Senior Mine Water Quality Specialist

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. Our Environmental Services Group is a significant part of Stantec’s success and employs over 3,000 staff across North America. Our dedicated group of professionals provides a wide variety of environmental services and are recognized as leaders in the industry. Stantec is devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise.

Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.

Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment

Stantec has an opportunity for a Senior/Intermediate Mine Water Quality Modelling Specialist with a strong background to join our Environmental Services team. The position will ideally be located in either Victoria, Sidney or Burnaby, British Columbia but there is flexibility for our other offices and relocation assistance available. The ideal candidate is someone that can capitalize on existing client relationships to expand Stantec’s profile and market share in the regional and national market.

The successful candidate will be responsible for contributing to water quality and geochemistry field programs, environmental assessments, and environmental permitting activities for a variety of projects but with a focus on mining.

• Primary responsibilities will be related to performing key tasks to support geochemical and water quality components of projects
• Promote a strong health and safety culture and actively participate in Stantec’s Health, Safety, Security and Environment Program
• Lead development, and application of mine water quality models using Gold Sim software with contaminant transport module, integrating geochemical source terms for mine waste rock, tailings, pit lakes, and underground workings
• Serve as technical lead or reviewer for complex mine water quality modelling projects
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to intermediate and junior modelers
• Support water quality components of projects including environmental assessments, models, and monitoring programs
• Collaborate with other scientific and engineering professionals within the practice on baseline and impact assessment projects, feasibility studies, groundwater and surface water assessments and contaminant investigations, and rehabilitation projects
• Lead multi-discipline modeling teams related to water aspects of mining projects, including geochemists, water quality specialists, hydro geologists, and engineers
• Lead complex projects with a high degree of initiative and independence and apply a broad range of knowledge
• Provide guidance to clients, project managers and technical staff on mining related water issues
• Interpret and analyze data, providing related technical support for water resource and environmental projects
• Prepare technical reports and perform QA/QC of technical documents
• Perform data analysis and data visualization through the use of technical software
• Conduct and support fieldwork as needed
• Execution of related proposal development and project task financial and schedule management

• Extensive experience of Goldsim software with contaminant transport module
• Strong understanding of mine water management systems and mine water quality prediction
• Fluent understanding of Canadian and provincial water quality guidelines, legislation, regulations, licensing and permitting particularly relating to mining in British Columbia, Ontario and Atlantic Canada
• Ability and willingness to travel to lead field crews, perform environmental monitoring, or participate in off-site…