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At Shell, we are celebrating almost a century of operations in Canada. For nine consecutive years, we have been named one of the country's top employers and recognized as a leader in sustainable development since 1991. Our focus on innovation and technology has made us a leading manufacturer, distributor and marketer of refined petroleum products. We are Canada's largest producer of sulphur and one of the largest oil sands developers in the country.
As we look ahead to the next 100 years, we need creative, ambitious and innovative professionals who can help us achieve our goals and help grow our business. We will provide you with the resources to put your ideas into action, global opportunities to advance your career, and outstanding benefits and rewards that support your quality of life. Join us and let's make a real difference together.
Geotechnical Design Team Lead (U21209)
Shell Canada is currently seeking a Geotechnical Design Team Lead (U21209) for their Calgary location.
Responsibilities:
- Lead geotech design team,responsible for design of tailings dams,pit slopes and waste dumps in compliance with provincial regulations,national or international design guidelines and locally established geotechnical practice.
- Reviews technical work of consultants.
- Authors,signs and stamps geotechnical design reports.
- APEGGA member authorized to seal and issue construction drawings for use.
- Delivers fit for purpose geotechnical designs for dams and large earth structures.
- Provide mastery level technical leadership and direction to the geotechnical design group; from concept through design basis and detailed design.
- Ensure appropriate and or leading edge analyses/technologies are adopted in designs.
- Maintains competencies of design group through training,mentoring and professional development of staff.
- Implement and manage the design group quality management system.
- Final reviews and checks of work by design team before approving for publishing and release.
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science in Geotechnical, Mining, Civil or Geological Engineering
- Professional Geotechnical Engineer registered or eligible for registration in Alberta
- Previous experience in open pit mining operations
- 15 yrs+ experience in geotechnical engineering
- Individual must be comfortable working in a multitask environment
- Must be able to work well with operations personnel in order to achieve objectives
- Must be prepared to occasionally work in harsh environmental conditions
- Skilled in dyke and dump construction activities, including planning, constructing, monitoring, and reporting
- Skilled in oil sands tailings planning activities, including analyzing and classifying materials, creating storage plans, monitoring placement of materials, and reconciling planned to actual tailing storage
- Skilled in oil sands tailing engineering, including collecting and analyzing data from deposits, predicting and modeling slurry/deposit behaviour, selecting investigation and test methods, assessing tailings behaviour
- Skilled at geotechnical engineering, including assessing and analyzing foundation conditions and construction materials, stability analysis, seepage analysis, stress-strain deformation analysis, planning geotechnical structures, and monitoring and interpreting data from lab and field investigations
- Skilled at performing ground water engineering, including selecting and specifying testing methods and procedures, interpreting and analyzing results, and creating aquifer models and reports
- Skilled in managing geotechnical drilling and instrumentation planning, including selecting appropriate drilling methods, selecting monitoring instrumentation, interpreting instrumentation data
- Knowledge of Oil Sands Geology related to mining and geotechnical operations
- Knowledge of Oil Sands Mineral Processing principles
- Knowledge of Oil Sands Mining practices
- Skilled in specifying protective systems and hazardous area classifications within the tailings environments
- Ability to review and apply maintenance and integrity directions and planning
- Skilled at working with multidiscipline teams to optimize the integrated production systems
- Skilled at managing contracting the procurement processes, including management of sourcing processes and ensuring delivery of contract value
- Skilled in managing teams and individuals
- Skilled at motivating, coaching and developing employees
- Skilled at delivering results through others
- Skilled at maximizing business opportunities
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