What role you will play in our teamJoin our team as a Sr. Tailings Engineer and shape the future of sustainable mining and water management. We have openings in both our Mid-Range and Long-Range Planning teams.
Step into a high impact role where your expertise drives safe, innovative, and environmentally responsible mine operations.
As a Sr. Tailings Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining tailings deposition plans, ensuring alignment with mine production schedules, geotechnical requirements, and regulatory frameworks. Working closely with Mine Planning, Geotechnical, Operations, and Closure teams, the Sr. Tailings Engineer evaluates scenarios, prepares detailed deposition schematics, and provides technical guidance to ensure operational execution matches planning intent.
If you are energized by solving complex challenges, influencing major asset decisions, and contributing to a world class oil sands operation, this is the opportunity to make a real impact.
What you will doKey Responsibilities:• Be a safety leader - support and adhere by all standards and producers and operate with safety as a value
• Develop tailings plans, ensuring alignment with mine production, dyke construction, and regulatory requirements
• Integrate tailings deposition strategies with mine sequencing, water management needs, and available storage capacity
• Prepare presentations, schedules, and visualizations for management and stakeholders
• Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring to junior staff
• Provide technical support to field operations and contributes to continuous improvement of tailings planning processes, tools, and standards.
About youSkills and Qualifications• Bachelor's degree in Mining, Civil or Geological Engineering
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or eligibility with APEGA is required
• 8+ years of experience in tailings engineering, planning, or operations
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication and coordination skills
• Highly motivated individual with ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience• Oil sands tailings planning experience
• Experience with Deswik and Muk3D would be an asset
Location: Calgary, AB or Edmonton, AB
As part of Imperial's long-term business strategy, certain Calgary-based roles are expected to transition to Edmonton in or around 2028. Applicants should be aware that this position is expected to relocate to Edmonton at that time. Relocation support will be provided for employees impacted by this change.
Your benefitsYour benefits
An Imperial career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
We offer you:
- Competitive salary
- Training and mentorship
- Relocation assistance as required
- Flexible work hours and work from home policy
- Employee resource groups (ERG's) - opportunity to participate in volunteer groups that support furthering the company's inclusion objectives
Other considerations- We thank all those who apply; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
- For applicants selected to be interviewed, pre-employment background screening will be required.
- To be considered for employment, your most recent unofficial transcript(s) must be submitted.
- In certain situations, Imperial may use your application to consider your suitability for other positions in the company and may also provide the information to its affiliates, including affiliates of ExxonMobil Corporation, in connection with possible opportunities at those affiliates.
Functional SkillsTailings Planning, Scheduling, Design, & Surveillance
Mineral Extraction
Geotechnical Engineering for Mining
Mine Management Systems
Mine Reclamation & Closure
Tailings Fines Treatment & Processing
Alternate Location: Canada : Edmonton, AB
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