Senior Geotechnical Engineer / Senior Geotechnical Specialist

Job Description

Senior Geotechnical Engineer / Senior Geotechnical Specialist

Come join us in reshaping the future with AtkinsRéalis. AtkinsRéalis is dedicated in engineering a better future for our planet and its people.

We are currently seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer / Senior Geotechnical Specialist to join our team in Saskatchewan. Ideally someone who has proven capability as a doer-seller with strong interpersonal and client communication skills and technical expertise. The successful applicant will have the right flare and ability to support our mining and industrial geotechnics team in building on the existing portfolio in Saskatchewan, as well as opportunities to support projects across a broad spectrum of sectors within Canada and worldwide. Background with Potash Mine design and operations, with knowledge of tailings management and the current Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM), would be an asset.

Your role within the team :

• Act as a key technical resource or lead for ongoing mining projects across Saskatchewan including work with Tailings Management Area planning and design.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams related to the management, planning and design of mine tailings from concept through to construction.
• Technical tasks may also include tailings dam inspections, dam safety reviews, and other studies related to the design and behaviour of tailings facilities
• Undertake geotechnical assessments, complex analysis, design calculations and detailed designs with knowledge of specialized software for slope stability, flow and stress-strain analysis such as GeoStudio, Rock science and PLAXIS.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of existing and emerging opportunities, trends, regulatory requirements and best practices e.g. ICMM, GISTM, etc.
• Provide practical and economic solutions to clients that differentiate the team.
• Contribute to the development of project proposals / cost estimates and participate in the process of securing new business opportunities or expanding the scope of existing projects.
• Understand construction drawings and design reports to support construction and provide guidance and troubleshooting for QA field testing and performance of materials such as soil and concrete.
• Analyze and prepare recommendations and reports relating to areas such as foundation design, infrastructure, shoring, retaining walls, slope stability, ground improvement, settlement and deformation analysis, seismic & liquefaction assessments, road structure design, dikes and dams, materials testing, and other geotechnical related projects.
• Understanding of complex analytical results and application for design and / or research. A strong understanding of undrained shear strength, soil loading, and liquefaction related to coarse and fine tailings review would be an asset.
• Identify / anticipate / evaluate market trends, opportunities, and industry dynamics.

Why choose AtkinsRéalis as an employer?

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The ideal candidate :

Are you up for this challenge? Apply today and join our team to help engineer a Better Future for our Planet and its People.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.