Senior Geotechnical Engineer

February 19

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Okane Consultants

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Okane helps mining companies return the land responsibly and safely at the end of a mine’s lifecycle. We believe in challenging the status quo and advocate for meaningful partnerships and positive outcomes for community stakeholders and Indigenous rightsholders. Our solutions help our clients achieve positive financial, environmental, and social outcomes from feasibility to relinquishment.

Mine Waste Cover System Design • Performance Monitoring • Geochemistry • Landform Design • Water Management

51 - 200 employees

📋 Description

• Provide leadership, training, technical guidance, strategic direction and mentorship to the geotechnical team and other technical disciplines ensuring core processes and technical standards are followed. • Demonstrate care about the well-being of yourself and others through active safety leadership. • Apply an advanced understanding of geotechnical engineering principles to progress and guide the development of conceptual models in support of closure plan development and design. • Lead the development of proposals including work scopes and estimation of schedule and costs. • Lead and review numerical modeling programs to assess geotechnical stability, liquefaction, and consolidation assessments. • Review geotechnical investigations to support tailings and mine projects (site investigations, monitoring data). • Prepare, review, and authenticate advanced technical documentation and reports for technical quality and assurance. • Project management, including managing budget, scope, and schedule. • Facilitate workshops, including risk assessments and multiple accounts analyses with various stakeholders and external project support. • Interact competently with internal and external stakeholders of varying levels of expertise. • Develop strong relationships with clients, foster existing client relationships, and leverage client relationships to generate new leads and opportunities or initiate referrals.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong understanding of soil or rock mechanics with a fundamental knowledge of geotechnical design primarily slope stability. • Operational or closure experience within the mining industry is considered an asset. • Strong working knowledge of regulatory and legislative frameworks. • Strong project management skills and ability to lead interdisciplinary project teams. • Ability and willingness to coordinate with peers and clients in different time zones. • Experience using relevant software packages such as GeoStudio. • Demonstrated critical thinking skills for leadership at both the strategic and tactical levels. • Strong written and oral communication skills and experience with writing and reviewing proposals, technical reports, and/or regulatory submissions. • Travel as required to support workshops, client meetings and/or site visits. • Bachelor’s or post-graduate degree in Geotechnical (Civil or Geological) Engineering and a Licensed Professional Engineer qualified to act as an Engineer of Record.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance incentive. • Annual vacation time. • Paid sick days. • Health and dental coverage. • Health spending account. • Short-term and long-term disability insurance. • Growth and advancement opportunities along with an annual allowance for professional development. • Flexible workplace policy, including maternity and parental leave top-ups and flexibility when returning to work.