Description:

Summary: Barr is seeking a senior geoenvironmental engineer with experience in tailings management to join its Calgary office. This person will undertake challenging and progressive work focused on large-scale tailings management field programs and associated engineering analysis and design for complex projects with industrial clients in the oil sands and/or other mining industries.

Project Responsibilities:

1. Providing technical leadership on large-scale tailings management field programs
2. Conducting tailings studies and assessments
3. Managing and providing technical leadership for engineering studies and multidisciplinary design projects (including conceptual, feasibility, front-end, and detailed design stages)
4. Regular client communication and interface
5. Preparing plans and execution strategies in collaboration with clients and staff
6. Preparing cost estimates and formal proposals
7. Writing and managing delivery of technical reports
8. Participation in business development initiatives and client management
9. Mentoring junior staff
10. Performing other duties as assigned by the company

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in environmental, mining, geological, geotechnical, civil engineering, or a related discipline
• 10 or more years of work experience directly related to the job responsibilities described above
• Professionally certified in Alberta (e.g., P. Eng.), or ability to be certified within one year
• Experience in the execution of field programs
• Knowledge and experience in tailings management in the mining sector, sediment transport/solid-water interactions, and mine reclamation and closure
• Familiarity with environmental regulations
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Strong technical and problem-solving skills
• A flexible working style and the ability to work independently and with multidisciplinary teams of specialists
• Willingness to travel and periodically adjust personal schedule to meet project needs
• Legal authorization to work in Canada without the need for sponsorship
• Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in geoenvironmental or mining engineering or a related discipline
• Experience in numerical modelling of fine tailings geotechnical and/or flow behavior
• Knowledge and experience in fluid fine tailings management within the oil sands industry, and mine waste management
• Demonstrated project management and leadership skills
• Experience related to client management/interfacing and directing/mentoring junior professional staff
• Knowledge and experience of industrial processes such as mining and/or minerals processing
• Experience with business development or marketing of professional services

A hybrid work arrangement may be considered for this position. A hybrid work arrangement refers to splitting time worked between a Barr office and a home office. This position is based out of Barr's Calgary, Alberta, office.

NOTE: Applicants must be able to work in remote locations that feature rough terrain typical of construction and mining sites and to enter and work in facilities that include limited accessibility, moving machinery, and other conditions typical of industrial facilities. Job assignments may involve work on waste-disposal sites and sites requiring cleanup of hazardous materials. Safety training will be provided before being assigned to work on these sites.

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