Student, Geo-Environmental - #383712

Cameco’s Geo-Environmental Engineering group is seeking a student to contribute to the day-to-day management of tailings and waste rock assets at our northern sites. Gain hands-on experience in both office and field settings while helping Cameco to ensure the continued safe and environmentally responsible operation of these critical facilities.

In this role, you will:

• Be working at our corporate headquarters assisting in environmental data management, database entry and mihration, report preparation, as well as geo-environmental data compliation
• Assist the Field Programs team with various field work at Cameco's northern sites, including surface water and groundwater sampling, geochemical and geotechnical sampling, tailings facility performance monitoring, reclamation performance monitoring and more

Required:

• You will be entering your third or fourth year in environmental geoscience, geological sciences, or civil-, geotechnical-, geological- or environmental-engineering
• Possess strong communication and computer skills
• Basic understanding of environmental data, data management and databases
• Basic understanding of the mapping and structure of relational database table structures
• You must be returning to school for the academic semester following your work term with Cameco
• Class 5 driver’s licence
• Ability to travel to Cameco’s northern operations and work a 7 day in/ 7 day out, 11 hour day rotation
• Experience with independent field work is an asset

Conditions of Employment:

• Pre employment substance test is required

Cameco is an employment equity employer and aims to achieve gender parity, and as such, preference will be given to qualified members of equity groups. We are strengthened by the diverse backgrounds of experiences and encourage applicants with various levels of expertise to apply, as equivalent combination of education and work experience are considered.

This is an 8-month temporary student term, starting September 2024 until end of April 2025.