Jeremy is a Senior Associate / Senior Tailing Engineer at Thurber Engineering Ltd. in Calgary. He obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, specializing in geotechnical engineering, hydraulic engineering and project management.
Fifteen years of his career were spent working for the Fraser Alexander Group, an international specialist tailings contractor based in South Africa, in the fields of tailings design and operation, and solid and hazardous waste management. The next ten years were spent in environmental engineering consulting, environmental assessment, public accountability and sustainable development.
Since 2008 Jeremy has worked in Calgary, Canada for Thurber Engineering. His focus has been on tailings and geotechnical engineering, serving as project director, multidisciplinary team leader, reviewer or primary report author of a number of tailings engineering projects in the Alberta Oil Sands, across Canada and elsewhere internationally. Jeremy has authored over 60 papers in tailings engineering and related fields. He was appointed an Associate of Thurber Engineering in 2013, and promoted to Senior Associate in 2015.
Jeremy currently serves as Co-Chair of the Dam Integrity Advisory Committee (DIAC), convened by the Alberta Chamber of Resources.