Senior Project Hydrogeologist

Responsibilities

• Support and manage hydrogeology, mine water, groundwater, and environmental projects.
• Plan, coordinate, and interpret field investigations, including drilling, monitoring well installation, groundwater and surface water sampling, aquifer testing, and hydraulic testing.
• Develop and interpret conceptual hydrogeologic models.
• Support groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling, including data preparation, model development, and documentation.
• Analyze hydrogeologic, geochemical, and environmental data.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, work plans, proposals, scopes, budgets, and schedules.
• Manage small- to medium-sized projects or project tasks, including scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, and technical quality.
• Communicate technical findings to project teams, clients, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate with hydro geologists, geomechanics engineers, engineering geologists, geochemists, data scientists, and numerical modelers.
• Support proposal development, client communication, and continued growth of ITASCA North America's hydrogeology practice.

• Advanced degree in hydrogeology, environmental engineering, geochemistry, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of relevant professional experience.
• Proven technical capability in hydrogeology or a closely related field.
• Professional registration by a recognized organization, or ability to obtain registration where required.
• Experience with hydrogeologic field investigations, groundwater monitoring, aquifer or hydraulic testing, and data interpretation.
• Experience developing or interpreting conceptual hydrogeologic models.
• Familiarity with groundwater flow and/or contaminant transport modeling.
• Effective technical writing, verbal communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage small- to medium-sized assignments or projects.
• Ability to support proposals, work programs, budgets, and client communication.
• Strongly valued Mining industry experience, particularly mine water management, pit dewatering, depressurization, seepage, closure, water balance, permitting, and operational hydrogeology.
• Experience with contaminant hydrogeology, aqueous geochemistry, groundwater/surface water interaction, water supply, or remediation.
• Experience with MODFLOW, FEFLOW, MINEDW, PEST, MT3D, or other transport modeling tools, GIS, 3‑D visualization, or data analysis.
• Experience supporting environmental impact assessment, permitting, regulatory engagement, or closure planning.
• Experience coordinating subcontractors, field crews, drilling programs, or monitoring programs.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary technical teams.