Senior Water Resources Engineer

19943

Calgary, Edmonton, or Lethbridge, AB

Sep 23, 2017

Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure

Amec Foster Wheeler (www.amecfw.com) designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors. Employing around 35,000 people in more than 55 countries and with 2016 revenues of £5.4 billion, the company operates across the oil and gas industry - from production through to refining, processing and distribution of derivative products - and in the mining, power and process, pharma, environment and infrastructure markets. Amec Foster Wheeler offers full life-cycle services to offshore and onshore oil and gas projects (conventional and unconventional, upstream, midstream and downstream) for greenfield, brownfield and asset support projects, plus leading refining technology.

Amec Foster Wheeler shares are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and its American Depositary Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Both trade under the ticker AMFW.

Our Environment & Infrastructure Americas business is a leading environment and infrastructure, engineering, consulting and project management organization with about 175 offices and more than 6,000 employees. Our business locations reach from northern Canada to southern Chile and across the UK and Continental Europe. We provide a full range of services to clients in the power, government, industrial, mining, transportation, pharmaceutical, water, and oil & gas sectors.

We offer competitive salaries along with a complete benefits package and a variety of Training and Development Programs to help you develop the skills you need to succeed in your chosen career path.

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and/or protected veteran status in accordance with governing laws.

As a part of our continued growth, Amec Foster Wheeler has an outstanding opportunity for Senior Water Resources Engineers to be seated out of Alberta or Saskatchewan. We are seeking candidates who have completed a Civil Engineering program with an emphasis on water management, with a minimum of 10 years of experience related to water resources.

As part of the Water Resources team, the successful candidate will be involved in a variety of projects including rural and urban open channel drainage, storm water management and the analysis of hydraulic systems. Other areas of analysis include studies designed to identify and mitigate flood risk, computation of relevant parameters for transportation projects, erosion and sediment control projects, and providing input into environmental impact studies. This will require some experience in hydraulic and hydrologic modeling.

The successful candidate is expected to be a self-starter with a desire to grow the business and support the development of younger staff. Suitable candidates will enjoy working in a team environment and bring strengths in oral and written communication.

It is expected that every member of the team will take an active role in representing Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure. You will be expected to build business relationships with clients and partnerships with in-house clients. You will also have the opportunity of working with other offices across Canada on a project basis.

Skills / Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Civil Engineering required; a M.Sc. or M.Eng. in Civil Engineering (Water Resources) preferred

• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing large projects in Water Resources and Hydraulic structures; experience on project work in Canada or the U.S. is preferred

• Registered with or eligible for registration as a P.Eng. with APEGA and APEGS

• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to create strong technical and analytical reports

• Demonstrated success as a Project Manager or Team Leader for large Water Resources projects

• Experience with Hydrologic analyses in northern climates, preferably in Alberta and Saskatchewan

• Experience in Mine Hydrology, Transportation Infrastructure or stormwater drainage design, or river engineering an asset

• Must have demonstrated ability and a desire to manage and motivate diverse workforce of project managers and technical staff

• Proven track record in business development and strong client management skills

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