Montrose Environmental Group

Vice President – Geotechnical

Montrose Environmental Group

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Calgary • Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$250,000 - CA$280,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Develop and set the strategic path to establish a geotechnical practice
  • Position Montrose as the technical leader in the geotechnical industry by inspiring thought leadership, with a focus on technical quality, and innovation
  • Provide leadership and direction for recruiting and organically setting up a geotechnical practice
  • Foster engagement, ensure ongoing communication, and develop talent across the geotechnical business
  • Drive a culture of business acumen that includes direction and planning to deliver budgeted business performance
  • Communicate priorities and align resources to drive operational performance to achieve organizational objectives
  • Partner closely with the Canadian Sales Team to accelerate organic growth through a strong client portfolio and strategic client selection
  • Deliver operational excellence through consistent project delivery, quality and strong resource management practices
  • Foster a high-performance culture through highly visible leadership that embraces continuous improvement
  • Engage with an established client base to expand our geotechnical service offering
  • Operate as and build a team of seller-doer’s, collaborating across service lines to help develop and support geotechnical opportunities
  • Apply high-level geotechnical engineering techniques and processes to establish working practices

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering with geotechnical focus
  • 15+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering and geotechnical design
  • Knowledge and experience in multiple provinces across Canada, specifically British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario
  • Experience working with and collaborating with colleagues and clients outside of Canada
  • Experience with merger and acquisition integration related to geotechnical practices
  • Professional Engineering License in British Columbia, Alberta or Ontario
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in a high growth, fast paced and matrixed organization
  • Demonstrated leadership, business acumen, employee development, organizational advancement and successorship accomplishments
  • Proficient with geotechnical engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues
  • Experience with planning, design, and program/construction management; including project involvement in a variety of mitigation, new design, and construction projects
  • Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., Slide, LPILE, Settle3, Geostudios, PLAXIS, etc.)
Benefits
  • comprehensive compensation package
  • benefits
  • RRSP matching
  • vacation days
  • sick days
  • flexible work hours
  • team-based work
  • cross-training opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
geotechnical engineeringgeotechnical designproject managementdesign/buildpermittingmitigationconstruction managementtechnical writingemployee developmentbusiness acumen
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizational advancementcollaborationcontinuous improvementhigh-performance culturestrategic planningclient engagementtalent developmentoperational performance
Certifications
Professional Engineering LicenseBachelor’s Degree in Geotechnical EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering