Senior Associate Geotechnical Engineer

About Us

At Onterris, we build careers grounded in purpose, responsibility and real-world impact.

“For Planet and Progress” is our north star that guides everything we do. We believe environmental responsibility and human progress are interconnected, interwoven and international. Our scientists, engineers, field teams, consultants and professionals collaborate across disciplines and geographies, guiding industries and governments, ensuring that communities and environments thrive.

When you join us, you’re not just forging a career, you’re joining a movement. A movement for better thinking, smarter solutions and lasting impact.

Together, we will advance our way of life and protect the integrity of our environment every step of the way.

A Day in the Life

As the Senior Associate Geotechnical Engineer, you will be reporting to the Service Line VP.

This position is hybrid and requires a minimum of 2 days a week in either our Oakville, ON or Guelph, ON office. The compensation range for this role is $140,000 to $190,000, commensurate with experience, skills, and geographic location.

To thrive in this role, you’ll be comfortable taking ownership of the following responsibilities:

Safety

• Champion and model a strong safety culture.
• Partner with H&S to ensure compliance with company safety standards and employee engagement.

Operations & People Leadership

• Provide technical mentorship and day-to-day guidance to junior and intermediate geotechnical engineers, geologists, and field staff.
• Support resource planning and project staffing to ensure effective utilization across geotechnical assignments.
• Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and performance feedback processes for technical staff.
• Foster a strong safety culture by promoting adherence to health, safety, quality, and environmental requirements during field and office activities.
• Support knowledge sharing, technical training, and continuous improvement initiatives within the geotechnical practice.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of best practices, technical standards, and lessons learned across projects.
• Contribute to business planning, budgeting, and resource forecasting.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative culture and address performance issues proactively.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, systems, and governance requirements.

Revenue & Growth

• Contribute to the preparation of proposals, scopes of work, technical approaches, and cost estimates for geotechnical and tailings projects.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships through high-quality technical delivery and responsive project support.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to expand service offerings and pursue strategic opportunities in mining, tailings, dams, and infrastructure sectors.
• Represent the company at industry conferences, technical committees, and client workshops to enhance market visibility and strengthen professional networks.
• Support business development initiatives by identifying opportunities with existing and prospective clients.
• Support revenue growth initiatives across the RBU.
• Promote cross-service collaboration to strengthen market position and client delivery.
• Contribute to achieving annual revenue and growth targets.

Technical Excellence & Project Delivery

• Lead geotechnical investigations and design studies.
• Review engineering reports, design drawings, specifications, and technical memoranda to ensure compliance with industry standards and client requirements.
• Perform peer reviews and independent technical reviews of geotechnical designs, investigations, and construction methodologies for critical infrastructure projects.
• Integrate geotechnical, geological, hydrogeological, and geophysical data to develop practical and cost-effective infrastructure design solutions.
• Promote quality, technical excellence, and adherence to project management standards.
• Oversee project performance through reviews and lifecycle controls to ensure quality and profitability.
• Align technical capabilities with client needs to enhance value delivery.
• Act as Project Lead/Director, SME, or proposal lead where appropriate.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients by translating geotechnical risks into practical engineering, construction, and business solutions.

Your Expertise and Skills

 These requirements reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities that help you do your best work here.

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Geotechnical Engineering with a P.Eng. designation (master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering).
• Minimum 15 years of progressive geotechnical engineering experience following graduation, including geotechnical investigations, foundation engineering, earthworks, and advanced geotechnical analysis and design.
• Demonstrated expertise in the design and assessment of shallow foundations, deep foundations, drilled shafts, driven piles, micropiles, retaining structures, and ground improvement systems.
• Extensive experience planning, directing, and interpreting geotechnical field investigations, laboratory testing programs, instrumentation and monitoring, and subsurface characterization.
• Strong technical knowledge of soil mechanics, rock mechanics, settlement analysis, slope stability, earth retaining structures, seepage analysis, and finite element modeling.
• Experience leading foundation engineering services for major infrastructure, transportation, industrial, commercial, institutional, and land development projects.
• Proficiency with geotechnical engineering software and analytical tools such as GeoStudio, LPile, Group, Settle3D, PLAXIS, Rocscience, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong project management skills, including scope development, budgeting, resource planning, contract administration, schedule management, and financial performance monitoring.
• Experience preparing and reviewing technical proposals, statements of qualifications, technical reports, specifications, and construction documents.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring engineers, project managers, and technical specialists, fostering a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.
• A valid class 5 or G driver’s license with no restrictions.

Onterris provides support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities; including accommodation that considers an applicant’s accessibility needs. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are asked to work with Human Resources directly.

This posting reflects a current vacancy that the company is actively seeking to fill.

Please note that we are not accepting third party agency applicants at this time.

Onterris is a leading global environmental solutions company partnering with organizations to solve complex challenges where environmental pressures, regulatory expectations and operational risks intersect. Guided by our mission to advance the way of life without compromising the integrity of our environment, we believe environmental responsibility and human progress are fundamentally connected. Our scientists, engineers, field teams and consultants apply systems thinking that unites science, data and practical expertise to deliver solutions that strengthen our clients’ resilience, mitigate risk and protect the air, water and soil that sustain communities, while uncovering responsible paths forward for planet and progress. For more information, visit www.onterris.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We acknowledge that these experiences and perspectives help to enrich our teams and contribute to our ongoing success. We are committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in our employment for all applicants. For US residents, click here to learn more.