Intermediate Water Quality Scientist

2 months ago


Saskatoon, Canada Okane Consultants Full time

**Okane** is an integrated engineering and geoscience consulting company with a global team across Canada, USA, Australia, and New Zealand.

We help mining companies to return mine-affected land responsibly and safely at the end of a mine’s lifecycle. We believe in challenging the status quo and advocate for meaningful partnerships and positive outcomes for community stakeholders and Indigenous rightsholders.

Our solutions are led by a team of interdisciplinary experts spanning various engineering, science, and technology-based fields, including community and stakeholder engagement, mine planning, mine closure design, geotechnical and civil engineering, geology, geochemistry, hydrology and hydrogeology, soil sciences, rehabilitation, revegetation, and environmental monitoring.

**Why Choose Us?**

We champion diversity and inclusion. We believe in flexibility, work-life balance, and an open-door approach to communication. We provide employees with the tools to succeed and grow with the company and benefits that ensure our employees have the means to feel fulfilled.

Okane’s purpose is to_ ‘Help Create a Better Tomorrow’. Our_ workplace culture is defined by the everyday behaviors of our team and driven by our core values: _Passionate, Thoughtful & Caring, Smart & Clever, Positive, and Humble_.

Our employees enjoy:

- Competitive salary and performance incentive.
- Annual vacation time.
- Paid sick days.
- Health and dental coverage.
- Health spending account.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Growth and advancement opportunities along with an annual allowance for professional development.
- Flexible workplace policy, including maternity and parental leave top-ups and flexibility when returning to work.
- Being a part of an organization recognized as one of the Top Employers of Saskatchewan (2023) & one of Canada’s top Small & Medium Employers (2023).

**Our Next Intermediate Water Quality Scientist **...**

We have an exciting opportunity for an intermediate water quality scientist to join our team. Reporting to our Senior Geochemistry and Water Quality Scientist, the Intermediate Geochemistry and Water Quality Scientist will provide quality technical knowledge of consulting and WQ modelling and assessment,, data analysis, and technical reporting. In this role, the intermediate geochemistry and water quality scientist will help grow Okane’s Water Stewardship team and solution category for Integrated Mine Closure and Mine Planning. This role is remote but preference is Vancouver, BC.

**Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities**
- Provide technical excellence on the development and review of conceptual and numerical water quality models and assess impacts to the receiving environment (surface and groundwater).
- Work closely with Okane’s environmental geochemistry team to integrate geochemical and ML/ARD characterization in WQ models, interpret model outputs and inform water management strategies and planning.
- Quality technical outputs for mine water management planning and water quality projects in all phases of mine life.
- Ensure their project teams follow Okane’s core processes and technical standards.
- Prepare advanced technical documentation and reports.
- Support Okane’s Engineer/ Scientist of Record, where appropriate.
- Support clients through regulatory and permitting processes.
- Prepare detailed work scopes for proposals.
- Project coordination and budgeting.
- Foster and maintain effective client and regulator relationships and networks including identification of innovative opportunities.

**Job Requirements**
- Technical background in water quality modelling, geochemistry (with a focus on ML/ARD issues and mine closure), and water balance modelling
- Experience using GoldSim, GeoStudio and other numerical modelling programs.
- Experience with mine closure and reclamation projects.
- Experience with regulatory and permitting processes
- Experience with the environmental assessment process is an asset.
- Knowledge of regulations, codes, and standards including permitting procedures and practices is an asset.
- Knowledge of hydrology, hydrogeology, and environmental engineering is an asset.
- Possess leadership skills and abilities including communication, accountability, honesty, empathy, creativity, responsibility, and flexibility.
- Experience and aptitude for multidisciplinary work and dynamic team environments.
- Interact competently with internal and external stakeholders of varying levels of expertise.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills - business and technical writing.
- Embody Okane’s Core Vision (Help Create a Better Tomorrow) and Values (Passionate, Smart and Clever, Positive, Thoughtful and Caring, and Humble).
- Work and interact with peers with integrity, fairness, and transparency.
- Ensure Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines in the execution of all work.

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