POSITION:
Groundwater Modeler: 0 to 4+ Years Experience

FIRM:
Norwest is a rapidly-growing international energy, mining, and environmental consulting firm working on a wide variety of challenging resource development issues.  Norwest does a significant amount of groundwater modeling, aquifer testing and analysis, and geochemistry work.

Norwest is a private employee-owned company with approximately 200 full-time employees.   Norwest’s main offices are in Denver, Golden, Salt Lake City, Calgary, and Vancouver.  The Denver office, which is currently hiring, manages the hydrology and environmental work.   Norwest also has satellite offices in rural Colorado, Brisbane, Australia, Beijing, China, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Eighty percent of Norwest’s projects are in North America and the rest are overseas (India, Mongolia, China, Australia, Mozambique, Kazakhstan, Mexico, and Argentina).  Norwest is a market leader in oil sand evaluation and planning, reservoir engineering, coal mining, and coalbed methane (CBM) evaluation and development. 

SUMMARY:
This position will focus mainly on groundwater modeling, but there will be some field work.  The successful candidate will be responsible for developing conceptual and numerical groundwater, chemical, and heat flow models, evaluating geochemical data, and planning and performing hydrologic characterization field work.  Candidates should be prepared to spend an average of 15% of the time in the field, depending on project requirements and field season timing.

RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop local to regional conceptual groundwater models and MODFLOW-based models
• Pre and post-process model inputs and outputs including calibration, sensitivity analysis, and mass balance analysis.
• Design and oversee aquifer testing programs
• Analyze aquifer test data using AQTESOLV or similar software
• Perform geochemical analyses using PHREEQ or similar software
• Write reports summarizing project context, field work, data reduction, analysis, and interpretation.
• Design and oversee well drilling and well installation
• Client and regulatory agency interaction

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s Degree in geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, civil or geotechnical engineering.
• Experience doing groundwater modeling, particularly with MODFLOW
• Advanced capabilities with complex spreadsheets and databases. 

DESIRABLE SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Strong statistics capabilities 
• Finite Element Modeling (FEFLOW)
• Aquifer  testing and analysis experience
• Well design experience
• Competence with field equipment and procedures
• Have completed the FE exam
• Willingness to work in the field
• ArcGIS
• MS Access
• AQTESOLV
• PHREEQ
• Surfer
• Equis
• Rockworks

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• High analytical aptitude
• Strong drive to learn
• Strong initiative
• Adaptable to quickly changing environments
• Ability to work both independently and as team members
• Resourceful and willing to share knowledge
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Willingly accepts new challenges
• Takes ownership and great pride in their work
• The ideal candidate will be passionate about their own success and that of the company

LOCATION:
Denver, Colorado

COMPENSATION:
Competitive, based on experience.  Full benefits including health care, 401(k), two weeks paid vacation, 11 holidays

CONTACT:
Please send resumes to:
Jen Kos at jkos@norwestcorp.com