Posted 3 months ago
Intermediate Geotechnical Engineer
@ BBA
Overview
BBA is hiring an Intermediate Geotechnical Engineer for its Calgary and Edmonton teams to manage geotechnical assignments across mining, oil sands, hydroelectric and heavy civil infrastructure in Alberta and the Canadian Prairies. The work covers tailings and dam design, slope stability and seepage analysis, site investigation planning, client and contractor management, and mentoring junior staff.
Responsibilities:
- Design tailings, dam and mine infrastructure
- Perform slope stability and seepage analyses
- Plan site investigations and manage geotechnical projects
- Manage clients, contractors and subcontractors
- Mentor and coach junior team members
Requirements summary:
- Outstanding geotechnical design and project management experience
- Experience across mining, oil sands, hydroelectric or heavy civil sectors
- Self-motivated and team-oriented
- Ability to prepare and review geotechnical reports
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-28
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-15
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-15
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Engineering |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites, Construction site |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
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Your future role on our team
This opportunity is for a self-motivated, team-oriented Geotechnical Engineer with outstanding design and project management experience across the mining, oil sands, hydroelectric and heavy civil infrastructure sectors. You’ll manage the full scope of engineering assignments and help grow BBA's geotechnical and engineering services across the Canadian Prairies.
Alberta's energy, mining and heavy-civil markets are moving fast: oil sands operators are modernizing tailings and dam infrastructure, mining clients are expanding critical-mineral projects and the province's decarbonization push is creating new geotechnical challenges every week. BBA's Calgary and Edmonton teams are growing to meet this demand, and we're looking for a self-motivated Intermediate Geotechnical Engineer who wants to be at the centre of it.
With us, you’ll get the opportunity to...
- Provide early-stage technical review and risk management for tailings, dam and mine-infrastructure projects
- Lead geotechnical engineering evaluations and assessments
- Prepare and manage site investigation plans
- Manage geotechnical projects, from proposal through to delivery
- Perform terrain hazard assessments
- Perform dam and tailings facility design
- Perform seepage and slope stability analyses for rock and soil
- Perform underground design and provide construction supervision
- Design and oversee geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring programs
- Provide expertise in geotechnical and subsurface infrastructure solutions
- Lead the production of geotechnical reports, specifications and drawings
- Manage clients, contractors and subcontractors
- Prepare and review geotechnical reports
- Mentor and coach junior team members
- Use your technical expertise to support business development opportunities
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