Senior Engineer, Rock Mechanics, 10+ years

Role Overview

As a senior engineer in rock mechanics, you’ll apply sound rock mechanic principles to surface mining, underground mining, and civil construction.

Type of position: Regular

Responsibilities

• Apply rock mechanics across a range of activities, including field mapping, geotechnical core logging, rock mass characterization, rock stability assessments, and reinforcement design.
• Coordinate and manage geotechnical site investigations, field activities, and laboratory material testing; prepare technical reports.
• Review and supervise civil and geotechnical construction activities.
• Perform terrain and slope hazard assessments, mapping and reporting.
• Carry out geotechnical engineering analyses, including slope stability, seepage, and deformation analysis.
• Work with multidisciplinary project teams and ensure the technical quality of deliverables.
• Mentor junior technical personnel.
• Travel to project sites within Canada and occasionally overseas.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Degree in engineering geology, geotechnical engineering, mining engineering, or related field; postgraduate degree or relevant mine operations experience is an advantage.
• Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
• Over 10 years of relevant professional geotechnical engineering experience.
• Strong academic background and solid understanding of rock mechanics.
• Advanced expertise in numerical modelling using software such as Rocscience suite, FLAC3D, and other geotechnical analysis tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, technical writing experience, and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well with a team.
• Ability and willingness to travel to project sites; valid driver’s licence required.
• Advanced English skills to facilitate collaboration with other BBA offices and/or clients in English‑speaking Canadian provinces and internationally; you may need to use English occasionally or daily, depending on current projects.
• Advanced French skills to facilitate collaboration with other BBA offices and/or clients in Québec.
• Asset: background in soil mechanics.

Benefits

• Annual base salary from $100,000 to $160,000.
• Annual premium program for regular employees.
• Time bank.
• Cellphone fee reimbursements.
• Group insurance plan from the first day of employment, including disability insurance and a telemedicine program.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Annual vacation and sick leave.
• Premium for employee referrals.
• Opportunity to mentor our next generation; we invest in people and help them develop.
• A corporate culture that values expertise.
• Participation in innovation projects.
• Promotion of our experts (SMEs) externally and internally.
• A flexible schedule that combines office presence and working from home.
• A growing business with many opportunities.
• On site and at the office: Health, safety and the environment are in our DNA.