Senior Tailings Engineer

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Join a team that brings inspirational architecture, landscapes, townscapes and places to our world, and we’ll provide you unlimited space to grow.

Who are we looking for?

GHD is expanding its footprint in the mining sector—a cornerstone of our growth strategy across the Americas—and we’re seeking a Senior Tailings Engineer to help establish a local presence and elevate our global Tailings and Mine Waste services.

As a technical leader in geotechnical and civil engineering, you’ll spearhead the design and construction of Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs), guiding multidisciplinary teams on projects that span geographies but will increasingly center in the US. You’ll collaborate with GHD’s global tailings community and contribute to our renowned School of Tailings, a premier online training program that shares best practices and technical excellence worldwide.

This role offers the opportunity to work on diverse tailings projects—from concept development and feasibility studies to full-scale design, commissioning, and operational troubleshooting. You’ll provide governance through independent TSF reviews and audits aligned with GHD, client, and GISTM standards. Your expertise in CDA, GISTM, ICOLD, and other regulatory frameworks will be key, along with your experience in geotechnical investigations, laboratory testing, and dam safety risk assessments.

Our Hybrid Work Model: 

Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in the office three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in

• Data Collection and Analysis: Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Contribute to the design of engineering solutions; design the feasibility testing approach and supervise its implementation to support the development and validation of engineering solutions.
• Knowledge Management: Implement policies and processes, collect best practices, write case studies, and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices and to support the practice.
• Data Management: Manage basic aspects of the data management system with guidance from senior colleagues. This includes being responsible for developing or operating basic elements of the data management systems to deliver prescribed outcomes.
• Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Manage technical troubleshooting projects, ensuring effective diagnosis of technical issues with equipment and experiments and the development of effective solutions.
• Research: Achieve specific goals for a designated part of a research program. Involves working within established research systems.
• Project Management: Deliver small- or medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
• Exploration Plan Development: Design and implementing complex exploration plans.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.

What you’ll bring to the team:

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or Geotechnical Engineering
• 8+ years of experience in geotechnical and civil engineering relating to dams and mine waste, ideally in a consulting environment
• Strong knowledge of relevant American and international standards, industry guidelines, current industry practices and familiarity with Tier 1 client standards and processes

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