Senior Engineer, Geotechnical

About the role

Elk Valley Resources (EVR), a steelmaking coal producer owned by Glencore, is hiring a Senior Engineer, Geotechnical. Reporting to the Manager, Geological Engineering, the role supports safe operations at EVR's four operating sites in the Elk Valley, helps with investigation, design and permitting of potential future mining areas, and works with colleagues in the central Technical Services department to improve geotechnical practices. It is a path toward becoming a centrally based geotechnical subject matter expert.

Key responsibilities

• Take part in and follow health and safety programs and policies.
• Work with geotechnical teams at the four sites on monitoring, performance assessment and risk management of pit slopes and large waste rock dumps.
• Perform geotechnical analyses and design work for pit slopes and waste rock dumps, ensuring designs meet acceptance criteria and are safely optimized.
• Carry out back analyses of pit slope and waste rock dump instabilities and failures to inform future designs.
• Lead early-stage geotechnical designs for future mining areas and coordinate and review external consultant work to produce permit-level designs; help operationalize permitted designs for handover to operations.
• Identify and lead initiatives to continuously improve geotechnical practices.
• Actively join the geotechnical community of practice, including training and mentoring co-op students, new graduates and junior to intermediate engineers and geoscientists.

Required profile

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in Geological or Geotechnical Engineering; additional education or certificates are an asset.
• Registered or immediately eligible to register with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC) as a P.Eng. or P.L.Eng. in an area meeting the role's requirements.
• Minimum seven years of relevant geotechnical experience with open pit mining operations (coal, base or precious metals, or industrial minerals).
• Valid Class 5 driver's licence or equivalent.

Required skills

• Proficiency with open pit and waste dump geotechnical software such as the Rocscience suite, GeoExplorer, radar monitoring and MinePlan.
• Strong communication, organizational, collaboration and interpersonal skills.

What we offer

• Salary range of 123,000 to 145,000 CAD per year, depending on experience and skills.
• Two annual bonus plans, comprehensive benefits plan and retirement package.
• Health lifestyle account and relocation assistance.
• Work from the Elk Valley or Calgary with frequent travel to mine sites, and a compressed work week with alternating Fridays off.