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At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life.
You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives.
You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
As a Senior Tailings Engineer, provide technical direction and/or provision of input to tailings design studies and related analyses.
Become a leader while enhancing your capabilities and the reputation of WSP's Mine Waste team.
Collaborate with talented and diverse professionals working on iconic projects to drive future ready outcomes that will benefit clients and communities.
Mining
Our Mining team helps clients optimise performance, boost profitability, and operate responsibly.We have a comprehensive understanding of the mining industry and current issues including decarbonisation and understand future ready strategies are critical to countering these issues, capitalising on opportunities, and adding value to businesses.
What you'll do:
Provide technical direction or provision of input to tailings design studies and related analyses.
Deliver direction on complex technical analyses.
Develop and review complex analyses to support design and operational reviews.
Liaise with specialists from other disciplines or offices within WSP.
Provide senior technical input to project teams and ensure that appropriate technical standards are developed and maintained.
Assess and understand credible failure modes and how they apply to specific tailings storage facilities.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring for staff in the regional team and review their project work.
Deliver best practice consulting services to clients in Australia and overseas.
Provide recommendations in tailings and mine waste management to clients.
Build and maintain business networks.
About you:
Bachelor Qualification in Civil/Mining Engineering or similar.
Extensive experience working on tailings/mine waste related projects locally or internationally, ideally in a consulting environment.
Detailed understanding of numerical analysis software.
Ability to work independently and within multi-disciplinary project teams.
Hold a current manual drivers' licence.
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact.
Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
An employee Share Purchase Plan is available to all our permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in WSP's collective success.To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we've designed to help you thrive, go to our Employee Benefits page.
WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia.
We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives.
With access to global scale and reach, you'll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.
We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you'll imagine a better future for you.
WSP.
With us, you can.
WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia.
We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives.
With access to global scale and reach, you'll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.
We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you'll imagine a better future for you.
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