Geohazards Specialist

**Geohazards Specialist**

**_ Are you looking for a company that works on major engineering projects all over the world? Do you want to make a difference by improving the daily lives of communities worldwide? Are you seeking to join an inclusive and diverse team that you can truly count on? You’ve come to the right place_**

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

AtkinsRéalis has geohazards and geomorphology specialists that use expert knowledge, principles, and practice in geohazards, earth surface processes, and landforms to assist clients achieve economic, environmental and safety goals by recognizing and minimizing the impact of terrain constraints, mitigating hazards, reducing risk, and providing engineered solutions. Our team gathers professionals with specific background and experience in slope hazards, erosion processes, water crossing assessment, Eco hydraulics, terrain mapping, hazard, and risk mapping (qualitative and quantitative), image analysis and interpretation, GIS analysis, surface water and debris flow modeling. Our current clients include pipeline, power generation, mining, and forest companies, as well as municipal, provincial, and federal governments, and First Nations. We are fully supported by geotechnical, civil and hydrotechnical engineers, hydrologists/water resource specialists, biologists and environmental specialists recognized locally and around the world for their expertise.

We are currently seeking a Geohazards Specialist to join our dynamic group of scientist and engineers. This position will report to a Team Lead in their province of practice.

**Your role within the team**
- Design, collect and evaluate (or interpret) data from soil, sediment, and bedrock surveys; fieldwork involves periods of time away from home. This may include long hours, working on remote locations and rustic conditions.
- Design and implement geomorphological field studies.
- Study the effects of landslide, erosion, sedimentation, and neo-tectonic activity on the landscape.
- Record and interpret geological and geomorphological information from maps, reports, stratigraphic logs, air photographs, satellite imagery, geological surveys, and other sources.
- Participate in the study and mitigation of hazards including floods and landslides.
- Prepare geomorphological maps, diagrams, cross-sections and reports from field and office studies.
- Support the development of proposals in response to client requests for expertise, develop relationships with clients that are based on knowledge, experience, and trust.

**Why choose** **AtkinsRéalis** as an employer?**

Because we offer:

- The opportunity to work on various major projects for internal and external clients.
- An exciting environment where work-life balance is important.
- A wide array of learning and development opportunities.
- Competitive pay, flexible benefits, an employee share plan, and a defined contribution pension plan.
- A work environment focused on health and safety.
- Bachelor’s Degree from a relevant Engineering or Earth Sciences program with specific education, training, or experience in geomorphology and geohazards; master’s degree in this discipline is an asset. Registered (or qualified to register) as P. Geo, P. Eng or P.L. Eng.
- Minimum of 1-5 years’ experience working in a consulting environment in statistical and analytical methods in geoscience and/or geotechnical hazards work with hydrotechnical knowledge.
- Expertise using specialized equipment and/or software (LiDAR, Geophysical tools, Satellite image interpretation software, GIS software, survey equipment, geological or geotechnical modelling software etc.) and willingness to take responsibility for those skills, including training other staff to use them.
- Demonstrated skill at air photo interpretation and working knowledge of ArcGIS.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to produce reports and proposals.

**About AtkinsRéalis**

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-leading professional services and project management company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital.

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