Senior Geotechnical Engineer
- Environment & geoscience
- Ottawa, Woodbridge
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Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Come join us in reshaping the future with AtkinsRéalis. AtkinsRéalis is dedicated in engineering a better future for our planet and its people.
AtkinsRéalis is a world-leading design, engineering, and project management firm with offices across Canada, in over 35 other countries around the world and currently working in approximately 100 countries. We are recruiting the best and the brightest: people who are truly passionate about what they do. This is your chance to showcase your talents and skills by joining our incredible teams worldwide.
We are currently seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer who specializes in Cold and Northern geotechnics to join the Geotechnical Practice in Ontario (GTA, Kingston, or National Capital Region), providing technical and operational leadership, having superior client relations skills and a proven ability to deliver major assignments, in particular, design Services for the Lakeshore West corridor as part of the GO Rail Expansion On Corridor (RER Package 3). This role also requires a good working knowledge in Permafrost and Peatland.
Your role within the Team:
- The successful applicant will be a senior Engineering Geologist / Geotechnical Engineer with a proven technical and project management track record.
- The role will include the execution of complex and major programs, supporting complex proposals, mentoring of junior staff, as well as act as technical reference, and therefore good communication skills are essential.
- The candidate will have a degree in civil engineering or geology with a post graduate qualification in a geotechnical subject and have a minimum of 15 years’ pertinent experience.
- Candidates should have the right flare and ability that will help us develop and expand our infrastructure geotechnics capability by building on the existing portfolio of our rapidly expanding, flexible and outward looking team that can tackle work across a broad spectrum of sectors.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis as an employer?
Because we offer:
- The opportunity to work on various major projects for internal and external clients.
- An exciting environment where work-life balance is important.
- A wide array of learning and development opportunities.
- Competitive pay, flexible benefits, an employee share plan, and a defined contribution pension plan.
- A work environment focused on health and safety.
The Ideal Candidate:
- A focused expertise on cold and northern region projects dealing with permafrost, peat land, climate change, and remote infrastructures.
- A strong academic background with a relevant degree (ideally MSc or equivalent).
- Professional Engineering License in Ontario
- Proven experience of acting in a senior role in a fast-moving engineering consultancy environment.
- Project management - experience and understanding of the needs and approaches to the engineering consultancy and design markets, including relationships with clients, and work planning.
- Proven geotechnical design experience.
- Proven geohazards and geotechnical investigation experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and technical skills and the ability to support the development of teams.
- Excellent communication skills and confidence to liaise with clients.
- Excellent report writing skills with the ability to peer-review and produce quality deliverables.
- A willingness to travel on short assignments both within Ontario and nationwide.
- A valid driving license.
Are you up for this challenge? Apply today and join our team to help engineer a Better Future for our Planet and its People.
At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds, and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion, or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
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