Senior Project Engineer

Role Overview

• Assist with review of annual mine capital budgets and Long-Range Plan capital estimates, with focus on confirming reasonableness, proposed timing, and adequacy of supporting data.
• Identify projects requiring stage gate review and flag gaps in justification or scope definition before funding is authorized.
• Own and continuously improve the corporate stage gate framework.
• Monitor progress of major projects against approved stage gate commitments; provide structured reporting to senior leadership on project status, cost trends, and schedule adherence.
• Support corporate-level studies by assisting with development of conceptual and preliminary plant and infrastructure designs and related capital cost estimates across mining, civil, mechanical, and electrical disciplines.
• Provide project planning, engineering management, cost estimating, and scheduling guidance to Technical Services staff and mine site teams as requested.
• Help site teams translate project objectives into well-defined engineering requirements and executable scopes.
• Develop, maintain, and refine tools, datasets, and benchmarks used to support budgeting and validate capital cost estimates across the project portfolio.
• Build institutional knowledge that improves estimate quality over time.
• Support post-investment review (PIR) of completed capital projects to assess whether objectives were achieved, capture lessons learned, and feed insights back into planning and estimating practices.
• Develop enforceable scopes of work for consultants, vendors, and contractors.
• Review and evaluate proposals; support contract administration to ensure third-party deliverables meet quality, schedule, and cost expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mining, Mechanical, Civil, or Electrical Engineering required.
• Minimum 10 years of diverse experience planning, designing, and executing heavy industry capital projects; preference for candidates with 12–15 years, including experience in a multi-site or corporate advisory role.
• Experience in the mining industry is strongly preferred.
• Professional Engineer (P.E. or P.Eng.) designation preferred.
• Broad working knowledge of mining-related engineering disciplines (e.g. mining, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering).
• Demonstrated experience with capital project scope development from the owner's perspective, including early-stage and conceptual projects.
• Ability to bridge project objectives and engineering requirements.
• Technical leadership skills applied to managing both in-house staff and external engineering consultants.
• Strong cost estimating skills across the full range of estimate classes, from order-of-magnitude through definitive estimates.
• Proficiency in Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule development and analysis; able to develop and interrogate project schedules.
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and other best-practice project forecasting and performance measurement methods.
• Financial modeling proficiency, including advanced spreadsheet skills for scenario analysis, benchmarking, and budget forecasting.
• Knowledge of contract structures and ability to develop enforceable scopes of work for third-party consultants, vendors, and contractors.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; ability to prepare clear executive-level summaries and presentations.
• Some proficiency in Spanish and/or French is beneficial, though not required, given Hecla's operating footprint.
• Strong commitment to safety and environmental management principles; demonstrated ability to translate those principles into effective project designs and execution plans.

Benefits

• Display due diligence in safety, health, and environmental matters and lead by example to ensure successful implementation of Safety & Health and Environmental Management Systems
• Promote open communication and cooperation across all operations
• Ensure that all personnel are informed of safety, health, and environmental issues related to tailings storage facilities (TSFs) and waste rock storage facilities (WRSFs)
• Participate in safety audits and inspections of TSFs and WRSFs, supporting site personnel in achieving desired outcomes
• Assist in the development of emergency preparedness frameworks for TSFs and WRSFs
• Participate in incident investigations related to tailings and waste rock management and ensure compliance with safety, health, and regulatory requirements
• Verify appropriate qualifications for personnel working on tailings facilities and contribute to environmental reporting
• Ensure project safety, health, and environmental considerations are properly integrated into project planning and execution
• Verify that contractors and consultants meet Hecla's safety, health, and environmental requirements.