Water Resources Engineer

Klohn Crippen Berger; Calgary; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional career development

Attractive benefits package

Job summary

Klohn Crippen Berger in Calgary, Alberta, is seeking an experienced Intermediate Water Resources Engineer to manage a variety of mine water management projects. The successful candidate will work on multi-disciplinary engineering projects, coordinating with various specialists while mentoring junior engineers. Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and at least 5 years of related consulting experience. Attractive benefits and career development opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a similar consulting environment.
• Registered or eligible to register as a Professional Engineer.
• Work experience on multi-disciplinary projects.

Responsibilities

• Build technical skills on mine water management projects.
• Coordinate projects involving various engineering disciplines.
• Involved in all stages of project from concept to completion.
• Mentor and oversee junior engineers.
• Work on multi-disciplinary engineering projects.

Skills

Water resources engineering

Project management

Communication skills

Mentoring

Team spirit

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Role Overview

As an experienced Intermediate Water Resources Engineer with an interest in mine water management, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting, multi‑faced, high‑profile projects in Alberta, across Canada, and internationally. You will expand your academic training, people skills, and professional practice by developing and implementing technical solutions, engaging with other disciplines and sub‑consultants, managing and coordinating teams, and liaising closely with our client representatives. You will be part of an award‑winning Infrastructure group and advance your career in our One Team culture that builds strong, collaborative and focused teams who enjoy themselves throughout project delivery. We value a winning attitude, a hunger for learning and innovation, adaptability and flexibility, respectful engagement with our team and our client representatives, and a sense of fun. We also support career development and diversification.

Responsibilities

• Build upon your technical skills on a variety of mine water management projects that may involve: surface water hydrology; hydraulic modelling; ditch and culvert design; erosion protection design; sedimentation ponds and sumps; tailings water management; closure design of dumps and tailings facilities; dams and hydraulic structures; and dam safety related assignments;
• Be the project coordinator on challenging projects that can involve civil, geotechnical, hydrogeological, environmental, and regulatory disciplines. This opportunity will enable you to expand your technical toolbox, project management capabilities, and client liaison and business acumen skills;
• Be involved in all stages of a project, from concept to completion, including: undertaking the design; preparing design reports, drawings, and specifications;
• Mentor and oversee junior engineers, actively supporting their career development;
• Broaden your professional practice by working on multi‑disciplinary engineering projects while maintaining your focus on water resource engineering;
• Work throughout western Canada with potential opportunities to travel internationally;

Requirements

If you have a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, are registered or eligible to register as a Professional Engineer and have a minimum of 5 years’ of experience in a similar consulting environment, we want to hear from you!

• Work experience on water resources engineering and multi‑disciplinary projects;
• Strong initiative, innovation, commitment to technical excellence and continuous learning, enthusiasm, and drive toward long‑term success;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including experience in contributing to proposals, technical reports, presentations to client representatives, providing clear direction to project team members and sub‑consultants, and general project correspondence;
• Exceptional team spirit, interpersonal skills and ability to build long‑term, successful relationships with our client representatives and project teams; and
• Solid time management and organizational skills.

Benefits

We offer professional career development tracks and salaries commensurate with experience and an attractive benefits package.

We are committed to employment equity and encourage applications from all qualified career seekers.