BQE Water are experiencing an exciting period of growth, which has facilitated the recruitment of a group of talented Junior Process EITs with 1-3 years of work experience in addition to their education to join our fantastic team! Through technical innovation and engineering expertise, we help clients from the international mining industry to produce clean water and reduce their environmental footprint and extract mineral value from their wastewater, to meet stringent government regulations, and to do so while operating in a socially acceptable way. To learn more about the business, please visit www.bqewater.com.

BQE Water Inc. are offering a rare career development opportunity to juniors who are eager to accelerate their careers through a vacancy offering real-world operational experience, while building a technical skill set that will set them apart in the industry. After an initial 1-2 month technical knowledge and relationship building onboarding period at the head office in Vancouver, new hires will complete 6-12 months of hands-on site rotations in operational plants – with an equivalent period of leave between each rotation to provide the best of both worlds by combining immersive learning with meaningful downtime for work-life balance. After these temporary placements, Junior Process Engineers progress to support the design, optimization, technical support to operations and/or commissioning groups. Subsequent international site will be on a as-needs basis dictated by project requirements and customized training objectives. The right applicants will have a passion for engineering design, operational optimization and working within a team.

In this role they will:

· Be assigned to a temporary placement at one of the Company’s operating facilities within the first year of employment, typically 6-12 months, where the location and exact duration will be subject to the needs from the Company’s existing operations. This is a valuable chance to gain hands on operations insights with end users!

· Build practical skills (during such temporary placement) by monitoring plant performance, supporting plant operations, responding to process upsets, and working alongside experienced operators and tradespeople to ensure safe, compliant and efficient water treatment. It’s a unique opportunity to gain experience which can’t be acquired in an office and deepen your understanding of:

o The mining industry

o The impact of process engineering decisions in the field

o Water treatment equipment and instrumentation (via hands-on experience)

o Operational decision-making

o Hazards and safety decision making and management in a mining setting

Upon placement completion, new hires will join the engineering team where their duties include:

· Work with the project team to complete engineering design deliverables for unique BQE Water Projects ranging from feasibility, basic engineering to detailed and Issue For Construction design.

· Work and engage with other project stakeholders: owner project teams, collaborating engineers from other disciplines, construction tradespeople, colleagues in project delivery, commissioning, operations and laboratory studies.

· Work with laboratory staff to convert lab discoveries into design apparatus for practical application on BQE Water projects, including hands-on assistance with pilot-scale testing.

· Design and/or support the operation of many unit operations including hydraulic conveying, solid-liquid separation, gas-liquid mass transfer, chemical and biochemical reactors, ion exchange and electro-reduction or equivalent processes and equipment.

· Complete detailed process engineering design including mass and energy balances, equipment sizing and specifications, PFDs, P&IDs, GAs, instrument lists, etc.

· Write, review and edit technical documentation including lab reports, technical papers, design reports and proposals.

· Plan process automation for treatment plants (i.e., control philosophies, instrument specifications, as well as the opportunity for PLC/HMI programming if interested)

· Contribute to the development of BQE internal design standards and tools

· Support our commissioning group by doing rotations to full-scale projects undergoing commissioning from construction support through performance testing

· Other tasks which contribute to the overall success of the Project Delivery group.

· A degree in Engineering is essential. Disciplines of preference: chemical, hydrometallurgy, mineral processing, materials or mechanical.

· 1-3 years of employment experience in process plant design engineering, commissioning, and/or operations in one of the following industries: water treatment, mineral processing, or chemical industries.

· Registered, or eligible to register as an EIT in your province.

· Solid understanding of the fundamental principles of aqueous inorganic chemistry.

· Strong mechanical aptitude – you have built things and can figure out how things work.

· Can-do attitude – you always find a way to get things done. You enjoy multi-discipline engineering, and don’t hesitate to roll up your sleeves to help with a hands-on task.

· Personally, you’ll possess attention to detail, ownership of your work, proven effective communication, effective relationship building skills with colleagues, clients and vendors.

· Comfortable performing periodically from remote North American sites, including rotations

· Able to work at our office - Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, BC - when not working at site.

In addition to your competitive salary you will receive: