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In this Perth-based role, you’ll work with the Mine Waste Manager and wider Mine Waste team as a Technical Specialist, Senior Tailings Engineer. Provide technical direction and/or provision of input to tailings design studies and related analyses.
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.
About WSP
WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms, bringing together approximately 4,300 talented people across 14 offices in Australia. We have committed to halving the carbon footprint of our designs and advice by 2030. Our sustainable solutions and Future Ready™ projects will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
Our vibrant workplace culture is an important part of what makes this a great place to work. It is supported by our Guiding Principles:
We value our people and our reputation.
We are locally dedicated with international scale.
We are future focused and challenge the status quo.
We foster collaboration in everything we do.
We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.
WSP prioritises the health and wellbeing of our people by offering flexible working, 12 weeks parental leave, opportunities for global mobility, purchased additional leave, and competitive remuneration among many more benefits designed to help you shine. We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equal opportunity workplace. We promote Indigenous voices and are actively delivering a ‘Stretch’ level Reconciliation Action Plan. Accredited by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice, we also support the LGBTQI+ community, and encourage all employees to bring their whole selves to work.
Think this could be the opportunity for you? Apply now to begin your journey with WSP.
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