Geoscientists & Geomatics Professionals

About NES

Nanaimo Engineering Services Ltd. is a geoscience and engineering firm based in Nanaimo, BC, operating under a Permit to Practice with Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC). We support sand and gravel pits, rock quarries and development projects across British Columbia, from early resource studies through permitting, monitoring and site rehabilitation.

• Quarries: design, permitting and Notice of Work (NoW) applications
• Monitoring: dust and noise monitoring, blast vibration monitoring, and sampling
• Geotechnical Engineering: rock face rehabilitation, geohazard analysis and pre-construction assessment
• Hydrogeology
• Geomatics: drone photogrammetry

NES is building a roster of geoscience professionals to support our growing workload, especially Notice of Work applications under the BC Mines Act. This expression of interest is open to registered professionals, Engineers and Geoscientists in Training, and technicians.

We welcome applicants from geoscience-related fields, including:

• Geotechnical engineering
• Geology
• Hydrogeology
• Land use planning and reclamation
• Geomatics, GIS and ArcGIS/QGIS specialists
• Environmental monitoring and sampling

• Preparing and assembling Notice of Work applications and supporting technical reports
• Mapping, GIS analysis and figure production
• Field work, including site assessments, monitoring and sampling
• Reclamation and closure planning
• Technical writing and report review, matched to your experience level

Managers and Registered Professionals (P.Eng., P.Geo.)

We want to hear from experienced professionals who are ready to lead their own work. If you’re a registered professional with a clear idea of the services you want to offer, NES can be the platform to build them.

If you have the expertise and client knowledge to grow a service line, whether it extends our current work or adds something new, we want to talk. NES provides the Permit to Practice, the company structure and existing client relationships. You bring the technical leadership and drive to build a division around your specialty. Familiarity with BC permitting, mining or aggregate operations is an asset.

We’re also looking for junior staff who want hands-on experience across a range of geoscience projects. Junior applicants need:

• A degree or diploma in a relevant geoscience or engineering discipline
• EIT or GIT registration with EGBC (or eligibility), or equivalent technician training
• A minimum of 1 year of industry experience (co-op counts)
• A job reference from a previous employer or supervisor
• Strong written communication and attention to detail

• Work from home, field work as projects require for site visits
• Exposure to a wide range of projects across BC
• For senior professionals: the opportunity to build and lead your own division and be compensated for it.

Compensation is hourly, with a set number of hours budgeted per deliverable. Hours are not guaranteed weekly and will depend on available jobs. No unbillable pay, meaning there is no stand by pay if there is no available contract.

Hourly rate starts at $30hr and goes up based on experience.

• Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

• Registered professional society (required)