Introduction

Vancouver, BC | Calgary, AB

Brunel is seeking an experienced Project Lead to support the delivery of a major capital project within the mining and heavy industrial sector. Reporting to the Project Manager, the Project Lead will be responsible for delivering an assigned capital project, work package, or defined portion of a larger project.

About this role

  • Champion a strong safety culture by following and promoting all applicable health, safety, environmental, and operational requirements.
  • Lead the delivery of assigned work packages or project scope, with accountability for scope, cost, schedule, quality, and performance outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain project execution plans, including contracting strategies, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and delivery priorities.
  • Coordinate engineering, procurement, construction management, project controls, permitting, and commissioning activities against integrated project milestones.
  • Manage interfaces, dependencies, and deliverables across internal teams, external contractors, consultants, and other project stakeholders.
  • Oversee contracts and work packages, including scope development, progress assessment, change management, contractor performance, and claims avoidance.
  • Manage the scope change control process and evaluate the cost, schedule, and delivery implications of proposed changes.
  • Prepare recommendations and escalate significant changes, risks, or project concerns to the Project Manager.
  • Develop, maintain, and manage project risk registers, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, and appropriately communicated.
  • Monitor project progress and performance against approved budgets and schedules using earned value or equivalent project control methodologies.
  • Identify developing trends, performance gaps, and potential delays, and coordinate corrective actions as required.
  • Support permitting, regulatory, environmental, and community engagement activities associated with the assigned scope.
  • Coordinate constructability reviews, value engineering initiatives, and operational readiness activities.
  • Support pre-commissioning, commissioning, turnover, and handover activities, ensuring all requirements are planned and completed.
  • Lead and motivate multidisciplinary project contributors, establish clear expectations, and promote accountability across the project team.
  • Prepare regular project progress reports covering safety, scope, schedule, cost, risk, change, and key project priorities.
  • Support project governance, stage-gate reviews, and the preparation of required project documentation.

Is this you?

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
  • Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience
  • Demonstrated experience delivering capital projects within mining, natural resources, construction, or heavy industry environments.
  • Minimum of three years of civil construction experience.
  • Experience working across multiple engineering and project delivery disciplines
  • Demonstrated accountability for the integrated scope, cost, and schedule of a work package, sub-project, or capital project.
  • Experience managing contracts and work packages, including scope development, progress measurement, change management, and contractor coordination.
  • Strong working knowledge of project controls, including forecasting, progress measurement, cost and schedule tracking, trend management, change control, and reporting.
  • Experience coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, permitting, project controls, and commissioning functions against common project milestones.
  • Previous experience supporting construction activities at a remote mining or industrial site is preferred
  • Strong understanding of constructability, fit-for-purpose design, value engineering, and operational readiness principles.

What we offer 

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Closing: 05 November 2026

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Vacancy reference: CR-302309

KF

Corporate recruiter

Kathleen Fecteau

+1 403 539 5009