Senior Rock Mechanics Engineer

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 123,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in Canada is seeking a Senior Rock Mechanics Engineer to lead geotechnical studies for underground and open pit mining projects from Toronto, Sudbury or Montréal. You will provide technical leadership across a growing portfolio and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and clients.

You will apply rock mass characterization, design criteria, ground support recommendations, and stability assessments, while guiding numerical analyses and field programs to deliver safe, resilient operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mining, geological, geotechnical, or related engineering discipline.
• P.Eng. designation or eligibility for registration in Canada.
• 8+ years of rock mechanics/mining geotechnical experience, underground focus.
• Experience with rock mass characterization and geotechnical investigations.
• Proficiency with Rocscience RS2/RS3/FLAC3D/EX3 or similar tools.
• Travel to client sites; French language capability is asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead rock mechanics and geotechnical studies that improve safety, stability, and operational performance across underground and open pit mining projects.
• Deliver rock mass characterization, design criteria, ground support recommendations, and stability assessments for excavations, stopes, headings, raises, shafts, crown pillars, mass excavations, and open pit slopes.
• Guide kinematic, empirical, and numerical analyses that turn complex geological and geotechnical data into practical decisions for clients.
• Advance safe, high-quality field programs encompassing core logging, televiewer surveys, packer testing, instrumentation, monitoring, and laboratory data interpretation.
• Drive project success by managing scope, budgets, schedules, deliverables, technical quality, and multidisciplinary collaboration across mining, geology, hydrogeology, and engineering teams.
• Grow trusted partnerships.

Skills

Rock mechanics

Geotechnical leadership

Numerical modelling

Design criteria

Ground support design

Geotechnical risk management

Client coordination

Field program leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in mining/geological/geotechnical or related engineering

P.Eng. designation or eligibility (Canada)

Tools

RS2

RS3

FLAC3D

EX3

Rocscience software

Job description

What if you could redefine what's possible?

With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.

We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers.

With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science-based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions.

We are pathfinders and impact makers.

We are Visioneers.

We are WSP.

The Opportunity

Turn Ground Insight into Safer Mining

Help solve complex geotechnical challenges across the mining lifecycle. Your expertise will shape practical, defensible solutions that improve excavation stability, manage risk, and support safer, more resilient operations.

Based in Toronto, Sudbury, or Montréal, you will contribute as a Senior Rock Mechanics Engineer within WSP's Mine Stability and Water team. You will provide technical leadership across a growing global portfolio of underground and open pit mining projects, working with multidisciplinary teams and clients throughout early studies, feasibility, detailed engineering, construction, and operations.

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Your Impact

• Lead rock mechanics and geotechnical studies that improve safety, stability, and operational performance across underground and open pit mining projects.
• Deliver rock mass characterization, design criteria, ground support recommendations, and stability assessments for excavations, stopes, headings, raises, shafts, crown pillars, mass excavations, and open pit slopes.
• Guide kinematic, empirical, and numerical analyses that turn complex geological and geotechnical data into practical decisions for clients.
• Advance safe, high-quality field programs encompassing core logging, televiewer surveys, packer testing, instrumentation, monitoring, and laboratory data interpretation.
• Drive project success by managing scope, budgets, schedules, deliverables, technical quality, and multidisciplinary collaboration across mining, geology, hydrogeology, and engineering teams.
• Grow trusted partnerships.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• A bachelor's degree in mining, geological, geotechnical, or a related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or eligibility for registration in Canada.
• 8+ years of relevant rock mechanics or mining geotechnical experience, including strong involvement in underground mining projects.
• Demonstrated capability in rock mass characterization, geotechnical investigations, excavation stability, ground support design, and geotechnical risk management.
• Experience applying numerical modelling and stability analysis tools such as RS2, RS3, FLAC3D, EX3, or other Rocscience software.
• Experience with block cave, sub-level cave, large underground operations, open pit slope design, or slope performance evaluation is an asset.
• Proven ability to lead field programs and developing professionals, produce clear technical reports, advise clients, and coordinate multidisciplinary project delivery.
• Ability to travel to client sites as required; French language capability is considered an asset.

Why Choose WSP?

We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.

• Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026
• A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it's across the country or around the globe, we'll help you tailor your role to match your ambition—because your growth drives ours.
• Flexible work, real balance – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

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Compensation

• AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $135,200 - $179,100
• MB & ON: $123,300 - $169,800
• NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $122,100 - $162,200

Disclosure: The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Make Every Excavation More Resilient

Bring together field insight, advanced analysis, and sound engineering judgement to help mining clients manage uncertainty and create safer, stronger operations.

Shape confidence from the rock outward.

At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.

It’s why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what’s possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.

As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.

At WSP, you’ll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.

Join us.

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here.

Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here.