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About the Role
As a Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Tailings & Mine Waste, you will deliver complex tailings and mine waste projects, provide technical guidance, and work closely with clients and multidisciplinary teams. You will have the opportunity to apply your technical expertise across investigations, design, and facility assessments, mentor developing engineers, and contribute to the continued growth of Equilibrium’s Mine Waste practice.
Responsibilities
- Manage geotechnical investigations, assessments, and designs for tailings, waste rock spoils and other mine waste facilities, confirming safe work practices, schedule, budget, and client requirements are met.
- Perform, oversee, and review geotechnical analyses, interpret field and monitoring data, develop geotechnical models, and provide practical, risk-informed engineering recommendations.
- Plan and coordinate geotechnical investigations, inspections, and construction support activities, providing safety oversight, technical direction and responding to site conditions and emerging project requirements.
- Prepare and review engineering reports, calculations, specifications, and technical documentation, while supporting technical reviews, dam safety assessments, risk evaluations, and quality assurance and quality control.
- Serve as a point of contact for assigned scopes, communicate project status, technical findings and recommendations, and contribute to project planning, proposals, schedules, budgets, and client meetings.
- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and review to junior engineers, engineers-in-training, technologists, and field staff, supporting their professional development.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, industry best practices, and the development of tools, workflows, and quality practices within the Mine Waste practice.
Requirements
- 7 - 10 years of relevant experience in geotechnical engineering, mining, engineering consulting, mine waste, tailings, or project delivery.
- Demonstrated experience in geotechnical design and evaluation of tailings dams, waste rock spoils, and/or co-management structures.
- Demonstrated commitment to health and safety, with experience identifying and managing risks in mine site, field, and project environments.
- Strong technical judgement, leadership and project coordination skills.
- Strong interpersonal and emotional intelligence, with the ability to communicate thoughtfully, build trust, provide constructive technical feedback, and navigate challenging situations with empathy.
- Experience contributing to business development, cross-selling, and building long-term client relationships.
- Willingness to travel to mine sites as required.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is based.
- Periodic domestic and/or international travel may be required for project assignments, meetings, training, client engagements, field investigations, and other business purposes, including travel to remote project and mine sites.
- Flexibility in work schedule may be required to support collaboration across different time zones.
- Depending on project or client requirements, the role may require security, background, criminal record, drug and alcohol, or other screening.
Skills
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Mine Waste
- Tailings Dams
- Dam Safety
- Engineer of Record
- Waste Rock
- Geotechnical Investigations
- Geotechnical Design
- Risk Assessment
- Project Delivery
- Technical Leadership
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering (Civil, Geotechnical, Geological, or related discipline)
- Professional Engineering designation (P.Eng.) or equivalent professional registration required where applicable
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000 to $145,000 CAD per year
Benefits
- Benefits
- Bonus
About the Company
- Equilibrium is a specialist technical consultancy serving the global mining and natural resources sectors.
- We bring together expertise in geotechnical engineering, structural geology, and hydrogeology, to solve complex technical challenges and deliver practical solutions for our clients.
- Founded by internationally respected technical leaders, we combine deep technical expertise with a practical, solutions-focused approach and close client relationships.
- Our multidisciplinary teams work across regions and disciplines to deliver work that is technically sound, practical and fit for purpose.
- Technical excellence is at the heart of what we do.
- We are committed to continuously improving our expertise, how we work and the value we deliver to our clients.
- Different perspectives make us stronger.
- We believe bringing together different experiences and ways of thinking makes our teams stronger and our work better.
- More than half of our team are women, reflecting the inclusive and collaborative culture we are building at Equilibrium.
- We look for people who are technically excellent, curious, empathetic and generous with their knowledge.
- Initiative, collaboration and fresh thinking shape how we work, while respect and transparency guide how we work with one another.
- We want people to feel heard, supported and empowered to contribute — whether that's sharing an idea, challenging an assumption or helping a colleague succeed.
- Our values — excellence, transparency, diversity and mindfulness of our impact — guide how we work with each other, serve our clients and contribute to our communities and the planet.