Hydrogeologist
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Your Opportunity
We have an immediate opening for an Intermediate to Senior Hydrogeologist to join our Team in Atlantic Canada. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and ready to engage in providing our clients high-quality products while learning and growing both as an individual and as part of a team.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Follow safe work practices and adhere to company and client guidelines and policies for planning and executing work in a safe manner.
- Perform field investigations in support of hydrogeological studies including drilling, well construction and testing oversight; groundwater sampling; and water level monitoring.
- Produce geological cross-sections and groundwater contour maps.
- Interpret aquifer tests, characterize aquifers based on maps and other spatial data, and perform spatial analysis using GIS tools.
- Interpret analytical laboratory results.
- Develop conceptual and analytical hydrogeologic models.
- Perform data analysis and data visualization utilizing GIS, Surfer, Leapfrog, or other three-dimensional data-visualization software.
- Develop numerical groundwater models using industry-standard modelling platforms such as MODFLOW or FEFLOW.
- Prepare technical reports documenting field investigations and analytical results.
- Prepare and deliver presentations of hydrogeologic investigations internally and to external clients.
- Develop project budgets, determine project scope, and establish project schedules.
- Travel as required to various field sites with overnight travel sometimes required.
- Contribute to business development activities, including proposals, pre-qualifications, and relationship building with clients and prospective clients.
- Provide supervision, training, technical direction and mentoring to more junior staff.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Ability to meet a strong demand for high-quality, organized, and consistent results.
- Confident individual who demonstrates strong initiative and is capable of independent action with the ability to make informed decisions.
- Time management skills that include balancing immediate and long-term work commitments with varying priorities and deadlines.
- Valid driver’s license is required for business travel.
- Excellent communication skills, including verbal, technical writing, electronic communications, and presentations.
- Experience with hydrogeological characterization work including aquifer test design, analysis and technical report writing.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with hydrogeological modeling software such as MODFLOW, FEFLOW, and/or AQTESOLV is an asset.
- Experience with programming languages including Fortran, Python, VBA, or SQL is considered an asset.
- Proficient skills in communication and technical information exchange with clients, engineers and scientists, government regulators and agencies, and academia, as well as non-technical communication to the public.
- Ability to provide written and verbal direction on project delivery.
- Show leadership in striving to continuously improve technical performance.
- Champion new ideas and initiatives and create an environment that supports creativity and innovation.
- Build and maintain productive professional and personal networking relationships.
Education and Experience
- Minimum of a Master’s degree specializing in groundwater from a Hydrogeology, Geoscience, or Engineering program.
- 7 - 20 years of working experience in consulting or regulatory environment, regularly using and analyzing hydrogeologic data.
- Existing professional registration (P.Geo. or P.Eng.).
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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