Senior Tailings Engineer

WSP is one of the most diverse consulting firms in Africa. To further our strategic business execution plan, we are seeking leaders that share 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 and we have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable. We are committed to the achievement and maintenance of diversity and equity in employment.

WSP has a new opportunity for a Senior Tailings Engineer to join our Mine Waste team on a full-time basis in Midrand.   This is an Intermediate level position in the consulting team and is regarded as a professional person in the delivery of tailings and geotechnical services, in line with the WSP suite of engineering products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing tailings services and technical advice on moderate complex tailings issues to clients (external & internal) on projects within the mining industry;
• Using advanced techniques, modifications and extension of theories, practices to synthesise and analyse data for decision making / recommendations;
• Managing, analysing tailings and geotechnical reporting for projects which may include the design and inspection of mine waste storage facilities, the construction of tailings deposits, the operation and management of deposits, properties and behaviour of tailings, closure and deposits stability and seeping analysis and water storage dams and earthworks;
• Providing safety leadership in health & safety (HSSE incident reporting);
• Participating in training activities, mentoring and transferring knowledge to junior tailings / geotechnical engineers;
• Planning, developing schedules, coordinating and overseeing manpower on important engineering projects to meet completion deadlines; 
• Provides technical direction and supervises quality and quantity of work to junior and intermediate staff
• Preparing proposals and reports for clients with senior review, and building business relationships with clients.

• Relevant degree (BEng or BSc) in the Civil Engineering
• 8 years plus experience post-graduation with developed specialist skills in the area of tailings and geotechnical engineering;
• Honors degree (BEng or BSc) in the Geotechnical field preferred
• Professional registration at ECSA preferred
• Legislation related to engineering design supporting water use and waste management license applications;
• Financial knowledge (Understanding of Work in Progress, Accounts Receivables and DSOs);
• Proven skills/ experience to lead integrated project mine waste projects coupled with sound project management skills; and
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel (Advanced), MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook , MS Projects, slope stability analysis, seepage analysis and modelling software. Proficiency in other engineering related software will be considered beneficial;

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