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Geotechnical Specialist

5 months ago


Regina, Canada SNC-Lavalin Full time

**Geotechnical Specialist**
Bring your strong geotechnical background along with experience in tailings and mining to work for us
Our commitment to excellence extends to our workplace where we offer a flexible work environment, competitive compensation and benefits including a generous Pension program and an Employee Share Ownership Plan, in-house training programs, a strong emphasis on health and safety, support for continuing education and professional development, and the opportunity to work with and learn from senior technical experts and professionals.
We are currently seeking a Geotechnical Specialist **to join the Geoscience & Materials Practice in Saskatoon or Regina, Saskatchewan, providing business and operational leadership, having superior client relations skills and a proven ability to generate new clients and projects.**
**How will you contribute to the team?**
**Technical**
- Acting as a key technical geotechnical resource providing technical direction on and/or senior review of projects and proposals.
- Participate in multidisciplinary teams related to the management of mine tailings.
- Participate in the investigations and studies on potential location of tailings dam sites;
- Involved in all stages of the design of tailings dams, from concept 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.
- Knowledge of slope stability, flow and stress-strain software (e.g. GeoStudio, FLAC, Plaxis, etc.)
- Ensuring appropriate Quality Management System is applied on projects.
- Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of existing and emerging opportunities, trends, regulatory requirements and best practices e.g., ICMM.
- Providing practical and economic solutions to clients that differentiate the team.

***Strategic Planning and Implementation**
- Sustain and grow business across various market sectors
- Identify/anticipate/evaluate market trends, opportunities, and industry dynamics
- Innovate and enhance our team capabilities and integrated approach
- Identify and develop strategic partnerships amongst the consulting community
- Lead and foster regional marketing and business development activities

***Business Development**
- Developing and executing annual business and pursuit plans for developing new business opportunities and growth, including cross selling of services.
- Developing and maintaining a network of business contacts.
- Develop and manage strong relationships with new and existing clients, field personnel, government and regulatory agencies and expand internal SNC-Lavalin network.
- Contribute to the development of complex project proposals/cost estimates and participate in the process of securing new business opportunities or expanding the scope of existing projects
- Contribute to the overall strategic development of the Geoscience & Materials Practice, including growth, profitability and supporting the development of new processes, services, geographies and client sectors

***Leadership**
- Act in the capacity of Engineer of Record (EOR) for tailings facilities.
- Geotechnical engineering, project management, project leadership, and collaboration with staff and managers in other technical practices and business units, locally and out-of-province.
- Providing recommendations on hiring.
- Participating in or delegation of participation in local professional and/or business associations.
- Provide technical expertise and/or direction, and act as a technical advisor to project teams and/or other technical staff within the organization as well as directly with internal and external clients
- Mentoring and/or coaching staff.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary project teams, guiding and instructing others
- Ensure proper implementation and continued use of safety and quality assurance programs and corporate policies and procedures.
- Safety and ethical leadership

***What will you contribute?**
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Geotechnical Engineering with a P.Eng. designation
- Minimum of 15 years relevant industry experience, since graduation, in geotechnical engineering related services.
- Eligible for registration with APEGS
- Demonstrated local market knowledge and an established presence and reputation within the local geotechnical consulting and client network.
- Demonstrated record of client growth and leading project teams.
- Highly developed client management skills.
- Demonstrated successful track record with business development and proposals
- Solid understanding of the drivers within the geotechnical consulting industry (i.e., business trends, regulatory, economic, and political).
- Proven organizational, team-building, technical, project management skills.
- Superior writing and verbal communication skills, English fluency.
- Valid Canadian driver’s license with a clean drivers’ abstract.
- Must be able and willing to travel for project work away