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Wood

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Wood

Senior Mechanical Engineer joining Wood's Mining & Minerals team in Saskatoon, Canada. Leading technical design and providing expertise in potash and uranium plant projects.

Posted 8/2/2026full-timeSaskatoon • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in potash and uranium plant design and operations, with a strong focus on technical leadership, project management, and client relationship development. Proficient in mechanical engineering principles and familiar with design codes and specifications relevant to heavy industrial and mining sectors.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Potash Plant DesignUranium Plant DesignProfessional Engineer (P.Eng)Mechanical Engineering DegreeProject Management

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Hard Skills
Technical Design GuidanceCapital Project Requirements DefinitionScope of Work PreparationProject Cost EstimationSpecification DevelopmentEquipment Design CalculationsPipe Stress CalculationsWellfield Piping Design
Soft Skills
LeadershipMentoringCommunicationOrganizational Skills
Certifications & Qualifications
Professional Engineer (P.Eng)
Industry Keywords
MiningHeavy IndustrialConstructionUnderground OperationsSmelting

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide leadership, mentoring, guidance and technical expertise to the project team
  • Guide the overall technical design of uranium or potash plants and ancillaries
  • Define capital project requirements, prepare scopes of work and project cost estimates
  • Guide the creation of specifications and contract documents
  • Review project documents prior to issue for scope and presentation, including checking for technical accuracy
  • Coordinate and work with other project team members
  • Direct the detail design for projects
  • Develop and maintain positive, sustainable client relationships

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 15+ years of experience with potash and/or uranium plant design and operations
  • Undergraduate or Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • Registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) with APEGS in the Province of Saskatchewan
  • Familiarity with design codes, equipment and material selection and specification development
  • Able to perform calculations for equipment design, such as for tanks, pumps, and conveyors
  • Pipe stress calculations are an asset
  • Underground operations is an asset
  • Wellfield piping design is an asset
  • Construction experience is an asset
  • Other heavy industrial, mining, or smelting experience is an asset
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work efficiently and demonstrate effective organizational skills
  • Must be legally authorized to work in Canada without sponsorship from Wood.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across minerals and metals
  • Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs.
  • Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
  • Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
  • Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
  • Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
  • Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession