# Principal Geotechnical Engineer (Dams)

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Edmonton, Calgary, AB
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $147,500 - $195,400
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Principal Geotechnical Engineer to join our Dams and Tailings Practice within the Ground Engineering team in Calgary or Edmonton. As a senior technical leader, you will provide expertise on water-retention structures, mining dams and dykes, mine waste storage facilities, and tailings management plans.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide senior technical and business leadership across dam and mine waste infrastructure projects

- Lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle

- Advance technical excellence, strengthen client relationships, and grow the practice

- Mentor the next generation of engineering talent

- Act as a Qualified Professional for the dams practice in Alberta

- Lead geotechnical studies, analyses, and engineering reports

- Direct geotechnical investigations, instrumentation and monitoring programs, and field data collection

- Manage projects as Project Manager or Project Director

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Civil (Geotechnical) or Geological Engineering

- Registration, or eligibility for registration, as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with APEGA

- 15+ years of practical engineering and design experience in dam and mine waste storage structure design

- Knowledge of the Alberta Dams and Canals Safety Directive, Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM), and Canadian Dam Association (CDA) guidelines

- Experience with geotechnical design and analysis tools such as SLOPE/W, SEEP/W, FLAC, PLAXIS, and Global Mapper

- Strong technical, report, and proposal writing capabilities

- Valid, unrestricted Alberta Class 5 Driver's Licence

Benefits:

- Competitive salary ($147,500 - $195,400)

- Flexible work arrangements

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- Recognition as a Top 100 Employer in Canada

Join us and help shape the future of dam and mine waste infrastructure across Western Canada.

## Skills

### Required
- Civil Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Geological Engineering
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)
- APEGA
- SLOPE/W
- SEEP/W
- FLAC
- PLAXIS
- Global Mapper
- Alberta Dams and Canals Safety Directive
- GISTM
- CDA guidelines

### Nice to have
- Master's or Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering

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