Senior Groundwater Modeler – Canada (Hybrid)

ITASCA North America; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 145,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonuses

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Generous paid time off

Holidays

Disability and life insurance

Job summary

ITASCA North America is seeking a Senior Hydrogeologist/Groundwater Modeler to support groundwater, mine water, and environmental projects across Canada and North America. You will lead modeling efforts, mentor staff, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver technical insight for water management and closure planning.

The role emphasizes dewatering, pore-pressure estimation, and uncertainty analysis, with senior-level responsibilities and opportunities for growth in ITASCA’s

Qualifications

• Approximately 10–20 years of relevant professional experience.
• Proven record of technical excellence in groundwater flow modeling.
• Strong experience developing, calibrating, applying, and interpreting numerical groundwater models.
• Experience with conceptual hydrogeologic models, hydrogeologic data interpretation, and model documentation.
• Excellent technical writing, verbal communication, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, calibrate, apply, and review numerical groundwater flow models for mining, environmental, and water-resource projects.
• Support modeling related to mine dewatering, depressurization, pit/underground inflows, groundwater recovery, and transport.
• Develop and interpret conceptual hydrogeologic models using field data and project constraints.
• Evaluate model assumptions, calibration, uncertainty, and implications for client decisions.
• Prepare technical reports, model documentation, presentations, proposals, and scopes of work.
• Mentor junior staff in modeling methods and technical communication.
• Collaborate with hydrogeologists, engineers, geochemists, data scientists, and software developers.
• Contribute to software tooling, training materials, and user documentation.

Skills

Groundwater flow modeling

Numerical modeling

Technical writing

Mentoring

Client communication

Education

Advanced degree in hydrogeology or related field

Tools

MINEDW

MODFLOW

FEFLOW

HydroGeoSphere

MIKE SHE

MT3D/transport modeling

PEST

Job description

ITASCA North America is seeking a Senior Hydrogeologist/Groundwater Modeler to support groundwater, mine water, and environmental projects across Canada and North America. You will lead modeling efforts, mentor staff, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver technical insight for water management and closure planning.

The role emphasizes dewatering, pore-pressure estimation, and uncertainty analysis, with senior-level responsibilities and opportunities for growth in ITASCA’s