Position Description:
?About Us
NewFields invites you to join our team! NewFields MDTS is a closeknit team of civil and geotechnical engineers who work on exciting national and international mining and transportation projects. Mining design services range from general civil site development to embankment designs for freshwater and tailings impoundments, and containment pads utilized in mineral processing. We are committed to providing safe and ethical mining designs as they play a pivotal role in securing the critical minerals essential for a sustainable future. Transportation design services range from geotechnical investigations, laboratory testing, and design of shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, soil and rock cut slopes, and earthwork designs. NewFields is a dynamic and growing employee-owned engineering firm that maintains an established profit-sharing program with our employees. We are growing fast and looking for hard-working and ambitious engineers to grow with us.
We pride ourselves on a strong team atmosphere and positive work culture, always striving to improve technical and interpersonal skills at every level. We are an employee first organization and focus on providing growth and development opportunities for all our employees. Our engineers develop their skills working on diverse projects, internal mentorship from senior staff, and collaborating with our internal and external industry experts.
Position Summary
Based in our Denver (Englewood), Colorado office, you'll contribute to impactful mining projects around the world, focusing on the design and management of tailings dams and heap leach facilities. This role offers exciting opportunities for international travel, client interaction, and hands-on experience in the dynamic mining sector. Civil Engineers and geological engineers would be the best fit for the position, but other engineers with an interest in the mining industry, soils, rock mechanics, numerical modeling, or other areas are welcome.
Responsibilities
- Support on-going Engineer-of-Record services for tailings and heap leach projects located around the world.
- Perform geotechnical analyses, including stability, seepage, and deformation analyses, to support the design of mining infrastructure such as tailings storage facilities and heap leach pads.
- Perform geotechnical analyses, including pavement structural section, foundation, retaining walls and slope stability analyses, to support the design of transportation infrastructure.
- Assist in the generation of construction and design drawings and figures using Autodesk Civil 3D.
- Assist in the development of soil and foundation recommendations for surface infrastructure.
- Assist with tailings dam breach evaluations.
- Contribute to the development of geotechnical reports, design reports, presentations, and proposals.
- Complete geotechnical site assessments and associated field services for development of transportation and mining infrastructure.
- Support quality assurance and quality control activities during construction of tailings dams and heap leach facilities.
- Support material characterization activities, including field data collection, designing and overseeing laboratory programs, interpreting laboratory data, developing appropriate models, and writing technical specifications for construction.
- Other work as assigned by your supervisor.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor of Science (minimum); Master of Science (preferred). Civil Engineering or Geological Engineering degrees from ABET accredited universities are preferred.
- Professional Experience: 0+ years for Entry-Level. 2+ year for Staff-Level.
- Computer Software: Significant experience with MS Office Suite. Some experience using standard geotechnical design software (Rocscience, GeoStudios, etc.); numerical modeling experience and programming experience are advantageous; and basic understanding of Autodesk Civil 3D.
- Geotechnical Laboratory: Proficient with standard material testing and index tests.
- Required Registrations / Professional Development: Successful completion of FE Exam. Professional Engineer registration with greater than 4 years of experience.
- Travel: Must have ability to travel in the U.S. and internationally to support field programs. Travel periods could be up to several weeks or more.
- Physical Demands: Position may require sitting for extended periods of time, extended hours working on a computer and lifting up to 30 pounds. Field assignments are located in a variety of climactic conditions and may require standing, squatting, bending, the use of machinery and a variety of standard geotechnical tools.
- Technical writing: Proficiency with technical writing is expected.
- Other (Project Level): Working knowledge of or willingness to learn geotechnical monitoring instrumentation; various geotechnical tools for subsurface assessments (drilling methods; CPT; geophysics; etc.); numerical modeling methods and software.
Benefits:
NewFields believes that to attract and retain the best and brightest employees, we need to offer an outstanding benefits package. We provide paid vacation, sick and parental leave, along with paid holidays. We have a discretionary bonus program based on profitability of the company. We support employee development including publications in technical journals, attendance at conferences and participation at other technical sessions. We pay uplifted wages for some longer duration international assignments. We have a long history of organizing employee functions such as holiday events and summer picnics.
- Medical and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution of $1,250 (among the highest in industry)
- Telemedicine
- 401k (Conventional and Roth) with an employer match up to 4%
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Basic Life / Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Long Term Care
- Short Term Disability (STD) Insurance
- Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
- Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
- Supplemental Income Protection
- Supplemental Long-Term Care Insurance
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- $300 Steel Toe Boot Stipend (renews every 2 years)
- $500 Health and Wellness Stipend
Additional Information: Knock-Out Questions
1. Do you have a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, or higher degree in Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, or Mining Engineering?
2. Are you willing and able to travel domestically and internationally for field assignments?
3. Are you able to work in the United States?
4. Do you require sponsorship to work in the United States?
