Hydrotechnical EIT: Shape Dam Safety & Mine Water

Publishing Resources Inc.; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Publishing Resources Inc. in Vancouver, BC, seeks a Hydrotechnical Engineer-in-Training (EIT) to join the Hydrotechnical practice. You’ll work on rivers, floods, dams, and mine water management under senior engineers’ mentorship, with opportunities toward P.Eng. registration.

You will perform hydrologic/hydraulic modelling, flood hazard assessment, and dam safety tasks, while gaining field experience and contributing to safety reviews and mine-site work across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Civil, Water Resources, or Environmental Engineering with a hydrotechnical focus.
• Registered as an EIT with EGBC, or eligible for immediate registration.
• Solid grounding in open channel hydraulics, hydrology, and fluid mechanics.
• Familiar with modelling software (HEC-RAS/HEC-HMS/SRH-2D/MIKE/PCSWMM) and GIS; data and basic scripting is an asset.
• Genuine interest in dam safety and the mining sector; willingness to build expertise.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills; accuracy is essential.
• Class 5 BC driver's license; willingness to work outdoors, wade in streams, and travel to sites.
• Legally entitled to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Compile and analyze hydrometric and climate data, and carry out flood frequency and design flow analyses.
• Build and run hydrologic and hydraulic models under supervision.
• Support Dam Safety Reviews and dam safety inspections, inflow design flood analysis, and inundation mapping.
• Support mine water management, including site-wide water balance and tailings facilities hydrology.
• Contribute to floodplain mapping, flood hazard assessment, river engineering, erosion protection, and drainage design.
• Carry out field work including surveys, monitoring, and site visits.
• Prepare draft memos, calculations, figures, and mapping for senior review; progress toward EGBC P.Eng.

Skills

Hydrotechnical engineering

Hydrology

Fluid mechanics

Data analysis

Technical writing

Field work

Communication

Travel willingness

Outdoor work

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil, Water Resources, or Environmental Engineering

EGBC EIT registration eligible

Tools

HEC-RAS

HEC-HMS

SRH-2D

MIKE

PCSWMM

GIS

Basic scripting

Job description

Publishing Resources Inc. in Vancouver, BC, seeks a Hydrotechnical Engineer-in-Training (EIT) to join the Hydrotechnical practice. You’ll work on rivers, floods, dams, and mine water management under senior engineers’ mentorship, with opportunities toward P.Eng. registration.

You will perform hydrologic/hydraulic modelling, flood hazard assessment, and dam safety tasks, while gaining field experience and contributing to safety reviews and mine-site work across projects.