RQ- Geotechncial Engineer E5

Overview

Are you looking for a Geotechnical Engineer role and have adequate experience in the field? This contract role may be a right fit for you.

The E5 – Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide innovative engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium to high complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.

This is an opportunity to work with a renowned company at competitive pay rate.

Location of Services:
Burnaby

• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium to highly complex assignments for projects and operations.
• Meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
• Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion.
• Participate in engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability.

Must‑Haves:

• Planning and executing geotechnical site investigations
• Soil and rock mechanics
• Landslide assessment / terrain stability assessment
• Seismic assessment, including liquefaction
• Fluency with GIS software and slope stability modelling
• Ability to complete field work
• Design of shallow and deep foundations
• Settlement assessment
• Geomorphological analysis
• Risk assessment

Experience:

• Owner Engineer experience
• Experience with linear infrastructure projects (e.g., highways, roads, pipelines)

Nice‑to‑Haves:

• Design of retaining walls and shoring
• Ability to respond to emergencies and provide safety‑focused work prescriptions
• Flood assessment
• Groundwater and hydrological modelling
• Ground improvement
• Trenchless design

Interested candidates can either apply directly or send their resumes to John at

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Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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