Mining Potash Lead

• Set the technical and strategic direction for the potash commodity practice, aligned with firm‑wide growth objectives.
• Define and maintain potash‑specific standards, methodologies, design guides, and best practices across studies, projects, and operational support.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and client investment cycles to inform practice positioning and offerings.
• Serve as SME for complex technical, execution, and commercial challenges.

Market & Client Leadership

• Act as the firm’s primary external contact for potash with key clients, joint venture partners, and industry stakeholders.
• Build and maintain long‑term relationships with potash owner‑operators and developers.
• Provide executive‑level advisory support, including independent technical opinion, peer review, and strategic guidance.
• Support major pursuits by shaping technical strategy, value propositions, and differentiation.

Technical Authority & Assurance

• Retain accountability for technical excellence and consistency across all potash engagements.
• Review and approve critical process deliverables at key project milestones.
• Provide independent oversight for high‑risk or high‑value projects, expansions, and debottlenecking programs.
• Ensure lessons learned are captured and embedded across the practice.

Capability & Talent Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop senior and emerging potash specialists across disciplines.
• Define competency frameworks and succession pathways for potash process and materials handling expertise.
• Foster collaboration between regional and global teams to leverage experience and capacity.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, and knowledge transfer for potash specialists.

Business Growth & Financial Stewardship

• Contribute to practice revenue forecasting, resource planning, and margin performance.

• Support proposal development, project execution strategies, and risk management.

• Identify opportunities to expand services across the asset life cycle including studies, projects, operations support, and optimization.

• Crushers, screens, flotation cells, thickeners, cyclones, pumps
• Dryers, coolers, compactors, and granulators
• Equipment selection for corrosive chloride environments
• Wear protection systems, linings, and specialty materials
• Vendor evaluation, shop inspections, and performance benchmarking

• A minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in potash processing, predominantly in Saskatchewan.
• Demonstrated experience spanning project development, operations, optimization, and expansions.
• Proven leadership in consulting, owner advisory, or technical governance roles.
• Eligible for Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) registration in Canada.
• Leadership Profile

  • Recognized industry expert with executive‑level credibility.

  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to link technical decisions to business outcomes.

  • Collaborative leader with a mentoring mindset.

  • Highly effective communicator with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Planning, Sciences, Business Administration, or a closely related field
• Program management experience consistent with one of the following requirements: 
• A minimum of three (3) years of program management experience in a deputy role to the Program Manager for the delivery of one or more programs, with a cumulative capital value of $200 million or more, or;
• A minimum of five (5) years of program management experience as a Project Manager or Project Controls Manager for the delivery of one or more programs, each with a capital value of $200 million or more, or; 
• A minimum of ten (10) years of project management experience as a Project Manager directing a multi-disciplinary team for the delivery of at least two (2) projects, each with a capital value of $50 million or more
• Strong leadership skills with experience building a cohesive team culture and managing team members in various locations.
• Excellent communication skills. Comfortable presenting to client executives and in front of a large audience in a public setting
• Management experience with the implementation of projects or programs using alternative and collaborative delivery methods, including design-build (DB), progressive design-build (PDB), and/or construction management at-risk (CMAR)
• Familiar with the various tools used to manage large programs - PMIS, CMIS, scheduling, cost control, document management, risk management, asset management, dashboard analytics, etc.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must