
Hydrogeologist/Hydrologist
- Minneapolis, MN Duluth, MN
- $50,000-70,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Support hydrogeology and surface water hydrology projects in the mining and environmental services industry
- Conduct field investigations, including aquifer testing, surface water discharge gauging, and geologic logging/mapping
- Develop and apply numerical groundwater flow and transport models in support of mine permitting, industrial development, and site remediation
- Develop and apply surface water models involving rainfall runoff/hydrology and open channel hydraulic processes for mine-scale water management planning, including watershed-scale analysis, reservoir evaluation and design, open channels hydraulic design, and hydraulic structures design and analysis
- Execute technical investigations for hydrologic characterization of groundwater systems in environments comprised of unconsolidated deposits, sedimentary rock, and fractured crystalline rock
- Perform quantitative analysis of hydrologic, hydrogeological and climate data, including probabilistic analysis and forecasting
- Develop technical investigation plans for hydrologic characterization of groundwater systems in environments comprised of unconsolidated deposits, sedimentary rock, and fractured crystalline rock
- Develop technical reports and memos to support the permitting of natural resource development project
- Be part of a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists
- Bachelor's degree in Water Resources Engineering or Geology with an emphasis in hydrogeology and/or surface water hydrology
- Experience performing hydrogeological and hydrologic investigations, analysis, and modeling, through internships, co-ops or academics
- Experience with technical writing and report preparation
- Master's degree in Water Resources Engineering or Geology
- 2+ years of water resources / hydrogeology experience in mining applications including numerical simulations of groundwater flow and constituent transport in unconsolidated, sedimentary, and fractured rock systems
- Professional licensure
- Previous experience in probabilistic modelling using GoldSim or other Monte Carlo simulation platforms
- Previous experience developing and applying numerical groundwater flow, transport, and surface water hydrology and hydraulic models
- Previous experience conducting groundwater modeling using MODFLOW/MT3D, FEFLOW, and other numerical codes
- Previous experience surface water modeling using HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and XP-SWMM
- Previous experience planning and coordinating hydrogeological and hydrologic field studies
- Previous experience conducting packer and multi-well aquifer testing
- Previous experience analyzing field investigation data
- Previous experience with statistical/probabilistic analysis and forecasting involving hydrogeological and hydrologic time series data
- Previous experience integrating hydrogeological and hydrologic studies and numerical analysis with feasibility studies and alternatives analysis
- Previous experience analyzing groundwater flow and transport in deep bedrock environments
- Previous experience managing large data sets and evaluation of data
- Previous experience with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and documentation
- Previous experience with mine permitting and industrial water quality permitting in the United States