social-economic benefits and meets the highest environmental standards.
The Position:
Reporting to the Senior Project Engineer, this position will support the development of design, construction, execution and project management of the tailing's facility, water management and treatment facilities. The role will also support planning, and oversight of infrastructure construction related to the tailings expansion while supporting detailed cost tracking, reporting, and forecasting for all related project activities. The role will support the preparation of capital requests, presentations, tenders as well as other duties and tasks as required to adequately support expansion activities
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate engineering studies and designs related to tailings dams, water management and water treatment.
- Development of work scopes and project plans
- Manage system for project file set up and activity cost coding, preparation, and distribution of job evaluations to facilitate field operations, maintain safety and other project documentation in file.
- Monitor contractors and sub-contractors for compliance, including review and enforcement of sub-contractor checklist and report any violations to the Senior Project Engineer and Project Manager.
- Review planned work at the beginning of each shift with respective field surface coordinator and set / agree to targeted results for that shift.
- Ensure sub-contractor performing their scope of work to design standards and specifications.
- Ensure accurate and detailed cost tracking, reporting, and forecasting.
- Supports sequencing and prioritizing project execution.
- Ensure that deviations to the work schedule are identified and are being addressed.
- Assist in troubleshooting areas of concern and in formulating plans to alleviate or mitigate problems.
- Post-Construction Support in conjunction with the architect-engineers, and construction contractors.
- Monitoring and controlling daily project performance to maintain cost, schedule, scope, and quality.
- Performs required regulatory compliance checks, job observations.
- Ensure that safe work habits are enforced and instruct safe methods of doing work. Acts as back up to the Field Services Coordinator
- Managing change requests & bids with finalizing contractor selections
Skills and Qualifications:
The ideal Candidate will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering – Processing, Chemical, Environmental, Civil
- 5 years of related experience - experience in Tailings or Water Treatment design would be considered an asset.
- Strong technical competency and reporting skills.
- Knowledge with the MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Presentations and Word)
- Strong communication (written and verbal), interpersonal and decision-making skills. The ability to communicate effectively through written reports and oral presentations.
- Safety focused with the ability to work well within a team environment.
- Motivated, self-starter who can work well independently or within a team environment
- An effective communicator with the ability to develop positive working relations across a multitude of business units.
- Exercises good judgment on complex decisions with excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities. Diploma in Electrical
Compensation and Benefits:
Competitive total compensation package including:
- Health, Dental, Life, AD&D, Disability, Healthcare and Wellness Spending Accounts, Virtual Care and Employee and Family Assistance Program;
- Company contributions and matching into a Defined Contribution Pension Plan; and
- Annual compensation of CAD$91,000 to CAD$114,000.
Additional Information:
This posting is for an existing vacancy at Discovery’s Kidd Operations.
We thank all candidates in advance. Please note, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Discovery welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities (racialized), aboriginal (Indigenous) persons and persons of any gender identity and sexual orientation. Discovery is committed to a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment.
Please note that we use artificial intelligence tools to screen applications and assess qualifications and selected candidates will be contacted by a human for an interview.
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