Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis’s Minerals and Metals team in Canada is made up of more than 400 employees who work on large-scale projects to support mining sustainability, pit-to-port opportunities, metallurgical plant engineering, or mine closure and capabilities in the study, design, and construction of mining projects across a wide range of mining and processing methods and commodities. The team combines global-caliber expertise to provide tailored solutions for projects of any size, scope, or complexity. We believe in working openly and transparently, together delivering world-class projects. We work collaboratively with teams across the world, from Canada to Brazil in the south to India in the east, delivering exceptional value and innovation to our clients. To support our growth initiatives, we are expanding our team and are looking for innovative, forward-thinking people who enjoy challenges and want to add value to project success, both locally and internationally.    

We are seeking a Project Manager to join our Tailings, Water and Environment (TWE) group within the Global Minerals & Metals (M&M) business unit. In this role, you will lead and deliver multidisciplinary projects across a diverse portfolio that may include tailings management, water resources, hydrogeology, environmental services, mine closure, permitting, and supporting infrastructure projects for the mining and metals sector. Working closely with technical specialists, clients, contractors, and stakeholders, you will be responsible for driving project performance, managing scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk, and fostering strong client relationships. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated project management professional looking to build a long-term career delivering complex projects within a global mining consultancy.

This role will be based in Vancouver, BC.

Your role

In this role, you will:

Manage the successful delivery of multidisciplinary projects through all phases of execution, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety objectives are achieved.
Lead project planning, resource coordination, risk management, cost control, forecasting, and reporting activities.
Coordinate and support technical teams across tailings, water, environmental, geotechnical, and engineering disciplines to achieve project goals.
Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and maintain strong relationships through proactive communication and project delivery excellence.
Drive project teams, subconsultants, and contractors toward successful execution while fostering collaboration and accountability.
Support business development activities, including proposal preparation, work planning, scope development, budgeting, and client engagement.
Promote AtkinsRéalis project management best practices, governance requirements, and continuous improvement initiatives.

About you

5+ years of project management experience delivering engineering, environmental, infrastructure, mining, or consulting projects.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Geoscience, Environmental Science, or a related discipline; eligible for or holding a professional designation (P.Eng., P.Geo., PMP, or equivalent) is considered an asset.
Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and client expectations.
Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted client relationships.
Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Motivated to grow a long-term project management career within the mining, environmental, and infrastructure sectors.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

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Expected compensation for this role is (between Pay Range $93,800 - $110,000 annually) (Only Applicable to British Columbia). Base salaries are determined according to several parameters like skills, experience, and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into account in our offers.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Project Manager, Tailings, Water and Environment jobs

Project Manager, Tailings, Water and Environment