Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Toronto, North Vancouver

Permanent, Full-Time

Hybrid

Are you interested in becoming part of a prominent engineering consulting firm that adds value for clients, communities, and the planet? Can you leverage your leadership skills and experience in regional and international underground structures and tunnels? Then this could be the next step in your career!

Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

We are looking for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our global team of experts and work within a functional team that is responsible for performing engineering analysis, design, and technical reports and drawings for tunnels and various underground structures, such as deep shafts, cut-and-cover structures, and mined tunnels and caverns for metro transit, infrastructure, bridges, or hydroelectric power projects. In this role, you will be responsible for working with multidisciplinary teams and effectively managing and delivering your own tasks in terms of budget, quality, and timelines.

This position supports COWI’s role for multiple tunneling projects and/or metro stations. The chosen candidate will be responsible for coordinating the geotechnical discipline. In this role, the Senior Geotechnical Engineer will support the Tunnel Project Manager in coordinating between the client and the COWI geotechnical team.

The position will require solid project management and technical skills and will provide opportunities to grow and develop leadership skills.

The position will be based in COWI’s Toronto Office or North Vancouver office.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Coordinate and lead geotechnical investigations and the design, implementation, and oversight of medium to large exploration programs.
• Perform and review technical analysis, calculations, and designs for foundations, retaining walls, slope stability, seismic factors, and related structures.
• Supervise and review the work of geotechnical engineers, including reports, drawings, cost estimates, specifications, contracts, and construction support.
• Manage project planning to ensure work is fit for purpose, completed on schedule, and within budget.
• Provide project management, technical oversight, and mentorship while promoting high standards of professionalism, quality, safety, and continuous learning.
• Classify, interpret, and characterize ground conditions from geotechnical data for various structures, prepare reports (GIRs, GDRs), and contribute to the review and approval of design deliverables, including technical memoranda and construction drawings.
• Provide input on digital delivery and information management of projects from conception through to completion.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or Geotechnical Engineering.
• Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) license in Ontario or British Columbia.
• Minimum 10 years of geotechnical engineering experience on transportation and infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with the Canadian Foundation Engineering Manual, CSA Codes, National Building Code, and Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code.
• Experience specifying ground investigations, including borehole/test locations and field/laboratory test schedules.
• Skilled in interpreting ground investigations for engineering parameters and producing Geotechnical Interpretative Reports (GIRs) and Geotechnical Design Reports (GDRs).
• Experience designing geotechnical structures (such as deep retaining walls and slope stability) with experience in settlement/ground movement calculations and tunnel projects.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility, and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We invest in our people’s professional and personal well‑being.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangement
• Full time hires get minimum 4 weeks vacation to start
• Floating holiday to celebrate employee diversity
• Paid sick leave
• Top-up parental and childbirth recovery leave
• Annual Fitness spending account. Yes, you can use this for a ski pass, yoga or gym membership
• Personal and Professional development fund
• Group RRSP program with company matching
• Parking or public transit allowance
• Extended Health coverage with 100% of premiums paid by us
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• Referral incentive program

Base compensation: $104,000 to $161,400 for North Vancouver office only. Actual compensation is subject to variations due to education, experience, skill set, and location.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Talent Acquisition Specialist, Rheannon Lewis at RHLE@COWI.COM.

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Before you apply

All you need to include in your application is your CV – no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.

Equal opportunity employer

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, COWI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.