Job Description

About us

We are a growing geotechnical engineering firm based in Calgary, Alberta that provides a modern, customer service based approach to our clients. We serve a wide range of clients within the heavy civil, commercial, energy, residential, transportation, mining, and municipal sectors. Consequently, you will be exposed to a wide variety of projects and will be assigned simple design tasks work collaboratively on with senior staff, as well as occasional field assignments.

Factor is seeking an experienced engineer in training with an interest in geotechnical engineering design and inspection, that is comfortable with performing both field and design work. Mentorship will be provided and senior engineering staff will work closely with you to support your development and challenge you. While we will be available to help you, we prefer EITs that help themselves first.

We strive to provide a work-life balance and a fair working environment and are willing to collaborate with you to ensure benefit to you and the company. Work from home is available to employees with a proven track record of successful work.

Compensation

Starting salary will be in the range of 65-85k per year, with banked time over 40 hours per week accrued on a 1:1 basis. A running tally of hourly multi-day out of town field hours for select clients will be kept at a rate of $10/hr, to be paid out in full once per year as a bonus. For example, 500 hours of out of town work for select clients in the course of year would result in a bonus of $5000.

Duties

Mentorship will be provided for all duties and senior staff will be available for any and all questions to support you and get you started.

Bearing inspections for single family homes and small retaining walls Field drilling and logging Digital borehole log generation Geotechnical reporting Retaining wall design Pile design Slope stability assessments Organization of drilling programs Management of EOR inspections

Requirements

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering

E.I.T status with APEGA

Valid and unrestricted drivers license 2+ years geotechnical experience

Preferred

Meticulously organized and punctual Well developed written and verbal communication skills Flexible Takes direction well

Notes

Please note that this is the role we are currently looking to fill, but we are open to more experienced applicants, which would come with a higher salary.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: $65,000.00-$85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress Company car Company events Dental care Discounted or free food Extended health care Flexible schedule Life insurance Paid time off Work from home
Licence/Certification:

APEGA EIT (required)
Willingness to travel:

50% (preferred)
Work Location: In person