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Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Okane Consultants - 9 emplois
Saskatoon, SK
Temps plein
Exécutif
Avantages pour l'entreprise
Modalités de travail flexibles
Assurance invalidité
Salary: $125,000-$180,000

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 Senior Geotechnical Engineer…

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our team. This role will provide technical oversight and leadership to Okane's current and future geotechnical team and support building our Integrated Life of Mine Planning service offering.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership, training, technical guidance, strategic direction and mentorship to the geotechnical team and other technical disciplines ensuring core processes and technical standards are followed.
  • Demonstrate care about the well-being of yourself and others through active safety leadership.
  • Apply an advanced understanding of geotechnical engineering principles to progress and guide the development of conceptual models in support of closure plan development and design.
  • Lead the development of proposals including work scopes and estimation of schedule and costs.
  • Lead and review numerical modeling programs to assess geotechnical stability, liquefaction, and consolidation assessments.
  • Review geotechnical investigations to support tailings and mine projects (site investigations, monitoring data).
  • Prepare, review ,and authenticate advanced technical documentation and reports for technical quality and assurance.
  • Project management, including managing budget, scope, and schedule.
  • Facilitate workshops, including risk assessments and multiple accounts analyses with various stakeholders and external project support.
  • Interact competently with internal and external stakeholders of varying levels of expertise.
  • Develop strong relationships with clients, foster existing client relationships, and leverage client relationships to generate new leads and opportunities or initiate referrals.

Job Requirements

  • Strong understanding of soil or rock mechanics with a fundamental knowledge of geotechnical design primarily slope stability.
  • Operational or closure experience within the mining industry is considered an asset.
  • Strong working knowledge of regulatory and legislative frameworks.
  • Strong project management skills and ability to lead interdisciplinary project teams.
  • Ability and willingness to coordinate with peers and clients in different time zones.
  • Experience using relevant software packages such as GeoStudio.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking skills for leadership at both the strategic and tactical levels.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills and experience with writing and reviewing proposals, technical reports, and/or regulatory submissions.
  • Travel as required to support workshops, client meetings and/or site visits.
  • Bachelor's or post-graduate degree in Geotechnical (Civil or Geological) Engineering and a Licensed Professional Engineer. qualified to act as an Engineer of Record.
  • Encompass Okane's Core Vision (Help Create a Better Tomorrow) and Values (Passionate, Smart & Clever, Positive, Thoughtful & Caring, and Humble).

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Okane is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued, respected, and has a sense of belonging. A diverse workforce is critical to our success, and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose Okane as your employer. If you require an adjustment during the recruitment/interview process, please let the HR Team know, and we will work with you to meet your needs. For more information about Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, please click here Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • Okane Consultants.

Application Deadline

We welcome all qualified applicants to submit their Cover letter and CV before November 29th, 2024. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. However, those candidates who are selected will be contacted. We thank you for your interest in Okane.

To find out more about Okane, visit Home • Okane Consultants.

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