Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Tailings & Mine Waste

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Tailings & Mine Waste

Location: Toronto or Sudbury, ON

Are you looking for an opportunity to leave a positive impact on the environment through progressive design? Work in a close-knit group of motivated professionals? Focus on continued growth and development? Develop your critical thinking skills? Build a career that provides a mix of local and global projects?

• Our global reputation for technical excellence
• Our appetite to tackle problems with unique complexities
• Access to some of the sectors’ most amazing talent
• Employee ownership and our owner’s mindset
• Our size (large enough to win intriguing projects, small enough to know you by name)
• Technical focus is maintained at all levels of the organization
• The breadth of our multi-disciplinary services

• Engage with clients, colleagues and suppliers on environmentally focused field programs and design solutions
• Manage and lead projects, including the development, review and approvals of technical specifications, drawings and design reports and tender packages for major tailing dams, mine waste facilities, containment facilities and mine infrastructure projects
• Provide mentorship to staff through the methodologies of TSF designs
• Build client rapport that develops projects from feasibility through to mine closure phases
• Expand your knowledge by attending conferences and trainings
• Contribute to industry knowledge and state of practice
• Be an ambassador for and potentially become an owner of KCB

• A degree in civil engineering or geological engineering, with a track record of continued development
• 10‑15 years of civil design experience with five years related to mine waste management projects
• Background in geotechnical design, with a focus on dams, embankments, and slopes
• Experience in slope stability and seepage analysis, dam design, earthworks, and construction
• Ability to build relationships with multidisciplinary project-based teams
• Experience in a safety focused environment with near miss and incident reporting requirements
• Eligibility to register as professional engineer in Canada

• Experience in seismic analysis of dams and related software packages
• Ability to find creative solutions and present them
• Willingness to mentor others and be mentored
• Ability to build rapport with clients, colleagues, and industry partners
• Ability to apply critical thinking and flexibility in problem solving

Salary range: $110,000 ‑ $160,000 annually. Actual salary offered is based on applicable education, skills, and experience.

• Hybrid work opportunities
• Annual performance and salary review
• Above-average bonus payouts due to profitability
• Vacation policy that aligns to experience
• Paid overtime and ten sick days per year
• Flexible benefits, including Registered Savings Plan, social, and mental well-being initiatives
• Dedicating to WEF’s “Four Pillars” of Environment Social Governance framework:
  Governance, People, Planet, Prosperity

We are a global organization committed to developing a respectful workplace founded on the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion. We strive to be a workplace where our employees, clients, and the communities in the regions we operate feel valued and are treated equitably. We encourage applications from all qualified career seekers, regardless of gender, sex, religion, or nationality.

To learn more about projects you could be a part of, check out Projects – KCB and our Careers page for more details.