Geotechnical Engineer-in-Training

Klohn Crippen Berger; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work opportunities

Annual performance and salary review

Vacation policy aligned to experience

Paid OT and wellness days

Flexible benefits including RSP, and M

Job summary

KCB Nanaimo is seeking a motivated junior geotechnical engineer or Engineer-in-Training who is excited by technical challenges, enjoys a busy and collaborative team, and is ready to contribute to mining projects. Our Nanaimo office provides strong mentorship and hands-on learning opportunities.

This role offers initial responsibility, site visits, and exposure to field programs, core logging, lab testing, instrumentation, and data analysis while traveling to project sites in Canada and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Geotechnical, or Geological Engineering.
• EGBC Engineer-in-Training eligibility or registration.
• Exposure to geotechnical engineering via projects, co-ops, internships, or early career work.
• Experience with GeoStudio and Rocscience.

Responsibilities

• Engage in technically engaging work across projects such as site characterization, slope stability analyses, numerical modelling, tailings dam design, embankment dams, and construction.
• Build practical field experience through site visits, construction monitoring, site investigations and drilling programs, core logging, lab testing, instrumentation installation and monitoring, and data review and analysis.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary engineers, designers, and geoscientists from conceptual design through construction, learning to communicate observations and design ideas clearly.
• Receive mentorship from senior staff in a smaller-office environment where your effort, curiosity, and contributions are valued.
• Develop habits to succeed in a consulting environment, including prioritizing demands, following through on commitments, and adding value beyond the task.
• Travel to various project sites within Canada and internationally.

Skills

English communication

Travel to remote sites

Initiative & teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Geotechnical or Geological Engineering

Tools

GeoStudio

Rocscience

Job description

Geotechnical Engineer-in-Training

Vancouver

KCB is a multidisciplinary engineering, geoscience, and environmental consulting firm grounded in our values of Passion, Integrity, and Excellence. With teams across North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe, we bring together global technical knowledge, local insight, and a shared commitment to solving complex challenges that matter.

Today's challenges demand more than just technical knowledge; they require collaboration, creativity, and a deep understanding of the communities, industries, and environments that we support. At KCB, our team collaborates across regions and disciplines to bring practical thinking, technical excellence, and diverse perspectives to every project.

We are problem-solvers at heart. Our teams bring passion to complex challenges, integrity to every client relationship and excellence to the solutions we deliver for communities, industries, and future generations.

Guided by our long-term ambition of Globally Connected Excellence and our purpose of Sustaining the Future, we work alongside our clients to deliver lasting solutions that strengthen resilience and benefit future generations.

We recognize that making a career move is a significant personal decision and, from our perspective, building a team of like-minded individuals is an important element to our success.

As a Junior Geotechnical Engineer / Engineer-in-Training, you would engage in:

KCB Nanaimo is looking for a motivated junior geotechnical engineer or Engineer-in-Training who is excited by technical challenges, enjoys being part of a busy and collaborative team, and is ready to contribute to a variety of mining projects. Our Nanaimo office is connected, with strong senior technical staff who can provide excellent mentorship and hands-on learning opportunities. This role is well suited to someone who wants meaningful responsibility early in their career, is comfortable going to site, shows initiative, and can clearly present their ideas to colleagues and project teams.

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• Take on technically engaging work across projects that may include site characterization, slope stability, numerical modelling, tailings dam design, embankment dams, and construction.
• Build practical field experience through site visits, construction monitoring, site investigation and drilling programs, core logging, lab testing, instrumentation installation and monitoring, and data review and analysis.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary engineers, designers, and geoscientists from conceptual design through construction, while learning how to communicate observations, recommendations, and design ideas clearly.
• Receive mentorship from experienced senior staff in a smaller-office environment where your effort, curiosity, and contributions are valued.
• Develop the habits needed to succeed in a consulting environment, including prioritizing competing demands, following through on commitments, and looking for ways to add value beyond the task assigned.
• Travel to various project sites within Canada and internationally.

What we require:

We respect the knowledge and experience you have gained to date and are willing to help you build on it. We do, however, require the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Geotechnical, or Geological Engineering.
• Registered, or eligible to register, with EGBC as an Engineer-in-Training.
• Some exposure to geotechnical engineering through academic projects, co-op terms, field programs, internships, or early career experience.
• Experience with some industry specific software such as, GeoStudio and/or Rocscience.

In addition to the must-have requirements you will excel in the role if you have the following:

• Strong English communication skills.
• An ability to travel to and comfortableness with remote work sites.
• Initiative, follow-through, and a willingness to contribute to multidisciplinary project teams.

The salary for this position is $75,000 to $85,000 per year. Salary is based on applicable experience, education, and skill level.

Along with continued career development, KCB offers:

• Hybrid work opportunities
• Annual performance and salary review
• Vacation policy that aligns to your experience
• Paid OT, and wellness days
• Flexible benefits, including RSP, social, and mental well‑being initiatives
• Commitment to global ESG standards

We are a global organization committed to employment equity. We respect the uniqueness that makes you, you. We encourage applications from all qualified career seekers, regardless of gender, sex, religion, or nationality.

To learn more about projects you could be a part of check out Projects - KCB (klohn.com) and our Careers page for more details.