Senior Groundwater Modeler — Mining & Environmental

Itasca International Inc.; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 145,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

Generous paid time off

Company stock bonuses

Job summary

Itasca International Inc. is seeking a Senior Hydrogeologist/Groundwater Modeler to support challenging groundwater, mine water, and environmental projects across Canada and North America.

The successful candidate will serve as a modeling expert, reviewer, mentor, and project contributor within ITASCA’s hydrogeology practice. Location is Canada with preferred hubs in major cities; hybrid/remote options may be considered.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in hydrogeology, geochemistry, environmental engineering, or a related field.
• 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.
• Ability to critically evaluate model assumptions, calibration, uncertainty, sensitivity, and limitations.
• Experience working independently on complex technical assignments.
• Ability to supervise, manage, mentor, and review the work of others.
• Strong technical writing, verbal communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to support proposals, work programs, and client communication.

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 inflows, groundwater recovery, contaminant transport, seepage, closure, and water management.
• Develop and interpret conceptual hydrogeologic models using geology, field data, monitoring, and project constraints.
• Evaluate model assumptions, calibration, uncertainty, sensitivity, and implications for client decisions.
• Prepare technical reports, model documentation, presentations, proposals, and scopes of work.
• Serve as a technical reviewer and internal resource for groundwater modeling quality.
• Mentor junior and intermediate staff in modeling methods, hydrogeologic interpretation, and technical communication.
• Work independently on complex assignments and manage modeling tasks or projects.
• Collaborate with hydrogeologists, geomechanics engineers, engineering geologists, geochemists, data scientists, and software developers.
• Support continued improvement of ITASCA’s modeling capabilities and training materials.
• Coordinate with MINEDW product managers and in-house software staff for model development and user training materials.

Skills

Groundwater modeling

Hydrogeologic interpretation

Numerical modeling

Mentoring / supervision

Technical writing

Client communication

Proposal development

Education

Advanced degree in hydrogeology or related field

Tools

MINEDW

MODFLOW

FEFLOW

HydroGeoSphere

MIKE SHE

MT3D/Transport

PEST

Python

R

GIS

Job description

Itasca International Inc. is seeking a Senior Hydrogeologist/Groundwater Modeler to support challenging groundwater, mine water, and environmental projects across Canada and North America.

The successful candidate will serve as a modeling expert, reviewer, mentor, and project contributor within ITASCA’s hydrogeology practice. Location is Canada with preferred hubs in major cities; hybrid/remote options may be considered.