Senior Principal - National Lead - Geoscience Mining, Minerals and Metals

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited institution plus appropriate continuing education in civil/geotechnical engineering, or equivalent.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) within Arizona, Colorado and other states in the US
• A minimum of 20 years of related experience practicing geotechnical engineering in mining including mining geotechnique and mining infrastructure, tailings and mine waste, earth dams and water retention structures, tailings structures from pre-feasibility studies through detailed design to construction, tailing facility operations and closure planning and closure execution.
• Proven track record of developing business, winning work and providing support to large bid teams, preparing proposals and developing engineering and capital cost estimates.
• Demonstrate the ability to direct a multi-discipline team in fast paced environment.
• Demonstrated history of effective client engagement, relationships, and management.
• Ability to present technical information, both written and verbally, in a concise and professional manner.
• A demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, excellent verbal and written communication skills in English with excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Self-starter, flexible team leader, willing and able to work on a wide variety of tasks and to coordinate staff, previous successful experience in a team leadership role is an asset.
• Strong level of commercial acumen, including cash collection, workshare, change management and contract review and management
• Demonstrated capability to conduct and supervise geotechnical engineering through field investigations to design, and train, mentor and develop junior and intermediate staff.
• Working knowledge of industry standard business support systems, i.e. project planning packages, cost management systems, ISO9001 quality management systems is considered an asset

Preferred Experience / Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution plus appropriate continuing education in civil/geotechnical engineering, or equivalent
• Registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with PEO / and / or APEGA and/or EGBC.

Advisian (part of the Worley Group) offers an excellent remuneration & benefits package, a friendly, professional, dynamic and flexible work environment along with the opportunity to develop your career prospects within Canada and overseas. 

We strive to be an industry leader in health, safety and environmental performance. Our vision is to achieve zero harm to people and assets, and zero environmental incidents. We select people who share our values, beliefs and commitment to this vision and who demonstrate the expected behaviours, competencies and performance associated with their prospective roles within the company.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Advisian (part of the Worley Group) is an equal opportunity employer.