{"id":1115125,"url":"https://alion.io/job/equilibrium-senior-geotechnical-engineer-mine-waste","title":"Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Tailings & Mine Waste","company":{"id":6859,"name":"Equilibrium","domain":"equilibrium.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/equilibrium","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workable","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Vancouver, Canada","Toronto, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":120000,"max":145000,"currency":"CAD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":103079},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-11-04T16:57:20Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":42,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":42},"description":"Senior Geotechnical Engineer | Tailings & Mine Waste | P.Eng\nWe are seeking an accomplished Senior Geotechnical Engineer - Tailings & Mine Waste to join our growing Tailings & Mine Waste team. Our team delivers engineering and consulting services for tailings storage facilities, mine-waste facilities, waste rock facilities, and related mining infrastructure, supporting clients through investigation, design, construction, operation, monitoring, and closure. This is an opportunity to contribute to complex projects while working alongside experienced engineers and multidisciplinary teams.\nWhy Join Equilibrium?\nGlobal reach. Specialist expertise. Real influence.\nEquilibrium brings together the global reach and expertise of an established consultancy with the autonomy and agility of a specialist firm.\nHere, you’ll work closely with experienced leaders, have a genuine voice in the business and see the impact of your work firsthand. As we grow, you’ll have the opportunity to take ownership, deepen your expertise in geotechnical engineering and mine waste, and play a meaningful role in shaping what comes next.\nWe want our people to grow with the business, build meaningful relationships and make a lasting contribution - not simply be part of the team, but help build the future of Equilibrium.\nThe Role:\nAs a Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Tailings & Mine Waste, you’ll deliver complex tailings and mine waste projects, provide technical guidance, and work closely with clients and multidisciplinary teams. You’ll have the opportunity to apply your technical expertise across investigations, design, and facility assessments, mentor developing engineers, and contribute to the continued growth of Equilibrium’s Mine Waste practice.\nYou will:\nDeliver Technical Projects: Manage geotechnical investigations, assessments, and designs for tailings, waste rock spoils and other mine waste facilities, confirming safe work practices, schedule, budget, and client requirements are met.\nPerform Technical Analysis: Perform, oversee, and review geotechnical analyses, interpret field and monitoring data, develop geotechnical models, and provide practical, risk-informed engineering recommendations.\nSupport Field Activities: Plan and coordinate geotechnical investigations, inspections, and construction support activities, providing safety oversight, technical direction and responding to site conditions and emerging project requirements.\nProvide Technical Review: Prepare and review engineering reports, calculations, specifications, and technical documentation, while supporting technical reviews, dam safety assessments, risk evaluations, and quality assurance and quality control.\nSupport Clients & Project Delivery: Serve as a point of contact for assigned scopes, communicate project status, technical findings and recommendations, and contribute to project planning, proposals, schedules, budgets, and client meetings.\nDevelop People: Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and review to junior engineers, engineers-in-training, technologists, and field staff, supporting their professional development.\nDrive Technical Excellence: Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, industry best practices, and the development of tools, workflows, and quality practices within the Mine Waste practice.\nWhat We’re Looking For:\n7 - 10 years of relevant experience in geotechnical engineering, mining, engineering consulting, mine waste, tailings, or project delivery.\nDemonstrated experience in geotechnical design and evaluation of tailings dams, waste rock spoils, and/or co-management structures.\nDemonstrated commitment to health and safety, with experience identifying and managing risks in mine site, field, and project environments. Dam Safety experience considered an asset.\nStrong technical judgement, leadership and project coordination skills.\nStrong interpersonal and emotional intelligence, with the ability to communicate thoughtfully, build trust, provide constructive technical feedback, and navigate challenging situations with empathy.\nExperience contributing to business development, cross-selling, and building long-term client relationships.\nWillingness to travel to mine sites as required.\nEducation & Certifications:\nBachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering (Civil, Geotechnical, Geological, or related discipline).\nProfessional Engineering designation (P.Eng.) or equivalent professional registration required where applicable.\nAbout Equilibrium:\nComplex challenges. Practical solutions. Technical excellence.\nEquilibrium is a specialist technical consultancy serving the global mining and natural resources sectors. We bring together expertise in geotechnical engineering, structural geology, and hydrogeology, to solve complex technical challenges and deliver practical solutions for our clients.\nFounded by internationally respected technical leaders, we combine deep technical expertise with a practical, solutions-focused approach and close client relationships. Our multidisciplinary teams work across regions and disciplines to deliver work that is technically sound, practical and fit for purpose.\nTechnical excellence is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to continuously improving our expertise, how we work and the value we deliver to our clients.\nOur People & Culture:\nDifferent perspectives make us stronger.\nWe believe bringing together different experiences and ways of thinking makes our teams stronger and our work better. More than half of our team are women, reflecting the inclusive and collaborative culture we are building at Equilibrium.\nWe look for people who are technically excellent, curious, empathetic and generous with their knowledge. Initiative, collaboration and fresh thinking shape how we work, while respect and transparency guide how we work with one another.\nWe want people to feel heard, supported and empowered to contribute - whether that's sharing an idea, challenging an assumption or helping a colleague succeed.\nOur values - excellence, transparency, diversity and mindfulness of our impact - guide how we work with each other, serve our clients and contribute to our communities and the planet.\nCompensation:\nWe expect that the salary package to be in the below range depending on experience, qualifications, and skills. The final compensation package will be determined based on the successful candidate’s background and fit for the role.\n$120,000 to $145,000 CAD per year + Benefits + Bonus\nLocation:\nEquilibrium operates globally, with offices in South Brisbane, Australia; Vancouver, Canada; and Portland and Phoenix, USA.\nWe are primarily accepting applications from candidates from within Canada. Flexible hybrid and remote-based arrangements will be considered for the right individual, depending on location and project requirements.\nAdditional Requirements:\nMust be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is based. \nPeriodic domestic and/or international travel may be required for project assignments, meetings, training, client engagements, field investigations, and other business purposes, including travel to remote project and mine sites.\nAs the Employer operates globally, flexibility in work schedule may be required to support collaboration across different time zones.\nDepending on project or client requirements, the role may require security, background, criminal record, drug and alcohol, or other screening.\nGeotechnical Engineering | Mine Waste | Tailings Dams | Dam Safety | Engineer of Record | Waste Rock | Geotechnical Investigations | Geotechnical Design | Risk Assessment | Project Delivery | Technical Leadership","description_format":"text","description_chars":7709,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Canada","iso":"CA","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Photo & Video Editing Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-22T14:59:05Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":42,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.757,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":42,"expected_fill_days":39,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":103079,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/equilibrium-senior-geotechnical-engineer-mine-waste","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/equilibrium-senior-geotechnical-engineer-mine-waste.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-04T22:23:19Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":782,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":6859},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=6859"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fequilibrium-senior-geotechnical-engineer-mine-waste"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fequilibrium-senior-geotechnical-engineer-mine-waste"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fequilibrium-senior-geotechnical-engineer-mine-waste"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/equilibrium-senior-geotechnical-engineer-mine-waste\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fequilibrium-senior-geotechnical-engineer-mine-waste"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1115125}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"equilibrium.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1115125},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}