Senior Mechanical Designer - US

At our core, we’re a community. Together, we exercise creative thought, developing engineering and designs as individual as the people and projects we touch. From approval and permitting to design and construction management services, we put the goals of our clients and their communities at the center of everything we create. Join us as we assist mining companies in getting mined materials to communities around the globe.

We are a leader in underground hard rock mining engineering and related technology, serving the largest, deepest, and most technically challenging mines in the world. This is where great ideas and rewarding careers are built.

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Energy and Resources team is hiring a Senior Mechanical Designer to join our growing team in the Arizona office but are open to all locations in the United States.

The selected candidate will be responsible for developing and coordinating mechanical models and electronic documents on both large and small-scale projects within the global Mining Sector. This position reports to the Energy and Resources Piping and Mechanical Design Team Lead.

As a Mechanical Designer, you will be part of a multi-talented team focused on designing surface and underground facilities and infrastructure in the mining industry. Your duties will involve daily collaboration with other designers and engineers of our multi-discipline team. You will convey electrical, mechanical, civil, and structural requirements to the team through traditional 2D paper deliverables and/or 3D models (Revit, Plant 3D, Inventor, Navisworks, Autodesk Forma, etc). You will work closely with engineers, project managers and mining specialists as you develop design concepts, create models, and coordinate designs to consider existing conditions and other discipline requirements.

Your Key Responsibilities

Working under moderate to minimal supervision of Design Engineers you will be responsible for the complete design and documentation package for mechanical deliverables.

Produce deliverables as required to fulfill project needs either as an individual contributor or as part of a team of mechanical engineers and designers, dependent upon project size and scope.

Mechanical deliverables including but not limited to: general arrangements, bulk material handling equipment for aggregates, piping, mining, minerals, and other related industries.

Utilize knowledge of various machines, engineering practices, mathematics, building materials and other physical sciences to complete drawings.

Work from schematics, sketches, and verbal instructions.

Assist other designers with project deliverables.

Report project progression updates and/or issues to Lead Designers or Project managers.

Build upon existing point on assisting other designer to - Assist other designers with project deliverables. Lead the work of other Junior and Intermediate Mechanical Designers providing guidance and mentorship.

Provide material estimates to support Procurement and Estimating efforts

Lead model and drawing review meetings both internally with Stantec’s team and externally with clients.

Your primary responsibilities will be designing and drafting in 3D and 2D environments.