Water Resources Engineer EIT-Mining

At Stantec, we help deliver the critical minerals needed to power our world, from the cars we drive to the infrastructure powering our communities. And we don’t just design the largest, deepest, and most technically challenging mines in the world—we do it sustainably. We’re helping clients reduce energy usage, adopt clean energy sources, and implement digital solutions and automation.

Join our team of mining professionals and you’ll be at the forefront of this evolving industry while building the mine of the future. You’ll also build your own future, with exciting opportunities for development and advancement.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a Water Resources Engineer, EIT to work as an integrated member of our Energy & Resources – Mining team in a secondment role with the Long-Range Water Resources team of one of our key oil sands clients in Alberta. This role is located in Edmonton with quarterly trips to Calgary. This is an exciting opportunity for growth for a dynamic individual seeking an opportunity to provide support to a complex active mining operation in Canada

Your Key Responsibilities

• Participating in and following site-specific Health Safety Security Environment (HSSE) policies with the goal of achieving zero workplace incidents and the promotion of a safe work environment for all
• Participating in daily tailgate meetings
• Identifying and reporting hazards and unsafe conditions and seeking to improve safety with reference to known policies and procedures
• Provide annual update of the site wide water balance. Included in this is maintaining and validation the model, collaborating broadly to update inputs, analyzing and interpreting the results and defining potential scenarios, developing potential mitigations and recommendations, and reviewing outcomes with stakeholders.
• This role would be responsible for progressing the continuous improvement of the model, ensuring continuity with the tailings mass balance and water quality forecasting models. This would involve working in GoldSIM, MATLAB, and Excel to integrate changes such as further refinement of time steps (annual to monthly), integrating the closed circuit and release water balances, and breaking down storage by facility.
• This role may also be responsible for planning future infrastructure and tying it into the existing water management system. Scope is primarily mid to long range (1 to 15 year) planning, assessment, and design of surface water infrastructure to support the water management network at the Kearl oilsands site. Other types of work may include various water related desktop studies and updating standards and guidelines.
• This role is primarily a planning role for future infrastructure but supports operations from a technical standpoint and would provide guidance to the field, when required.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• E.I.T or P.Eng with 3+ years’ experience
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience with GoldSIM, MATLAB, and AutoCAD
• Experience with HEC-HMS (and/or other hydrology software) is an asset
• Knowledge of open pit mining operations and mine/tailings planning
• Experience with water balance development
• Understanding of surface water management and design
• Experience or knowledge of oilsands tailings streams and fluid storage concepts is an asset
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work in multidiscipline teams crossing various functions
• Strong organizational skills, practical problem-solving skills and continuous improvement through critical thinking
• Enjoys challenging and dynamic work
• Ability to manage time to meet project schedules and budgets
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in hydrology, environmental science, earth science, water resources, civil engineering, or a related field
• Registration, or eligibility for registration, with APEGA.
• Valid safety training certificates relevant to fieldwork are an asset.
• Previous hydrometric, environmental monitoring, or field‑based data collection experience is an asset.

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.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best. #FeelingEnergized

**Pay Transparency:** In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

**Benefits Summary:** Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

**Primary Location:** Canada | AB | Edmonton

**Organization:** BC-1363 E&R-CA West

**Employee Status:** Regular

**Management Level:** Individual contributor

**Business Justification:** New Position

**Travel:** Yes

**Schedule:** Full time

**Job Posting:** 02/09/2026 08:09:23

**Req ID:** 1007374