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About the Role

This position provides technical leadership, engineering oversight, and lifecycle management of shaft infrastructure and hoisting systems within an underground mining operation. The Senior Shaft / Hoist Engineer is accountable for the safe, reliable, and compliant design, operation, inspection, maintenance, and modernization of shafts, headframes, hoists, associated conveyances, and safety systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for shaft and hoisting systems, including production, service, and ventilation shafts.
• Provide engineering support for drum and friction (Koepe) hoists, conveyances including skips, cages, and counterweights, wire ropes, attachments, braking systems, and controls.
• Review and approve shaft and hoist designs, calculations, modifications, and upgrades.
• Ensure compliance with applicable mining regulations, codes, and industry standards.
• Oversee shaft structural integrity, including shaft lining systems (concrete, steel, composite), headframes, guides, buntons, furnishings, and conveyance alignments.
• Provide technical support for deep shaft environments and challenging underground conditions.
• Develop and maintain long-term shaft asset management strategies.
• Ensure statutory inspections, non-destructive testing (NDT), and rope testing programs are completed according to schedule.
• Interpret inspection data and recommend corrective actions or operational restrictions.
• Prepare and review documentation for regulatory audits and inspections.
• Act as a technical liaison with regulators, third-party inspectors, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
• Collaborate with Maintenance teams to develop preventative and predictive maintenance strategies, evaluate hoist availability, reliability, and performance metrics, review failure investigations and implement root cause corrective actions, and support shutdown planning and major equipment overhauls.
• Lead or support capital projects related to hoist upgrades or replacements, shaft rehabilitation, refurbishment, or modifications, and automation and control system modernization.
• Develop scopes of work, technical specifications, and contractor oversight plans.
• Support cost estimation, scheduling, and risk assessments.
• Provide operational support for hoisting-related issues.
• Participate in hazard assessments, operational readiness reviews, and emergency response planning.
• Promote safety leadership and operational discipline in shaft and hoist activities.
• Mentor junior engineers and technical staff.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, and design guidelines.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across underground operations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in underground mining.
• Extensive experience with shaft and hoisting systems.
• Experience with production and hoists, regulatory inspections and compliance, and shaft rehabilitation or major hoisting projects.
• Experience in potash or similar deep underground mining environments considered an asset.

Skills

• Hoist system design, braking systems, and control philosophies.
• Wire rope selection, installation, testing, and retirement criteria.
• Shaft structural systems and corrosion management in challenging underground environments.
• Risk-based inspection and asset lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of applicable mining and hoisting standards and regulations.

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior
• 15-20 years of experience with friction hoists and/or double drum hoisting systems

Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mining, or related Engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer designation (P.Eng., PE, or equivalent) required.

Salary/Compensations

• Wages are negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Benefits

• Health and Dental Benefits
• Company Pension Matching

About the Company

• Peter Lucas Project Management invests in people, community, and cutting-edge technology to provide gold standard project delivery.
• At Peter Lucas we offer a variety of work, professional development, and learning opportunities that come from working on diverse projects in the mining, energy, and heavy industrial sectors.
• Our dynamic environment, filled with high-achieving professionals, enables our staff to take on incredible opportunities, gain mentorship from a diverse group of colleagues, and succeed in their careers.

Equal Opportunity

• Peter Lucas Project Management is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
• We acknowledge that the Peter Lucas head office is located on Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional lands of the Cree, Saulteaux, Dene, Dakota, Lakota, Nakota, and the homeland of the Metis.
• We recognize that our work, our lives and our communities extend beyond these borders, taking place on the traditional and unceded territories of Indigenous Peoples across what is now known as Canada.
• As we live, work, and play in these diverse lands, we honor the deep histories, cultures, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples.
• In the spirit of Reconciliation and guided by our mission to elevate people and communities while driving innovation and sustainability, we are committed to building respectful relationships and shared success across this land we call home.