AECOM is currently seeking a Junior Geochemist to join our team. We are looking for candidates that are enthusiastic and team-oriented with strong technical capabilities in ML/ARD and aqueous geochemistry. In this role, you will work with our experienced team of geologists, hydrogeologists and geochemists on projects in the mining, remediation, civil infrastructure, waste management, and water supply sectors across Canada and internationally. Preference is for the successful candidate to be based out of our Burnaby or Calgary office. Candidates can be considered for to Intermediate level geochemist if they have +5 years of experience.
Responsibilities:
Work within a team of geochemists, hydrogeologists and geologists on a wide variety of mining, major infrastructure, remediation and oil and gas opportunities.
Conduct geochemical and hydrogeological investigations including drilling and logging of soil and rock core, sampling of soil, rock, groundwater, surface water and soil gas, instrumentation and monitoring well installation and sampling.
Contribute to the design and oversee laboratory testing programs to evaluate behaviour of soil, bedrock, mining waste and anthropogenic materials.
Evaluate geochemistry of solid phase (soil/waste rock/tailings), aqueous phase (inorganic/organic compounds), and stable/radioactive isotopes.
Support development of contaminant transport models to support environmental impact assessments, remedial evaluations and risk assessments using software packages such as PHREEQC, Geochemist's Workbench, GoldSim and other modelling packages.
Interpret and report solid and aqueous geochemistry data.
Work closely with hydrogeologists and hydrologists to develop predictive water quality models.
Support offices in British Columbia, across Canada, and internationally.