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We believe environmental responsibility and human progress are interconnected, interwoven and international. Our scientists, engineers, field teams, consultants and professionals collaborate across disciplines and geographies, guiding industries and governments, ensuring that communities and environments thrive.\nWhen you join us, you’re not just forging a career, you’re joining a movement. A movement for better thinking, smarter solutions and lasting impact.\nTogether, we will advance our way of life and protect the integrity of our environment every step of the way.\nA Day in the Life\nAs an Water Resources Engineer, in our Calgary office you’ll be responsible for assisting multiple projects where you will have increasing interaction with our multi-disciplinary staff, regulatory agencies and clients. You will be part of a strong team of committed professionals.\nThe compensation range for this role is $35.00/hr to $60.00/hr, commensurate with experience, skills, and geographic location.\nTo thrive in this role, you’ll be comfortable taking ownership of the following responsibilities:\nDesigning and restoring natural channels and side channels, including fish habitat enhancement, offsetting, fish passage, and stream restoration projects.\n\nDesigning and assessing watercourse crossings, including bridges, culverts, pipelines, and other linear infrastructure.\n\nSupporting river engineering projects involving bank stabilization, erosion protection, flood mitigation works, river training, water intakes, channel remediation, and stream restoration.\n\nDeveloping and applying hydraulic and hydrologic models for river engineering, watercourse crossings, water management, and flood hazard assessments.\n\nSupporting mining, transportation, infrastructure, and industrial projects through hydrotechnical assessments, water management planning, and regulatory approvals.\n\nCompleting erosion, scour, geomorphic, flood hazard, and other hydrotechnical assessments.\n\nPreparing technical reports, engineering design documents, specifications, and regulatory applications.\n\nSupporting regulatory approvals, permitting, and instream construction planning.\n\nConducting field investigations and site assessments.\n\nProviding construction support, field engineering, and post-construction monitoring.\n\nSupporting project delivery, including scope, schedules, budgets, and technical deliverables, with opportunities to take increasing responsibility for project management.\n\nWorking collaboratively with engineers, scientists, environmental specialists, clients, regulators, contractors, Indigenous communities, and other stakeholders.\n\nSupporting and mentoring junior team members.\n\nField work varies by project and may account for approximately 5 to 30% of your time.\n\nYour Expertise and Skills\nThese requirements reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities that help you do your best work here.\nA bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, or Water Resources\n\n3+ years of experience in hydrotechnical or water resources engineering.\n\nA strong foundation in hydraulics and hydrology\n\nAn understanding of erosion, scour, flood hazards, and river processes.\n\nExperience with HEC-RAS\n\nInitiative, sound judgement, and a desire to take increasing ownership of technical work, project delivery, and client relationships.\n\nPractical field and construction experience, or a willingness to develop these skills.\n\nAbility to manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining attention to detail.\n\nExperience working with regulators, clients, contractors, or multidisciplinary project teams.\n\nRegistration as a P.Eng ., or eligibility for registration within approximately one year, in Alberta or another Canadian province.\n\nA valid Class 5 driver's licence with a satisfactory driving record.\n\nWork Environment and Physical Requirements\nThe physical and environmental requirements below reflect what’s typically needed to perform the essential functions of this role safely and effectively. We may provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, consistent with applicable law, to support performance of the essential functions.\nSitting, standing, and walking\n\nLifting 50 pounds several times a day\n\nOverhead lifting of over 20 pounds\n\nOften works outdoors and may be exposed to hot and cold environments and extreme weather conditions, including sunlit, rainy and windy conditions\n\nIn keeping with our Health & Safety Policy, individuals in safety sensitive positions are subject to pre-employment, pre-access (and in some client cases, random) alcohol & drug testing as well as drivers abstract reviews.\nOnterris provides support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities; including accommodation that considers an applicant’s accessibility needs. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are asked to work with Human Resources directly.\nThis posting reflects a current vacancy that the company is actively seeking to fill. Please note, we are not accepting third party agency applicants at this time.\nOnterris is a leading global environmental solutions company partnering with organizations to solve complex challenges where environmental pressures, regulatory expectations and operational risks intersect. Guided by our mission to advance the way of life without compromising the integrity of our environment, we believe environmental responsibility and human progress are fundamentally connected. Our scientists, engineers, field teams and consultants apply systems thinking that unites science, data and practical expertise to deliver solutions that strengthen our clients’ resilience, mitigate risk and protect the air, water and soil that sustain communities, while uncovering responsible paths forward for planet and progress. For more information, visit www.onterris.com.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We acknowledge that these experiences and perspectives help to enrich our teams and contribute to our ongoing success. We are committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in our employment for all applicants. 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