Geoenvironmental Engineer – Senior Level (Hybrid)

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Calgary, AB
Senior level
Consulting • Energy
The Role
The senior geoenvironmental engineer will manage large-scale tailings management projects, conduct assessments, oversee engineering studies, maintain client communication, prepare proposals and cost estimates, mentor junior staff, and travel as required. Their work will focus on ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and providing technical leadership in complex mining sector projects.
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Summary:

Barr is seeking a senior geoenvironmental engineer with experience in tailings management to join its Calgary office. This person will undertake challenging and progressive work focused on large-scale tailings management field programs and associated engineering analysis and design for complex projects with industrial clients in the oil sands and/or other mining industries.

Project work will include providing technical leadership on large-scale tailings management field programs; conducting tailings studies and assessments; managing and providing technical leadership for engineering studies and multidisciplinary design projects (including conceptual, feasibility, front-end, and detailed design stages); regular client communication and interface; working with clients and staff to prepare plans and execution strategies; preparing cost estimates; preparing formal proposals; writing and managing delivery of technical reports; participating in business development initiatives and client management; mentoring junior staff; and performing other duties as assigned by the company. While the position is located in Calgary, periodic travel is required.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in environmental, mining, geological, geotechnical, civil engineering, or a related discipline

  • 10 or more years of work experience directly related to the job responsibilities described above

  • Professionally certified in Alberta (e.g., P. Eng.) or ability to be certified within one year

  • Experience in the execution of field programs

  • Knowledge and experience in tailings management in the mining sector, sediment transport/solid-water interactions, and mine reclamation and closure

  • Familiarity with environmental regulations

  • Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with project team members and clients

  • Strong technical and problem-solving skills

  • A flexible working style and the ability to work independently and with multidisciplinary teams of specialists to meet client and project needs

  • Willingness to travel and periodically adjust personal schedule to meet project needs (project needs will vary seasonally and over time)

  • Legal authorization to work in Canada without the need for sponsorship from Barr Ltd., now or in the future

  • Possession of a valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in geoenvironmental or mining engineering or a related discipline

  • Experience in numerical modelling of fine tailings geotechnical and/or flow behavior

  • Knowledge and experience in fluid fine tailings management within the oil sands industry, and mine waste management

  • Demonstrated project management and leadership skills and experience related to client management/interfacing as well as directing/mentoring junior professional staff

  • Knowledge and experience of industrial processes such as mining and/or minerals processing

  • Experience with business development or marketing of professional services

A hybrid work arrangement may be considered for this position. A hybrid work arrangement refers to splitting time worked between a Barr office and a home office. This position is based out of Barr's Calgary, Alberta, office.

NOTE: Applicants must be able to work in remote locations that feature rough terrain typical of construction and mining sites and to enter and work in facilities that include limited accessibility, moving machinery, and other conditions typical of industrial facilities. Job assignments may involve work on waste-disposal sites and sites requiring cleanup of hazardous materials. Safety training will be provided before being assigned to work on these sites.

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Top Skills

Environmental Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Mining Engineering
The Company
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
1,024 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1966

What We Do

Barr provides engineering and environmental consulting services to clients across the Midwest, throughout the Americas, and around the world. We have been employee-owned since 1966 and trace our origins to the early 1900s. Working together, our 1,000+ engineers, scientists, and technical specialists help clients develop, manage, and restore natural resources.

Barr’s project teams work with clients in industries such as power, refining, mining, and manufacturing as well as attorneys, government agencies, and natural-resource-management organizations. Our project sites range from iron-ore mines in South America to wind-power farms in South Dakota, from manufacturing facilities in California to oil-sands fields in western Canada.

Barr is an EEO employer. For more about who we are and what we do, please visit our website at www.barr.com

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