Description
As a Senior Rock Mechanics Engineer at WSP, you will contribute to solving complex geotechnical challenges across the mining lifecycle.
Your expertise will shape practical, defensible solutions that improve excavation stability, manage risk, and support safer, more resilient operations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading rock mechanics and geotechnical studies to improve safety, stability, and operational performance
- Delivering rock mass characterization, design criteria, ground support recommendations, and stability assessments
- Guiding kinematic, empirical, and numerical analyses to inform practical decisions for clients
- Advancing safe, high-quality field programs
- Driving project success through scope, budget, schedule, and technical quality management
- Growing trusted partnerships
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in mining, geological, geotechnical, or a related engineering discipline
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or eligibility for registration in Canada
- 8+ years of relevant rock mechanics or mining geotechnical experience
- Demonstrated capability in rock mass characterization, geotechnical investigations, excavation stability, and geotechnical risk management
- Experience with numerical modelling and stability analysis tools such as RS2, RS3, FLAC3D, EX3, or other Rocscience software
Compensation:
- $135,200 - $179,100 (AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT)
- $123,300 - $169,800 (MB & ON)
- $122,100 - $162,200 (NB, NL, NS, PE & QC)