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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in Geotechnical Engineering, including advanced analysis and design, project management, and compliance with safety standards. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior staff, and develop client relationships while driving business development initiatives.
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Geotechnical Engineering ExpertiseProject Management SkillsTechnical Proposal PreparationClient Relationship DevelopmentMentorship and Team Leadership
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Hard Skills
Geotechnical InvestigationsFoundation EngineeringSoil MechanicsFinite Element ModelingSettlement AnalysisSlope Stability AnalysisGround Improvement SystemsAdvanced Geotechnical AnalysisLaboratory Testing ProgramsSubsurface Characterization
Soft Skills
Technical MentorshipCollaborationCommunicationProblem-SolvingLeadership
Tools & Technologies
GeoStudioLPileGroupSettle3DPLAXISRocscience
Certifications & Qualifications
P.Eng. DesignationBachelor’s or Advanced Degree in Geotechnical EngineeringValid Class 5 or G Driver’s License
Industry Keywords
MiningTailingsInfrastructureEarthworksConstruction MethodologiesTechnical StandardsBusiness DevelopmentPerformance MonitoringResource PlanningSafety Culture
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Report to the Service Line VP
- Champion and model a strong safety culture
- Partner with H&S to ensure compliance with company safety standards and employee engagement
- Provide technical mentorship and day-to-day guidance to junior and intermediate geotechnical engineers, geologists, and field staff
- Support resource planning and project staffing across geotechnical assignments
- Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and performance feedback processes
- Support knowledge sharing, technical training, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Contribute to best practices, technical standards, lessons learned, business planning, budgeting, and resource forecasting
- Prepare proposals, scopes of work, technical approaches, and cost estimates for geotechnical and tailings projects
- Develop and maintain client relationships through technical delivery and project support
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on opportunities in mining, tailings, dams, and infrastructure
- Represent the company at conferences, technical committees, and client workshops
- Support business development and revenue growth initiatives
- Lead geotechnical investigations and design studies
- Review engineering reports, design drawings, specifications, and technical memoranda
- Perform peer reviews and independent technical reviews of geotechnical designs, investigations, and construction methodologies
- Integrate geotechnical, geological, hydrogeological, and geophysical data into infrastructure design solutions
- Oversee project performance, quality, profitability, and lifecycle controls
- Act as Project Lead/Director, SME, or proposal lead
- Advise clients on practical engineering, construction, and business solutions for geotechnical risks
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Geotechnical Engineering with a P.Eng. designation (master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering)
- Minimum 15 years of progressive geotechnical engineering experience following graduation, including geotechnical investigations, foundation engineering, earthworks, and advanced geotechnical analysis and design
- Expertise in shallow foundations, deep foundations, drilled shafts, driven piles, micropiles, retaining structures, and ground improvement systems
- Experience planning, directing, and interpreting geotechnical field investigations, laboratory testing programs, instrumentation and monitoring, and subsurface characterization
- Strong technical knowledge of soil mechanics, rock mechanics, settlement analysis, slope stability, earth retaining structures, seepage analysis, and finite element modeling
- Experience leading foundation engineering services for major infrastructure, transportation, industrial, commercial, institutional, and land development projects
- Proficiency with GeoStudio, LPile, Group, Settle3D, PLAXIS, Rocscience, or equivalent platforms
- Strong project management skills, including scope development, budgeting, resource planning, contract administration, schedule management, and financial performance monitoring
- Experience preparing and reviewing technical proposals, statements of qualifications, technical reports, specifications, and construction documents
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring engineers, project managers, and technical specialists
- Ability to travel up to 20%
- A valid class 5 or G driver’s license with no restrictions
Benefits
Comp & perks- Recruitment process support and accommodation for applicants with disabilities
- Reasonable employment accommodation for all applicants
- Equal opportunity employment