Engineer or Engineer In Training, Tailings
Sparwood, BC
Coal Division – Coal Operations /
Regular Salaried /
On-site
Elk Valley Resources (EVR) operates four steelmaking coal mines that employ over 5,000 people in the Elk Valley of British Columbia. We are committed to responsible resource development, environmental performance and building strong partnerships with communities and Indigenous Peoples.
EVR is proud to be part of the Glencore Group, contributing to a global portfolio of operations with a history that dates back more than 100 years in Canada.
Are you looking for a new career opportunity? Join our team.
Application Deadline: July 30, 2025
What we offer:
At EVR, we're dedicated to supporting our workforce on their unique career journeys.
EVR recognizes our employees' skills, competencies, and performance and offers opportunities with competitive compensation and benefits. We also aim to promote employee health and wellness and provide opportunities for professional development.
We believe in the power of diversity and strive each day to create a workplace where each individual is valued and respected for their contributions.
We also believe that our employees are the reason we are accomplishing great things and are committed to supporting them through our many different programs.
About the role:
Reporting to the Senior Tailings Engineer, the Tailings Engineer is responsible for being the primary technical resource for tailings operations, deposition, and the Tailings and Water Retaining Structures (TWRS). Based on site, this role focuses on planning, monitoring, deposit assessments and management, advising operational leadership, and supervising field activities related to tailings systems.
To be successful in this role, we require a self-motivated individual with strong interpersonal and communication skills, who can collaborate and excel in a technical team-based environment; someone who has a demonstrated ability to influence others and has strong time management skills.
In this role you will have the opportunity to build relationships across departments through professional development, engagement, empowerment, autonomy, and building internal expertise and capacity. You will have opportunities to rotate through other sites in the valley, gaining experience and relationships along the way. This is an exciting chance to build your career in tailings, with the potential for career progression through our enterprise.
Join us in the breathtaking Elk Valley of British Columbia. Here you will find outdoor adventure at your fingertips. Whether it's biking and skiing, or the laid-back atmosphere of fishing and hiking, there is something for everyone! Working a compressed work week with alternating Fridays off, come experience what work life balance is all about!
Benefits:
- Two Annual Bonus Plans
- Comprehensive Benefits Plan
- Retirement Package
- Health Lifestyle Account
In this role you will:
- Participate in and adhere to health and safety programs and policies
- Implement the surveillance, inspection, monitoring, and maintenance plan (OMS)
- Provide updates to operating, maintenance, and surveillance manuals, along with emergency preparedness and response plans, and other management system documents
- Develop and maintain short-and long-range plans for tailings and water management facilities, including mass balances, tailings deposition plans, and water balances
- Develop and maintain a site-wide mass balance, focused on tailings deposition
- Conduct monthly reconciliation of plans and ongoing mass balance analyses
- Ensure work complies with regulatory requirements, BC HSEC Standards, GISTM standards and relevant guidelines
- Ensure an organizational change process is used appropriately
- Develop identification and performance requirements for tailings and water retaining off-plot equipment, such as pumps, dredges, pipelines
- Report on performance and connect with site leadership
- Develop scopes of deposit assessment programs, such as drilling, CPT, LiDAR, and satellite
- Support project execution on site, including deposit assessment
- Coordinate activities with Consultants, Project Engineering, Processing, Environmental, necessary EVR corporate entities, contractors, and Government Regulators as required
- Develop budgets and track costs on tailings related activities
Requirements:
- Degree in Civil, Geotechnical, or Geological Engineering, or equivalent
- Work experience in the mining industry at an operation or consultant firm specific to tailings storage facilities or water retention structures
- Registered, or eligible to register, with Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC); EVR will support eligible employees with their EGBC registration
- Valid Class 5 Driver’s License or equivalent
- Experience working on project teams
- Detailed understanding of tailings behavior, technologies, geotechnical investigation methods and analyses, soil mechanics, surface and subsurface monitoring systems, and database management
- Experience working with external specialists, such as regulators and Engineers of Record, and familiar with tailings guidelines and regulations
$114,000 - $127,000 a year
The actual base salary offered is determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and competencies and considers internal equity.
To all applicants, your interest and effort are sincerely appreciated. While we thank everyone for their application, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates must be willing to satisfy the pre-employment requirements of a pre-employment drug screen and three professional references.
About EVR
EVR is a Canadian steelmaking coal producer. We take our responsibilities to our people, to society and to the environment seriously. The high-quality steelmaking coal EVR produces is an essential input for steel that can be used for constructing products such as wind turbines and critical infrastructure including rail, bridges, hospitals and schools.
