POSITION:
Hydrogeologist: 0 to 3+ 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 consist of a mixture of analysis (office) and field work.  The successful candidate will be responsible for a range of tasks, including designing and performing aquifer tests, evaluating geochemical data, planning and performing hydrologic characterization field work, and developing conceptual and numerical groundwater, chemical, and heat flow models.  Candidates should be prepared to spend an average of 30% of the time in the field, depending on project requirements and field season timing.

RANGE OF POSSIBLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop local to regional conceptual groundwater models and MODFLOW-based models
• Pre and post-process model inputs and outputs
• Develop maps using AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Surfer or other types of software,
• Design and oversee well drilling and well installation
• Design and oversee aquifer testing
• Analyze aquifer test data using AQTESOLV or similar software
• Perform geochemical analyses using PHREEQ or similar software.
• Create and deliver PowerPoint presentations
• Write reports summarizing project context, field work, data reduction, analysis, and interpretation.

 
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, civil or geotechnical engineering.
• Ability to travel.
• Willingness to work in the field.

DESIRABLE SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Masters Degree
• Familiarity with groundwater modeling
• Competence with field equipment and procedures
• Completed the FE exam
• Well design and installation experience
• Aquifer  testing and analysis experience
• Advanced experience with complex spreadsheets (MS Excel) and formulas
• Experience with groundwater modeling programs, especially MODFLOW.
• Basic safety training
• AutoCAD Civil 3D
• AQTESOLV
• PHREEQ
• Surfer
• ArcGIS
• FEFLOW
• MS Access
• 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 resume to:
Jen Kos at jkos@norwestcorp.com