Our client has a global reputation as an exceptional company. It is an engineering services company providing design, project delivery and support for oil and gas, transport, infrastructure and industrial clients worldwide. Its Earth & Environmental Division is a full-service consulting firm, providing multi-disciplined solutions covering all aspects of environmental services, geotechnnical engineering, materials testing and engineering and water resource services. This Division seeks two Business Unit Managers to be located in:

The Business Unit Manager’s role is an important and integral part of the company’s organization structure. Successful candidates will have the challenge and responsibility to: grow and sustain business and marketing goals; to oversee consistent delivery of superior client services; to provide leadership and project management direction to staff, to build, maintain and lead staff to a high level of team performance and to personally perform professional services in their fields of expertise.

Fort St. John: In this thriving 19,000 person town, the professional services focus in the areas of: geotechnical explorations including sampling and logging; geotechnical analyses for slope stability; settlement and foundation design projects; site assessments and containment remediation projects; proposals and reports. Market sectors include commercial, industrial and residential developments, transportation, resource industry and utilities.

Lloydminster: The area was settled in 1903. Lloydminster, located on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan and strategically between two major centres, Edmonton (251 km) and Saskatoon (275 km), has become a regional base. It is a thriving, young, energetic, well educated and trained community of 22,000. Lloydminster’s success lies in farming, on which the city was founded, in the oil industry and in technology and service fields. In a highly successful business unit environment, professional services focus on a dynamic and diverse general practice, including: materials, geotechnical and environment. Market sectors are varied, including government, both provincial and municipal, oil & gas as well as industrial and commercial development.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• at least 6 years of progressive general practice experience, providing geotechnical and/or environmental engineering services with a knowledge of, and, a keen interest in materials
• sound business management, development and project management capability
• a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in geotechnical, geological or an environmental discipline
• currently registered, or, immediately eligible for registration as a P.Eng. with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (for Fort St. John), or, Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (for Lloydminster)

Kamloops: With a population of over 82,000, it is the third largest city in B.C.’s interior. Kamloops is easy to reach by train, plane and car, (250 km north of the Washington border; 310 km NE of Vancouver), has the warmest weather in Canada, world class sporting facilities, including Canada’s 3^rd largest ski resort, 84 parks for incredible recreational experiences, 16 convention facilities and affordable accommodation.

This position has overall supervision and coordination of the office, including financial management, business development, client liaison, and proposal preparation, staff supervision, including assisting the regional manager with employee hiring, training, performance planning, appraisal and development.

Professional services focus on: project management/engineering on a wide variety of geotechnical, geological, materials engineering, geo-environmental and/or groundwater hydrology assignments throughout south-central BC, as well as, preparation of technical reports.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• a professional engineer with geotechnical, geological, or civil (geotechnical) experience
• currently registered, or, immediately eligible for registration as a P.Eng. with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC)
• minimum of 6 years industry experience in providing practical geotechnical, geological, geo-environmental and/or groundwater engineering services relevant to a variety of market sectors including: civil municipal, commercial development, resource industries, transportation, utilities, building structures
• demonstrated successful supervisory experience and technical excellence

Please Contact Immediately:

Lorraine Lewis, Managing Partner

Lewis Companies Inc. (Search Firm)

Tel: (416) 929-1506 Fax: (416) 929-8470

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