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True Environmental

Water Treatment Engineering Lead

True Environmental·4 days ago

Full-time🎯 Lead / Principal💰 CA$130,000 – CA$170,000🇨🇦 Vancouver, Canada📅 Aug 25, 2026
Ensero Solutions is an environmental consulting and remediation business with specific expertise in environmental assessments, permitting, regulatory and compliance services, active/passive water treatment, mine water management, and turnkey remediation services for the mining industry and broader industrial sectors. At Ensero, we get the opportunity to make a positive impact on the environment and people’s lives. We’re building a culture where people can grow their careers and are challenged to solve our client’s toughest environmental problems.

Water Treatment Engineering Lead
Vancouver, BC; Toronto, ON; Whitehorse, YT; Calgary, AB; Saskatoon, SK; Remote - Regular-Full Time
As a Water Treatment Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership across a range of water treatment, mine water, remediation, and industrial infrastructure projects, supporting work from feasibility studies through detailed design, construction, and commissioning.

About the Role

  • Leading technology selection and water management trade off studies, with the collaborative support of a wide range of experts within Ensero
  • Leading multi-discipline engineering design activities, and leading technical deliverables generation for area of expertise, for feasibility and detailed design
  • Reviewing and approving engineering deliverables, calculations, specifications, and reports.
  • Supporting equipment selection, procurement activities, and vendor reviews with a broad understanding of water treatment solutions and water management strategies
  • Participating in design reviews, HAZID/HAZOP workshops, constructability reviews, and risk assessments.
  • Supporting project planning, proposals, budgeting, and client engagement.
  • Providing engineering support during procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
  • Engaging with clients effectively with strong communications skills to support them to understand to achieve project goals
  • Engaging with project controls to support schedule, procurement and construction planning would be an asset
  • Provide technical input to projects within your area(s) of expertise.
  • Interface with other technical experts to achieve multidisciplinary project goals.
  • Mentor and provide technical training to junior and intermediate team members.
  • All other duties as required.

About You

  • Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical, Civil or Process Engineering.
  • Professional Engineering designation required. 
  • 10+ years of previous engineering experience in industrial water treatment projects, ideally in mining.
  • Ability to work effectively with team members as well as lead multi-disciplinary projects
  • Experience working in environmental consulting or project consulting setting.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and other business software
  • Ability to prioritize tasks effectively and work independently or as part of a team
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with stakeholders at all levels
Ensero has offices in Canada (Saskatoon, Vancouver and Whitehorse) and the US (Denver), and is well established as an innovative leader in regulatory, environmental management, water treatment, remediation technologies, and facility operations. We believe in giving you the opportunity to learn and to help make an impact on the sustainability of the environment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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