AECOM

Senior Minerals Consultant

AECOM • $110K — $130K *
Salt Lake City, UT 84118In-Person
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 8+ years of experience or equivalent.
  • Strong track record in mine engineering and cost estimation.
  • Experience with financial modeling specific to mining operations.
  • Familiarity with due diligence cost reviews for mining projects.
  • Proficient in developing long-term mine plans.

Responsibilities

  • Lead due diligence and independent technical and cost reviews for mining projects.
  • Develop and review mine closure and rehabilitation cost estimates.
  • Prepare and assess CAPEX and OPEX estimates for mining and mineral processing.
  • Contribute to mining strategy, including evaluating production scheduling and equipment selection.
  • Build and maintain comprehensive financial models linking technical and financial aspects.
  • Engage with clients, facilitating workshops, and presenting technical outcomes to various stakeholders.
  • Implement quality assurance on all models and estimates, ensuring safety in project delivery.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive onboarding program on Day 1 at an AECOM office.
  • Opportunity to mentor junior team members and contribute to their professional growth.
  • Engagement in a company-wide commitment to safety and quality assurance practices.
Full Job Description
Job Description

AECOM is seeking a senior-level professional who combines mine engineering judgement, robust financial modelling capability, and practical cost estimating expertise to support our minerals consulting work. This role will lead and deliver due diligence cost reviews, mine closure and rehabilitation cost estimates, civil and infrastructure cost estimation inputs, and mine strategy and option evaluations. The successful candidate will be comfortable working across technical, commercial, and risk considerations and communicating findings clearly to clients and internal teams.
  • Due diligence & independent reviews: Lead or support technical and cost reviews for transactions, lender's/owner's engineer assignments, and investment decisions. Review estimating basis, assumptions, pricing, quantities, contingencies, risk allowances, and schedule drivers. Produce clear review outputs (key risks, sensitivities, recommended adjustments, and confidence levels).
  • Closure & rehabilitation cost estimating: Develop and/or review mine closure cost estimates (concept through definitive level, as required). Build estimate structures aligned to closure scopes (earthworks, demolition, water management, tailings/WRD, monitoring, revegetation, long-term care). Support closure strategy development and identify cost/risk reduction opportunities.
  • Cost estimating (CAPEX/OPEX): Prepare and/or review CAPEX and OPEX estimates for mining and mineral processing. Develop estimate deliverables: BoQ/quantity take-offs (where applicable), pricing build-ups, escalation, indirects, contractor mark-ups, contingency and risk analysis.
  • Mining engineering & strategy: Contribute to mining strategy including mine development options, production scheduling concepts, equipment selection assumptions, and operating philosophies. Evaluate trade-offs (strip ratio impacts, haul profiles, fleet sizing, productivity assumptions) and translate into costs and financial outcomes.
  • Financial Modeling: Build and maintain financial models (DCF, NPV/IRR, scenario and sensitivity analysis) linking technical drivers to economics. Provide insights on value levers: production rate, recovery assumptions (as inputs), cost drivers, sustaining capital, closure provisions, and schedule impacts. Delivery leadership & client engagement: Interface with clients, run workshops, clarify scope, and present outcomes to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Mentor junior team members in estimating methods, modelling discipline, and QA practices.
  • Quality, governance & safety: Apply strong internal QA/QC on models and estimates (traceability, version control, peer review, auditable assumptions). Promote a strong safety culture and contribute to safe delivery planning for site-based assignments


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
  • BA/BS and 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience reviewing and adjusting cost estimates for mining projects to support due diligence reviews for investors and corporate development teams.
  • Experience building operating financial models for mining operations.
  • Experience building long-term mine plans and associated physicals and plans to achieve long-term goals.


Additional Information
  • Sponsorship is not available for this role now or in the future.
  • THIS POSTING IS FOR A CURRENT VACANCY, AND AECOM INTENDS TO FILL THIS POSITION BY NOVEMBER 16, 2026


At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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Size
51,000 employees
Market Cap
$11.8 billion
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Net Income
-$200.8 million
Founded
1990
5 Year Trend
-6.3%
Revenue
$13.3 billion
NASDAQ
ACM
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