Junior Hydrogeologist - Vancouver, Canada - WSP

WSP
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WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 55,000 team members across the globe.

In Canada, our 9,800+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

The excellence we bring to our work and to our workplace has been recognized far and wide.

We are among the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies two years in a row, one of the Top 100 Sustainable Companies in the World (and among the Top 10 in Canada), and we earned Platinum Elite Recognition through our participation in more than half of Canada's Top 100 Infrastructure Projects.


At
WSP:

  • We value our people and our reputation
  • We are locally dedicated with international scale
  • We are future focused and challenge the status quo
  • We foster collaboration in everything we do
  • We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

VANCOUVER (WILL CONSIDER OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS BRITISH COLUMBIA):
We are a global leader in the Earth and Environment sector, made stronger with the recent acquisition of Golder. Globally headquartered in Montreal, where it all began, we proudly serve communities from coast to coast and beyond.

With Golder now part of our WSP team, we have over 14,000 multidisciplinary professionals worldwide collaborating daily to protect and conserve natural landscapes, create firm foundations for communities to stand on, and champion sustainable development to combat climate change.


As part of the team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources, expertise, and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from marine biologists to geophysicists to geotechnical engineers and more.


The Opportunity:

You are looking to join a vibrant and busy team.

You have a year or two of progressive experience in hydrogeology related tasks, but you also thrive on stretching your technical skills and working on multi-disciplinary projects.

You enjoy being part of a close-knit team, and appreciate the benefits that a large organisation can bring, including career progression, access to vast technical expertise, being able to participate in employee resource groups, and more.

WSP | Golder has an exciting opportunity for a Junior Hydrogeologist to join our Environmental Management Division in BC & Yukon.

You would be joining our growing hydrogeology team on a full-time basis based in the Lower Mainland, BC.


Hydrogeological work may include:


  • Conducting site investigations, such as:
  • Installing monitoring wells, pumping wells, and vibrating wire piezometers;
  • Groundwater sampling;
  • Undertaking hydrogeological test work (slug tests, pumping tests, infiltration testing and packer testing).
  • Data compilation, analysis and interpretation;
  • Collecting hydrogeological, geotechnical and contaminant information from drilling operations;
  • Conducting seepage analysis and assessing groundwater inflows related to infrastructure and mining;
  • Reporting to support environmental impact assessments, feasibility studies, water supply assessments, water management, and contaminated sites assessments;
  • We place a strong emphasis on developing practical solutions to meet our Client's needs, and preference will be given to individuals with excellent communication and interpersonal skills in addition to strong technical competence and reporting.

Why WSP?:


  • We value and are committed to upholding a culture of
    Inclusion and
    Belonging:
  • Our
    Flexible Work Policy
  • we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
  • Our
    Hybrid Work Policy:
- a combination of in-person and remote working, enables us to purposefully think of how we work, who we need to work with, and where the work should be done.

  • A
    Canadian success story we're
    proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
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Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
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Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to
your ideas and trying
new things.

  • A phenomenal
    collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely
    good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.
**We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platfo
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