Posted 3 months ago
Senior Geotechnical Engineer
@ BBA
Overview
BBA is hiring a Senior Geotechnical Engineer in Calgary or Edmonton to lead technical work and client relationships across Alberta's mining, oil sands, hydroelectric and heavy civil infrastructure sectors. The role splits time between client-facing business development and hands-on technical leadership, including stamping drawings and mentoring teams. Travel to project sites is required, mainly in Alberta.
Responsibilities:
- Lead geotechnical projects and technical reviews across Alberta's mining and energy sectors
- Manage site investigations, slope stability and geohazard evaluations
- Own and grow strategic client relationships
- Lead business development and proposal writing
- Mentor and train less experienced engineers
Requirements summary:
- Outstanding geotechnical experience in mining, oil sands, hydroelectric or heavy civil
- Demonstrated leadership and mentoring ability
- Strong client-facing and business development skills
- Ability to stamp drawings and defend designs
- Willingness to travel to project sites
Tools & skills
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 | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Travel | air: moderate · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Client sites, Office, Outdoors |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
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Your future role on our team
This opportunity is for a motivated geotechnical engineer who is team-oriented and has outstanding experience assessing, analyzing, designing and demonstrating leadership across the mining, oil sands, hydroelectric and heavy civil infrastructure sectors. Your primary role will be to engage with our clients to solve their most complex challenges. You’ll work closely with our senior, intermediate and junior geotechnical and civil engineers to deliver these projects, while also driving the business development and strategic growth of BBA's geotechnical services in Alberta.
Alberta faces some of Canada’s most complex geotechnical challenges, from oil sands tailings dams and mine waste facilities to hydroelectric and decarbonization projects. To meet this demand, BBA has built a team of more than 100 specialists in Calgary and Edmonton and is looking for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer. This role is ideal for a doer-seller who serves as a trusted advisor to clients, builds strong client relationships, wins new work and leads technical reviews while remaining hands-on to stamp drawings, defend designs, mentor teams and deliver high-quality projects.
Half your time may be spent in front of clients and industry peers building BBA's reputation and pipeline while the other half may be spent leading the technical work that earns the next contract. If you thrive on both winning the work and doing the work, this is your seat.
With us, you’ll get the opportunity to...
- Serve as a technical leader or reviewer for geotechnical projects across Alberta's mining, oil sands and energy sectors
- Provide early-stage technical guidance in support of our technical risk management and assessments
- Develop tools, systems, processes, blog articles, conference papers and training to build our service offerings
- Lead the production of geotechnical reports, specifications and drawings
- Prepare and manage site investigation plans
- Lead geotechnical investigations, geohazard evaluations, air-photo or LiDAR interpretations, slope stability evaluation, instrumentation and construction monitoring
- Mentor, coach and train less experienced professionals, as required
- Own and grow strategic client relationships across Alberta's energy, mining and infrastructure markets
- Lead business development pursuits, from identifying opportunities and shaping win strategies to writing proposals and closing new work
- Serve as BBA's doer-seller in the region: stay hands-on with technical delivery while personally opening doors, building client trust and converting relationships into repeat business
- Travel to project sites mainly in Alberta, but also across Canada and internationally, as required
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