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About the Role

ITASCA North America is seeking a Principal Geomechanics Engineer to provide technical leadership, grow client relationships, mentor engineers, and expand our geomechanics consulting practice in Canada and across North America. This role is for a senior technical and client-facing leader with strong practical experience and sound engineering judgment, who will guide complex geomechanics work, support high-quality project delivery, develop opportunities, and shape the growth of ITASCA North America. The ability to lead, review, challenge, interpret, and explain advanced technical work for client decision-making is paramount.

Responsibilities

Provide senior technical leadership on mining geomechanics and rock mechanics projects.
Guide studies involving slope stability, underground stability, ground control, stress redistribution, monitoring response, risk, and mine planning.
Review and challenge technical assumptions, interpretations, modeling approaches, and recommendations.
Help project teams connect field evidence, geology, monitoring data, operational constraints, and advanced analysis.
Serve as a trusted advisor to clients and support practical, defensible decision-making.
Develop client relationships and lead proposals, project scoping, and business development.
Mentor senior, intermediate, and junior engineers.
Collaborate with ITASCA specialists across Canada, the U.S., and internationally.
Support the growth and technical direction of ITASCA North America’s geomechanics practice.

Requirements

Advanced degree or equivalent professional experience in mining engineering, geological engineering, geotechnical engineering, civil engineering, rock mechanics, geomechanics, or a related field.
Minimum 15 years of experience in mining geomechanics, rock mechanics, or closely related geotechnical consulting or operational work.
Strong practical understanding of open pit and/or underground mining environments.
Demonstrated ability to guide complex technical work and provide sound engineering judgment.
Ability to review, interpret, and challenge technical analyses, including numerical modeling.
Strong client-facing communication skills.
Experience leading projects, mentoring engineers, and contributing to business development.
Professional Engineer (P.Eng./PE or equivalent) designation.
Established client relationships in Canada’s mining sector.
Experience developing and winning consulting work.
Experience serving as technical reviewer, project director, or senior advisor on complex geomechanics studies.
Experience integrating field observations, monitoring data, geology, mine plans, operational constraints, and technical analysis.
Recognition within the mining geomechanics community through publications, conferences, committees, or industry engagement.
Familiarity with ITASCA software, such as FLAC3D, 3DEC, UDEC, or PFC.

Skills

Geomechanics
Rock Mechanics
Slope Stability Analysis
Underground Stability Analysis
Ground Control
Stress Redistribution Analysis
Monitoring Response Analysis
Risk Assessment
Mine Planning
Numerical Modeling
Client Relationship Management
Business Development
Mentoring
Technical Leadership
ITASCA Software (FLAC3D, 3DEC, UDEC, PFC)

Location

Canada

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid/Remote options may be considered

Experience Level

Principal
Minimum 15 years of experience

Education Level

Advanced degree or equivalent professional experience

Salary/Compensations

$180,000-$230,000 CAD

Benefits

Competitive salary commensurate with experience
Performance bonuses, including cash and company stock
Health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
Generous paid time off from day one
Paid holidays
Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance

About the Company

For more than 45 years, ITASCA has helped clients solve complex geomechanics, hydrogeology, and engineering geology challenges through technical depth, practical judgment, and innovation.
At ITASCA, you will work on challenging projects where standard approaches are often not enough. Our work combines field experience, engineering interpretation, advanced analysis, and state-of-the-art ITASCA software to help clients make better decisions.
We are a collaborative, collegial, employee-owned company where technical excellence, curiosity, mentorship, mutual respect, and shared success matter.
This is a place for senior professionals who want meaningful influence with clients, colleagues, and the direction of a growing North American consulting practice.

Equal Opportunity

ITASCA is an equal opportunity employer, a drug-free workplace, and complies with accessibility regulations as applicable.