Position Description: Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Dams & Tailings)

In this role, the key responsibilities will include :

- Supporting the growth of the dams and tailings business locally, regionally and globally by working on a wide variety of tailings and dams prospects and projects.

- Selling, securing and delivering geotechnical services for tailings and dams opportunities, including strategy and concept studies, site investigation, design, construction supervision, operational requirements and client advice.

- Delivering high quality technical work with strong commercial focus.

- Building and sustaining strong and diverse client relationships.

The role requires the following:

- +8 to12 years of relevant consulting experience in the design, construction and operation of tailings storage facilities, waste rock dumps and water dams from concept to closure.

- Preferential, but not requisite experience, in dry stack tailings design.

- Experience in delivering projects to current legislative requirements, accepted industry practice and global technical standards.

- Demonstrable experience in the use of Plaxis, Slope/W (or Slide), Seep/W and CPT

- Understanding and the application of international design guidelines (ANCOLD, ICOLD, IMCC and CDA) for the design of tailing facilities.

- Understanding and being able to demonstrate the key design considerations for tailing dams and earth fill embankments.

- Interpretation in the application of tailings design and closure.

- Preferential, but not requisite experience, in tailings cover design modelling for closure.

- A strong and demonstrable focus on client management and client networks.

- Compelling experience in business development.

- Talent in building and managing robust, dynamic and creative teams.

- Well-developed and diverse understanding and knowledge of geotechnics.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Accomplished technical report writing skills.

- An ability to work collaboratively and within a large and diverse team environment integrating with a variety of multiple disciplines.

This job opening was posted long time back. It may not be active. Nor was it removed by the recruiter. Please use your discretion.