Senior Tailings Geotechnical Engineer
About The Position
Hatch is seeking to hire a Senior level, Geotechnical Tailings Engineer to become a practitioner in the field and part of our expanding team in Calgary, Canada. This role would suit a highly motivated professional with a strong technical focus, who is interested in supporting the development of the practice and expanding the capability within the North American cluster of an existing multidisciplinary practice group of specialists in tailings and mine waste management field made of geotechnical, hydrotechnical, mining, geoscientists, and process engineers around the world. Reporting will be to the Tailings Practice Lead in Canada, which in turn report to the Global Practice Director in the Tailings Practice.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree(s) in Civil, Geological, or Mining engineering and/or post-graduate in Geotechnical Engineering from an accredited University.
- Valid professional engineering registration in Ontario, Canada
- Minimum of 12 years’ experience in a role leading to this opportunity.
- Construction/field experience (construction quality assurance in geotechnical/hydrotechnical facilities.
- Excellent verbal and written (English) communication skills.
- Works well and seamlessly in an international team with a strong client focus.
- Highly proficient in MS Office suite of tools including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Proficient in GeoStudio or Rocscience package and advance use of Excel
- Familiar with AutoCAD Civil3D environment
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
- Valid passport preferably with international recognition as well as a valid driver’s license.
Nice To Haves
- Preferred bilingual proficiency in (English/ French).
- Preferred abilities with computer programming in Python or Visual Basic.
Responsibilities
- Carry out a tailings storage facility design project by completing and/or guiding the required geotechnical engineering analysis and coordinating a multi-discipline team. The study level can range from conceptual, pre-feasibility, feasibility, detailed engineering or construction.
- Prepare and review trade-off studies, feasibility to detailed engineering studies, engineering reports, drawings and specifications for mine waste disposal.
- Support the team in identifying and solving geotechnical issues. A common example for a practitioner with geotechnical engineering background is to have a reasoned insight of settlements, liquefaction potential, slope stabilization, pore pressure generation, excavation and backfilling procedures, and related problems.
- Be able to carry out slope stability and seepage analysis and understand contractive (liquefaction) behavior under static and earthquake loading scenarios. Proficient in geotechnical modeling software, such as SLOPE/W, SEEP/W and SIGMA/W. Support the team in coordinating geotechnical models of tailings storage facilities, especially with limit equilibrium and dynamic deformation under a variety of loading conditions.
- Develop and manage field and laboratory investigation programs to support the design of tailings storage facilities.
- Develop and manage geotechnical instrumentation monitoring programs.
- Support field operations through supervision, troubleshooting and monitoring. A practitioner with geotechnical engineering background would require experience in drilling, carrying out and understanding in situ tests, piezocone soundings, reconnaissance trenches, as well as tailings storage facility construction, subgrade compaction assessment, and installation of geosynthetics, etc.
- Prepare and review proposals including cost estimates using Hatch’s internal proposal software system
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior and intermediate engineers
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Long term career development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
