BQE Water Inc. is an award-winning provider of innovative water treatment solutions and engineering design services to international mining clients. We are committed to environmental stewardship, recovering value from waste, and enabling socially responsible operations where water is treated as a shared natural resource.

The Vacancy

We are seeking an experienced Project Engineer (PMP, P.Eng/EIT) with a minimum of five years of direct project engineering experience e.g., engineering consulting, industry, mining, water treatment, environmental services, or infrastructure. Working closely with Design, Commissioning and Operations Engineering Managers, plus cross-functional operations teams and support functions, the Project Engineer will confidently own coordination day-to-day project activities, managing assigned project deliverables, overseeing project performance, and ensuring work is completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and to the required technical and quality standards. This is a hands-on project delivery position with responsibility for assigned projects and work packages.

The successful candidate will bring sound engineering judgment, established project management capabilities, and the ability to work effectively with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal technical teams.

Develop scope of work requirements and budgets

Plan the strategy, monitor the resources and the schedule to execute projects

Monitor and control the progress and completion of design work items and deliverables

Coordinate the work and interface of multidisciplinary technical resources

Manage and direct the communication with and between stakeholders

Manage the quality of deliverables through disciplined application of design processes and project controls

Directly support business development groups by completing scoping-level design processes and project controls





Complete regular reporting activities

Attend site during construction and commissioning project phases, comprising of travel within Canada, the US, and internationally as required

Participate in and contribute to the development of internal project management processes

Directly engage in detailed design work and reviews

Other applicable duties as assigned by leadership

Eligibility Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, with P.Eng registration or EIT designation and eligibility to obtain P.Eng within the next calendar year (required).

Minimum of 5 years of direct project engineering experience (required).

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (required).

Demonstrated experience overseeing multidisciplinary engineering projects, including scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, and project controls (required).

Proven ability to build and maintain strong client relationships, coordinate technical teams, and oversee project deliverables (required).

Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills (required).

Experience in water and wastewater treatment and/or the mining sector (an asset).

Strong commercial acumen re: budget ownership, forecasting and margin awareness The Compensation Package

Includes, but is not limited to:

Competitive starting annual salary of $100-110,000 CAD

3 weeks of annual vacation accrual plus a company-wide paid week of leave each December

Manulife health perks enrollment on hire, which can be extended to spouses/dependents.

A company-funded bonus healthcare spending account awarded upon probation completion

GRRSP matching up to 5% upon probation completion

Up to $1,000 per year in education matching support upon 1 year of service with BQE Water

Elibility to participate in company bonus structures as announced from time-to-time

📌 Project Engineer (Winnipeg)
🏢 BQE Water
📍 Winnipeg