Junior to Intermediate Geoscientist

Company Overview

Onsite Engineering is a mid-sized consulting engineering and geoscience company with multiple offices across BC. We are a diverse company that provides high quality engineering and geoscience services to government and industry in a professional yet casual work environment. We have purposely built our company to allow our professionals to do what they do best – top notch technical work.

• Competitive salary
• Interesting and diverse project work
• Great career advancement opportunities
• Continuous support for growth through both internal and external professional development opportunities
• A full benefit package including extended health, vision, and dental coverage, and GRSP matching
• Flexible working arrangements as required

We are currently recruiting a Junior or Intermediate Geoscientist for our geosciences group in Salmon Arm. The successful candidate will be involved in terrain stability assessments, landslide hazard assessments, flood hazard assessments and may assist our geotechnical group with geotechnical investigations. Occasional projects involving post‑wildfire assessments, terrain mapping and hydrological assessments are also a possibility. Experience in terrain assessments, landslide hazard assessments, runout modelling would be an asset.

Successful applicants will participate in the provision of geoscience services from proposal stage through planning, fieldwork, and commissioning of projects.

• Field assessments pertaining to the work described above
• Completion of reporting associated with the various assessments as listed above including coordinating and/or preparing maps, drawings, and figures
• Use of computer software such as QGIS and Arc Map for creation of maps; prior experience an asset

• Comfortable with outdoor work and occasional travel
• Strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to work on numerous projects
• Willingness to learn and work under limited supervision
• Strong technical writing capabilities
• Flexibility, organizational, and time management skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geoscience, Geology, Geological Engineering, or similar field
• At least 5 years of work experience in a geoscience related field
• Registered or eligible to be registered as a Professional Geoscientist or Geoscientist in Training with Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (EGBC)

$70,000-$100,000 dependent on experience