Senior Rock Mechanics Engineer

We are SLR Consulting (Americas), a 1500+ team of advisory, environmental, engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada and the United States. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

We are seeking a Senior Rock Mechanics Engineer in Toronto, Sudbury,

or Vancouver to support and lead rock mechanics and mine geotechnical assignments for mining projects, including open pit, underground, and combined open pit-underground operations.

The successful candidate will provide practical and technically defensible geotechnical input to mine planning, feasibility studies, operational support, due diligence reviews, and field investigation programs. The role will include rock mass characterization, geotechnical domain development, structural interpretation, open pit slope stability assessments, underground excavation stability analysis, ground support design, backfill interaction assessments, technical reporting, and collaboration with multidisciplinary mining teams.

This position is suitable for an engineer with strong technical capability in mining geotechnics and rock mechanics, and the ability to apply sound engineering judgement to support safe, efficient, and constructible mine design and operations.

Responsibilities:

• Support and lead rock mechanics and geotechnical assessments for open pit and underground mining projects.
• Review and interpret geological, structural, geotechnical, hydrogeological, and laboratory testing data.
• Develop geotechnical domains for mine design based on lithology, alteration, structure, weathering, rock mass quality, strength, and hydrogeological conditions.
• Carry out rock mass characterization using systems such as RMR, Q, GSI, RQD, fracture frequency, joint condition ratings, and intact rock strength data.
• Review oriented core, televiewer data, structural mapping, pit wall mapping, underground mapping, and drillhole geotechnical logs.
• Undertake open pit slope assessments, including kinematic analysis, bench-scale stability, inter-ramp and overall slope stability, rockfall assessment, and slope design input.
• Undertake underground mine design assessments, including excavation stability, stope stability, pillar stability, ground support, drift dimensions, sequencing, and interaction with backfill.
• Support ground control design for underground development, production stopes, intersections, drawpoints, large excavations, and mine infrastructure.
• Perform empirical, analytical, limit equilibrium, and numerical analyses using appropriate rock mechanics methods and software (2D/3D, e.g., Rocscience, Itasca codes).
• Prepare geotechnical design criteria for mine planning, including slope angles, excavation dimensions, ground support assumptions, stope design parameters, pillar design inputs, and monitoring recommendations.
• Prepare technical memoranda, geotechnical reports, design basis documents, due diligence reviews, risk registers, and client-ready deliverables.
• Support proposal preparation, scope development, budget estimates, schedules, and client communication.
• Technical report writing for geotechnical/rock mechanics aspects

Working @ SLR

With SLR, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long run, and if you ask our team, they will tell you that is just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

• Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives
• The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $175,000+. Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
• Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 5 to 12+ years of relevant experience in mining rock mechanics or mine geotechnics
• Familiarity with software such as Dips, UnWedge, RocPlane, Swedge, RS2, RS3, Slide2, Slide3, RocFall, FLAC, FLAC3D, Leapfrog, AutoCAD, GIS, or similar tools.
• Registered or eligible to register as a Professional Engineer
• Demonstrated experience with open pit and/or underground mining geotechnical design.
• Strong technical writing skills, including preparation of client-facing reports and technical memoranda.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills
• Willingness to travel to project sites, as required

This job posting is for an existing vacancy. Artificial intelligence is not being used to screen, assess, or select applicants.

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.