Senior Engineer, Geotechnical

About EVR

Role overview

Locations and travel

• The role may be based in the Elk Valley area or Calgary, Alberta, with frequent travel to EVR mine sites.
• The schedule is a compressed work week with alternating Fridays off.

Key responsibilities

• Support safe operations and collaborate with site teams on monitoring, performance assessment, and risk management for pit slopes and waste rock dumps.
• Perform analyses and design for pit slopes and waste rock dumps; assess failures and instabilities to inform future designs.
• Lead early-stage designs for potential future mining areas and coordinate and review consultants’ detailed, permit-level designs.
• Help operationalize permitted designs and hand them over to operations teams.
• Identify, scope, and lead geotechnical practice improvements with central Technical Services and site colleagues.
• Participate in the geotechnical community of practice; train and mentor students, graduates, and junior-to-intermediate engineers and geoscientists.
• Participate in and adhere to health and safety programs and policies.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in Geological Engineering or Geotechnical Engineering; additional education or certificates are an asset.
• Registered or immediately eligible for EGBC registration as a P.Eng., or as a P.L.Eng. with an authorized area of practice meeting role requirements.
• At least seven years of relevant geotechnical experience with open-pit mining operations in coal, metals, or industrial minerals.
• Proficiency with open-pit and waste-dump geotechnical software, such as Rocscience suite, GeoExplorer, radar monitoring, or MinePlan.
• Strong communication, organization, collaboration, and interpersonal skills; able to manage multiple tasks and time-sensitive work.
• Valid Class 5 driver’s license or equivalent.

Compensation and benefits

• The stated salary range is CAD 123,000–145,000 per year; the actual offer depends on relevant experience, skills, competencies, and internal equity.
• Benefits include two annual bonus plans, comprehensive benefits, retirement package, health lifestyle account, and relocation assistance.

Pre-employment requirements

• Successful candidates must satisfy pre-employment requirements, including a drug screen and three professional references.
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