AddressAssociate/PrincipalTailings Engineer – Brisbane
- Geotechnical engineer with 10+ years’ experience
- Work with some of the world’s most highly respected engineers
- Competitive benefits and remuneration package
Tetra Tech Coffey has a distinguished global history in tailings dam engineering. In Australia, our offices have been providing consultancy services to key stakeholders and tailings dam owners for over 20 years.
Our tailings technical community is a global network of experts with offices around the world. This diverse community includes individuals skilled in science, research, and engineering. Together, we leverage our collective strength to offer integrated services that deliver optimal solutions to meet our clients' needs.
About the Role
Join our dynamic team as an Associate/PrincipalTailings Engineer, collaborating with outstanding colleagues on tailings design studies and contributing your expertise to mine waste management. You will play a pivotal role in our Tailings business, providing technical and commercial leadership, and benefiting from the opportunity to develop your career and technical skills within our Australian and international practice.
Tetra Tech Coffey possesses the solutions and expertise to assist mining companies in meeting stringent environmental regulations for tailings discharge and water management, while ensuring efficient project operations.
About You
You should hold a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and possess over 10 years of geotechnical experience. You should be comfortable interacting with clients, overseeing complex projects, and delivering creative solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of our Brisbane tailings business.
- Lead teams and explore innovation in tailings dam analysis and design.
- Develop high-level and detailed designs for tailings storage facilities to meet regulatory and project requirements.
- Prepare design specifications, scopes of work, and schedules for construction.
- Prepare reports and documentation, including design reports, interpretive geotechnical and laboratory reports, construction progress reports, and audit and inspection reporting.
If you would like to discuss this role further, please call June Roberts on (02) 9406 1***.
About us
Tetra Tech Coffey is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services in the Asia Pacific.
Our experts are at the forefront of their specialisation in engineering, geotechnical, testing, environmental, and project management services.
You’ll enjoy these benefits:
- We support you to make space for the other parts of your life - flexible and hybrid work, tailored hours, remote work, study breaks and leave purchase plans enabling you to have up to 8 weeks of annual leave per year!
- Opportunities to work across a wide variety of projects, clients and sectors
- Professional development opportunities including coaching by our approachable technical experts
- Professional memberships
- Reward and recognition program
- Participation in company ownership through our employee stock purchase plan
- Paid parental leave for primary and secondary care givers
- Employee assistance program available to all staff and their immediate families
- Multiple Employee Resource Groups that support employees to create collaborative, safe space teams with others who share diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Travel discounts through our corporate traveller program
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We care about what makes us different - and it’s our people. We understand that uniqueness delivers new thinking. Our clients do too.
We’re committed to providing a working environment where all employees are valued for their unique contributions and ensuring a workforce which reflects the diversity of our clients and the communities in which we work.
Tetra Tech Coffey Pty Ltd is a member of the Diversity Council Australia.
Tetra Tech Coffey (NZ) Limited is a member of the Diversity Works NZ.
