Senior Geotechnical Engineer Tailings and Dams

• Support ongoing EOR services for tailings and heap leach projects within the USA as well as international locations.
  
• Support earthen dam designs and construction oversight
  
• Complete geotechnical site assessments and associated field services to develop mining infrastructure.
  
• Support initial and ongoing material characterization activities including gathering field data designing and overseeing laboratory programs interpreting laboratory data and developing appropriate constitutive models.
  
• Perform stability and deformation analyses for mining infrastructure including tailings storage facilities and heap leach pads.
  
• Perform seepage analyses using finite element software such as Seep/W Rocscience etc.
  
• Perform liquefaction and dynamic analyses for tailings embankment and foundation materials.
  
• Perform and evaluate bearing capacity and settlement analyses for mining infrastructure.
  
• Assist with tailings dam breach evaluations.
  
• Develop and maintain client relationships.
  
• Assist with proposals for miningrelated design project.
  
• Develop and execute project management plans.
  
• Work with and provide training to midlevel and junior engineers.
  
• Assist with generating design drawings using Autodesk Civil 3D.
  
• Assist with the preparation of construction specifications.
  
• Other tasks as assigned by your supervisor
  

Requirements

• Professional Experience: 6 for Senior Level with an MS degree; 8 for Senior Level with a BS degree.
  
• Computer Software: Significant experience with MS Office Suite. Proficiency using standard geotechnical design software (Rocscience GeoStudios etc.); numerical modeling experience is advantageous; and basic understanding of Autodesk Civil 3D.
  
• Geotechnical Laboratory: Proficient with standard material testing and index tests. Knowledgeable with data analysis from compressibility hydraulic conductivity and shear strength test data. Experience with dynamic testing desired.
  
• Required Registrations / Professional Development: PE registration or a path to registration is clearly defined.
  
• Travel: Must have the ability to travel in the U.S. and internationally to support field programs.
  
• Technical writing: Experience writing technical reports technical memorandums and proposals.
  
• Other (Project Level): Working knowledge of geotechnical monitoring instrumentation; various geotechnical tools for subsurface assessments (drilling methods; CPT geophysics etc.); numerical modeling methods and software.
  
• Education: Master of Science (preferred); Bachelor of Science (considered). Civil Engineering degrees from ABETaccredited universities are preferred. Alternative degrees (e.g. Geologic Engineering Mining Engineering) will be considered based on relevant coursework.
  

Benefits

• Medical and Prescription Drug Coverage
  
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with an employer contribution of $1250 (among the highest in the industry)
  
• Telemedicine
  
• 401k (Conventional and Roth) with an employer match up to 4%
  
• Dental Insurance
  
• Vision Insurance
  
• Basic Life / Accidental Death & Dismemberment
  
• Long Term Care
  
• Short Term Disability (STD) Insurance
  
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
  
• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
  
• Supplemental Income Protection
  
• Supplemental LongTerm Care Insurance
  
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  
• $300 Boot Stipend (renews every two years)
  
• $500 Health and Wellness Stipend