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Stantec’s Water Resources professionals include nationally recognized experts in Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrotechnical Engineering, and Geochemistry along with subject matter experts in Water Resources Engineering, Water Balance Modeling, and Water Quality. Our Energy & Resources – Mining team works closely with our Water Resource professionals and other key disciplines to deliver full-service engineering solutions throughout Canada, and globally on some of the most challenging and meaningful mine water projects. A role with Stantec provides the support of leading scientists and engineers, with the opportunity to grow your career in multiple directions.
Your Opportunity
Stantec is seeking a Water Resources Engineer, EIT to work as an integrated member of our Energy & Resources – Mining team in a secondment role with the Long-Range Water Resources team of one of our key oil sands clients in Alberta. This role is located in Edmonton with quarterly trips to Calgary. This is an exciting opportunity for growth for a dynamic individual seeking an opportunity to provide support to a complex active mining operation in Canada
Your Key Responsibilities
- Participating in and following site-specific Health Safety Security Environment (HSSE) policies with the goal of achieving zero workplace incidents and the promotion of a safe work environment for all
- Participating in daily tailgate meetings
- Identifying and reporting hazards and unsafe conditions and seeking to improve safety with reference to known policies and procedures
- Provide annual update of the site wide water balance. Included in this is maintaining and validation the model, collaborating broadly to update inputs, analyzing and interpreting the results and defining potential scenarios, developing potential mitigations and recommendations, and reviewing outcomes with stakeholders.
- This role would be responsible for progressing the continuous improvement of the model, ensuring continuity with the tailings mass balance and water quality forecasting models. This would involve working in GoldSIM, MATLAB, and Excel to integrate changes such as further refinement of time steps (annual to monthly), integrating the closed circuit and release water balances, and breaking down storage by facility.
- This role may also be responsible for planning future infrastructure and tying it into the existing water management system. Scope is primarily mid to long range (1 to 15 year) planning, assessment, and design of surface water infrastructure to support the water management network at the Kearl oilsands site. Other types of work may include various water related desktop studies and updating standards and guidelines.
- This role is primarily a planning role for future infrastructure but supports operations from a technical standpoint and would provide guidance to the field, when required.
