ITASCA Minneapolis

Full-stack Engineer

• Provide senior technical leadership on mining geomechanics and rock mechanics projects, with a preferred focus on open pit mining.
• Lead and review work involving slope stability, pit slope design, rock mass characterization, structural geology, geotechnical domains, monitoring, operational support, and risk assessment.
• Guide and review advanced numerical modeling, including assumptions, uncertainty, limitations, and implications for client decisions.
• Translate complex geomechanical information into practical recommendations for mine planning, design, operations, risk management, and closure.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and senior client contact.
• Develop client relationships, identify opportunities, and lead proposals, scopes, budgets, schedules, and project strategy.
• Mentor engineers and support high-quality project delivery through review, coaching, and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with ITASCA specialists in geomechanics, hydrogeology, engineering geology, geochemistry, data science, and software development.
• Support marketing of consulting services and ITASCA software through client engagement, conferences, technical papers, and industry participation.

Principal Geomechanics – Mining Engineer

General

• Support and manage hydrogeology, mine water, groundwater, and environmental projects.
• Plan, coordinate, and interpret field investigations, including drilling, monitoring well installation, groundwater and surface water sampling, aquifer testing, and hydraulic testing.
• Develop and interpret conceptual hydrogeologic models.
• Support groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling, including data preparation, model development, and documentation.
• Analyze hydrogeologic, geochemical, and environmental data.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, work plans, proposals, scopes, budgets, and schedules.
• Manage small- to medium-sized projects or project tasks, including scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, and technical quality.
• Communicate technical findings to project teams, clients, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate with hydrogeologists, geomechanics engineers, engineering geologists, geochemists, data scientists, and numerical modelers.
• Support proposal development, client communication, and continued growth of ITASCA North America's hydrogeology practice.

Senior Project Hydrogeologist

• Develop, calibrate, apply, and review numerical groundwater flow models for mining, environmental, and water-resource projects
• Support modeling related to mine dewatering, depressurization, pit and underground working inflows, groundwater recovery, contaminant transport, seepage, closure, and water management
• Develop and interpret conceptual hydrogeologic models using geology, field data, monitoring records, hydraulic testing, groundwater chemistry, and project constraints
• Evaluate model assumptions, calibration, uncertainty, sensitivity, limitations, and implications for client decisions
• Prepare technical reports, model documentation, presentations, proposals, scopes of work, budgets, and work plans
• Serve as a technical reviewer and internal resource for groundwater modeling quality
• Mentor junior and intermediate staff in modeling methods, hydrogeologic interpretation, and technical communication
• Work independently on complex assignments and manage modeling tasks or projects
• Collaborate with hydrogeologists, geomechanics engineers, engineering geologists, geochemists, data scientists, and software developers
• Support continued improvement of ITASCA’s modeling skills, workflows, training materials, and technical capabilities
• As appropriate, work with the MINEDW product manager and in-house software staff to support groundwater model code development, feature improvements, user training materials, and marketing content

Principal Geomechanics – Mining Engineer

Senior Project Hydrogeologist

Senior Hydrogeologist, Groundwater Modeler