Director - Tailings

Company Description
Work with us. Change the world.?
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it's improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
AECOM is seeking a Director level Tailings engineer to lead our tailings and mine waste management team, based out of our Brisbane, Gold Coast or Sunshine Coast offices.
We aspire to positively influence how tailings, mine water, and mine wastes can be managed via ESG to enable a decarbonised society and shape the mines of the future.
Our Centre of Excellence for Tailings and Mine Waste Management comprises professional staff and experts including geotechnical, civil, mechanical and water resource engineers, hydrogeologists and geochemists, with diverse backgrounds and experience from across the world. Our strength derives from our local and international experience combined with the ability to draw on the expertise and capabilities of staff anywhere within Australia as well as our international network.
In this role, you will work closely with our Brisbane-based mine water, tailings, and geotechnical leaders. You will be part of a globally respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities whilst providing technical support to a wide range of tailings and mine water projects throughout Australia.
As a global company, we work closely with our mine water colleagues across the world, including the USA, Canada, and South Africa. Such exposure and opportunities for experience outside of Australia are available and encouraged as our global pipeline is extremely strong. We're looking for people who have the passion and drive to be involved with major mine water projects across a range of geographies and technical opportunities who are keen to influence change.
We're one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Job Description
What will a day in this role look like:
- Develop pursuit strategies, technical concepts, and propose technical approaches.
- Build strategic plans and relationships with public and private clients and industry leaders.
- Establish and maintain client relationships.
- Attend industry events, serve on panels and foster the AECOM mine water and tailings engineering practice.
- Help grow the Mine Water and Tailings engineering practice in Australia and New Zealand.
The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don't tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.??
Qualifications
What are we looking for from you?
- A minimum of 20 years of specialisation and demonstrated experience in tailings engineering in a consulting role, with tertiary qualifications in Geotechnical / Civil Engineering.
- Extensive experience leading and overseeing projects from concept to final design.
- In-depth understanding of local and global tailings standards and guidelines, e.g. ANCOLD, ICOLD, GISTM and CDA.
- Ability to conduct dam safety inspections, dam safety reviews and risk assessments for tailings facilities and embankment dams.
- A previous or current appointment as an Engineer of Record would be highly regarded
Additional Information
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About AECOM
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity?
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.?Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.?As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders - past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.
About AECOM
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10102026
Business Line: Water
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: ANZ
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid