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Geotechnical Engineer

Posted: 15 Oct 2009
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Geotechnical Engineer Vancouver, BC, Canada
General Position Description
The incumbent will be involved in site investigations, including rock and soil logging, soil investigations, natural hazard assessments, mine design, including slope stability evaluations and pit wall design. The primary work will be for mining clients, but work for oil and gas and infrastructure clients is also likely. The candidate will often be working on active mine sites. Opportunities exist to work on a variety of tasks, including project management, analysis and design and report writing.
The incumbent will be responsible for managing surface mining geotechnical engineering projects with a primary project focus on pit slopes, waste dump and tailings embankment stability investigations. While the primary focus will be on mining projects, opportunities exist to work with both the Geological and Water Management Groups within our office.
Essential Job Functions
Support mining and tailings planning, mine operations, tailings operations and construction monitoring teams to optimize designs based on day to day operations and long-term planning requirements.
Designing material waste dumps, mine pit walls, foundations, and/or fluid and tailings retaining structures.
Providing geotechnical input into short-term construction and planning projects.
Conduct geotechnical design, inspection and monitoring of tailings storage facilities.
Conducting stability and seepage analyses and preparing detailed engineering drawings.
Reviewing various geotechnical instrumentation data to ensure structures and/or pit walls are performing as per design.
Conducting geotechnical site investigations and assessments.
Education and Professional Background
Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in Geotechnical, Geological, Civil or Mining Engineering.
Three to five years of industry or consulting engineering experience.
Registered or eligible to register as a professional engineer or geoscientist in the Province of Alberta or the Province of British Colombia.
Experience in geotechnical investigations, field monitoring, foundations, soil mechanics and slope stability.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proven ability to work in a team environment.
Excellent computer skills are required including experience with the Microsoft Office suite of programs, Geo-Slope suite of programs and AutoCAD systems. Experience in a consulting engineering environment at a senior project management level is highly desirable.
Experience in mining and/or tailings management is highly desirable.

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