Senior Hydrogeologist - Tailings

Klohn Crippen Berger Consultoria Ltda; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work opportunities

Annual performance and salary review

Bonus payout program

Vacation policy aligned to experience

Paid overtime and wellness days

Flexible benefits

Job summary

KCB, a multidisciplinary engineering, geoscience, and environmental consulting firm, seeks a Senior Hydrogeologist for our Arizona team to work on mining and resource projects. You will contribute to planning, investigation, design, and construction related to tailings, water dams, and mine water management, with opportunities for project management and technical leadership.

Your role emphasizes critical thinking, groundwater analysis, and collaboration across regions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, or Geological engineering with ongoing development.
• At least 15 years’ experience in hydrogeology including tailings and water storage dams, mine water management, dewatering, water supply, contaminant hydrogeology.
• Experience designing, installing and field testing wells for water supply projects, aquifer feasibility studies, dewatering and monitoring.
• Experience in groundwater and environmental monitoring and sampling programs.
• Experience with AQTESOLV, AquiferTest, Surfer, AquaChem, Geochemist’s Workbench, RockWorks and GIS.
• Eligibility to become professionally registered in Canada.
• Ability to build relationships with multidisciplinary project-based teams.
• Experience in a safety-focused environment with near miss and incident reporting

Responsibilities

• Join a dynamic team of professionals committed to delivering high quality hydrogeological and environmental services.
• Further develop your knowledge and technical skills in hydrogeology through challenging projects.
• Engage in field and office-based hydrogeology work on tailings and water storage dams, mine water management, dewatering, water supply, contaminant hydrogeology and other environmental and engineering applications.
• Conduct groundwater and hydrochemical analysis and modelling.
• Provide input and be recognized for your contributions to the team and projects.
• Broaden your professional practice by working on multi-disciplinary engineering projects while maintaining your focus in hydrogeology.

Skills

Mentor others

Relationship building

Creative problem solving

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Geology, Hydrogeology, or Geological engineering degree

Tools

AQTESOLV

AquiferTest

Surfer

AquaChem

Geochemist’s Workbench

RockWorks

GIS

Job description

Senior Hydrogeologist

Phoenix, AZ

KCB is a multidisciplinary engineering, geoscience, and environmental consulting firm grounded in our values of Passion, Integrity, and Excellence. With teams across North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe, we bring together global technical knowledge, local insight, and a shared commitment to solving complex challenges that matter.

Today's challenges demand more than just technical knowledge; they require collaboration, creativity, and a deep understanding of the communities, industries, and environments that we support. At KCB, our team collaborates across regions and disciplines to bring practical thinking, technical excellence, and diverse perspectives to every project.

We are problem-solvers at heart. Our teams bring passion to complex challenges, integrity to every client relationship and excellence to the solutions we deliver for communities, industries, and future generations.

Guided by our long-term ambition of Globally Connected Excellence and our purpose of Sustaining the Future, we work alongside our clients to deliver lasting solutions that strengthen resilience and benefit future generations.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Senior Hydrogeologist to join our Arizona-based team to work on local and international mining and resource projects. Your experience will be applied to the planning, investigation, assessment, design, and construction of tailings and water dams and waste storage for mining. Career development can be managed to support personal preferences such as niche, technical design specialists, or project participation in both technical dam engineering scopes and project management, or all-round engineering specialists.

Our focus is on the application of critical thinking to the management of mine waste and water. By continuing your career journey with us, you would be part of our Mining Environmental Group, based out our Phoenix office. The role of Senior Hydrogeologist comes with the flexibility to work a hybrid schedule and will provide you with the opportunity to:

• Join a dynamic team of professionals committed to delivering high quality hydrogeological and environmental services.
• Further develop your knowledge and technical skills in hydrogeology through challenging projects.
• Engage in both field and office-based hydrogeology work on projects such as tailings and water storage dams, mine water management, dewatering, water supply, contaminant hydrogeology and other environmental and engineering applications.
• Conduct groundwater and hydrochemical analysis and modelling.
• Provide input and be recognized for your contributions to the team and projects.
• Broaden your professional practice by working on multi-disciplinary engineering projects while maintaining your focus in hydrogeology.

What we require:

We respect the knowledge and experience you have gained to date and are willing to help you build on it. We do however require the following qualifications:

• A degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, or Geological engineering, with a track record of continued development
• At least 15 years’ experience in hydrogeology including related to tailings and water storage dams, mine water management, dewatering, water supply, contaminant hydrogeology

• Experience designing, installing and field testing of wells for water supply projects, aquifer feasibility studies, dewatering / depressurization and monitoring projects.
• Experience in implementing and undertaking groundwater and environmental monitoring and sampling programs.
• Working knowledge of industry standard software packages including: AQTESOLV, AquiferTest, Surfer, AquaChem, Geochemist’s Workbench, RockWorks and GIS software.
• Eligibility to become professionally registered in Canada.
• An ability to build relationships with multidisciplinary project-based teams.
• Experience in a safety focused environment with near miss and incident reporting requirements

In addition to the must have requirements you will excel in the role if you have the following:

• An ability to find creative solutions and know how to present them
• A willingness to mentor others and be mentored
• An ability to build rapport with clients, colleagues, and industry partners
• Demonstrate that you are flexible and seek solutions rather than focus on problems

Along with continued career development, KCB offers:

• Hybrid work opportunities
• Annual performance and salary review
• PSMJ’s supported track record of profitability, leading to above average bonus payouts
• Vacation policy that aligns to your experience
• Paid OT, and wellness days
• Flexible benefits, including RSP, social, and mental well-being initiatives
• Dedication to WEF’s “Four Pillars” of Environment Social Governance framework, Governance, People, Planet and Prosperity

We are a global organization committed developing a respectful workplace founded on the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion. We strive to be a workplace where our employees, clients, and the communities in the regions we operate, feel valued and are treated equitable. We respect the uniqueness that makes you, you. We encourage applications from all qualified career seekers, regardless of gender, sex, religion, or nationality.

To learn more about projects you could be a part of check out Projects - KCB (klohn.com) for more details.