Staff Geotechnical Engineer
5 days ago
Edmonton AB, Edmonton Census Division, AB; Alberta, Canada
Klohn Crippen Berger Consultoria Ltda
Full-time
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As an Civil or Geotechnical Engineer , you will have the opportunity to work on large-scale technically challenging world-class projects with an organization with a long and impressive history. KCB continues to be a leader in geoscience, engineering and environmental consulting and has an exciting future in several strategic markets with several large projects within Alberta and further afield in geohazard engineering for highways, several multi-year contracts involving designing and assessing dams for hydro/thermal power, irrigation, and mining.
Work on highway geohazard projects involving geotechnical site investigations; ground hazard identification, assessment, and mitigation design; earth and rock slope design; erosion control design for creeks and rivers; annual geotechnical instrumentation programs
Work on power generation, irrigation, and mining water design, assessment, and risk mitigation projects with hands on experience in dams and spillways, dam safety reviews, inspections, geotechnical instrumentation readings and installation, including assisting Engineers of Record on challenging structures
Work in a multidisciplinary team environment that fosters career development while working with environmental scientists, regulatory permitting specialists, hydrotechnical engineers, structural engineers, and mechanical engineers
Travel throughout Alberta with opportunities for international mining work.
If you are registered as a Professional Engineer in Canada, have a Bachelor or Master's degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of related experience, we want to hear from you
Experience working with highway and railway geohazards;
Experience working with dam engineering and dam safety projects for hydropower, thermal; power, mining, and irrigation clients and familiarity with the Canadian Dam Association Dam Safety Guidelines, Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management, and Mining Association of Canada guidelines.
Proven project management and design/analysis skills with experience in preparing drawings and specification for tenders
Experience reviewing and interpreting geotechnical instrumentation data
Strong initiative, innovation and commitment to technical excellence as well as your enthusiasm and drive toward long-term success
Demonstrated leadership, decision-making and coaching skills, especially your ability to train and mentor young professionals
Superior verbal and written communication skills including your experience in writing proposals, technical reports and general project correspondence
Exceptional team spirit, interpersonal skills and your ability to build long-term, successful relationships with our multidisciplinary project teams
KCB) is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm with five major business units providing engineering and environmental services in the mining, hydropower, transportation, ports, infrastructure, geotechnical, oil & gas, environmental, and water resources sectors. From our offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, York (UK), Naas (Ireland), Sweden, and the Dominican Republic our EMIE Group works on challenging projects in the Water, Power and Transportation, Oil Sands, Mining, and Oil and Gas market sectors.
We are committed to employment equity and encourage applications from all qualified career seekers.