Rock Mechanics Engineer
Stantec
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Denver • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $100,000 - $145,000 per year
About the role
- Contribute to an innovative and collaborative work environment where creativity is valued and encouraged.
- Supervise and mentor junior Geotechnical staff members and support hiring new talents.
- Share knowledge with the team and support junior team members career growth.
- Lead projects and small teams of people to complete work on time and on budget and provide technical leadership and review.
- Provide geotechnical advice, analyses, designs, and plans.
- Engineering analyses and design for a variety of rock engineering and geotechnical projects related to slope stability, kinematic analysis tunneling and underground excavations, foundations, rockfall hazards and mining.
- Rock mass characterization and assessment of geological and/or geotechnical conditions.
- Planning and execution of field investigations.
- Occasional field work, which may include visual site inspections, rock slope stability assessments, geological/geotechnical mapping including photogrammetry.
- Monitoring of field activities, such as borehole drilling or installation of rock support and ground monitoring instrumentation or detailed rock core logging.
- Prepare technical memoranda and detailed reports pertaining to field investigations and design studies.
- Develop, oversee, and review civil/geotechnical field and laboratory testing investigations; primarily focused on mining projects.
- Follow safe work practices and adhering to company and client guidelines and policies for planning and executing work in a safe manner.
- Develop proposals and support other Marketing and Business Development tasks.
- Develop client relationships.
Requirements
- Minimum of a B.S. in Civil Engineering with preference given to advanced degrees.
- 7+ years of experience working on civil and/or geotechnical engineering projects, focusing on design, site investigation, reporting and business development on tailings and mine waste projects.
- Existing professional registration (P.E.) or ability to obtain within 3-6 months of starting work.
- Exceptional technical writing skills, organizational skills, technical leadership abilities, oral communication skills, and attention to detail.
- Experience with mine pit wall design.
- Proven expertise in rock engineering with practical experience in geotechnical mapping, core logging, rock mass characterization and a good understanding of Rock science geotechnical software.
- Experience in numerical modelling and with soil mechanics would be of benefit.
- Ability to work independently and make decisions in the office and in the field at remote sites.
- Ability to lead and mentor younger professionals.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision plans
- wellness program
- health saving accounts
- flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) plan
- employee stock purchase program
- life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- short-term/long-term disability plans
- emergency travel benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- professional membership fee coverage
- paid family leave
- ten paid holidays annually
- accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
- eligible for paid sick leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
geotechnical analysisrock engineeringslope stabilitykinematic analysistunnelingfoundationsrockfall hazardsgeotechnical mappingcore loggingnumerical modelling
Soft Skills
technical writingorganizational skillstechnical leadershiporal communicationattention to detailmentoringindependent decision-makingcollaborationcreativityclient relationship development
Certifications
B.S. in Civil EngineeringProfessional Engineer (P.E.)