Water Resources Engineer

Klohn Crippen Berger Consultoria Ltda; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Klohn Crippen Berger Consultoria Ltda seeks an experienced Water Resources Engineer to work on mine water management projects in Alberta, across Canada, and internationally. You will expand technical and leadership skills, manage multidisciplinary teams, and liaise with client representatives throughout project delivery.

The role emphasizes design, reporting, and mentoring junior engineers, with opportunities to travel Western Canada and potentially abroad, contributing to high‑profile

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and PE registration or eligibility.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar consulting environment.
• Experience with water resources and multi‑disciplinary project environments.

Responsibilities

• Build technical skills on mine water management projects across Canada.
• Coordinate project teams including civil, geotechnical, hydrogeological and environmental disciplines.
• Lead design activities, prepare design reports, drawings and specifications.
• Mentor junior engineers and support their career development.
• Engage with client representatives and manage project communications.
• Work throughout western Canada with potential international travel.

Skills

Water resources engineering

Project coordination

Technical reporting

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer registration or eligibility

Job description

As an experienced Water Resources Engineer with an interest in mine water management, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting, multi‑faceted, 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.

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• 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 tool box, 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; and
• Work throughout western Canada with potential opportunities to travel internationally;

Qualifications

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!

We value your:

• 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.