Senior Tailings Engineer

About the job

We’re looking for a Senior Tailings Engineer to join our Brisbane team.

When you work for us, you get the chance to join nearly 50,000 people all driven by a common purpose – delivering a more sustainable world. We’re excited about the challenges ahead. If you ask us, there’s never been a more rewarding time to work in the energy, chemical and resources sectors.

We offer a flexible approach to working, because our people are safer, healthier, and more productive when they can balance work with life. That’s why we offer flexible and hybrid working options, so you can choose when, where and how you work.

As a Senior Tailings Engineer, you will support and contribute to the growth of the Worley dams and tailings business locally, regionally and globally from a base location in Perth and Brisbane. The role will require the candidate to develop and engage with our customer base, work on a wide variety of tailings and water dams prospects and projects across a diverse range of customers and industry sectors – ranging from mining, renewables, hydrocarbons and infrastructure.

Who we are

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.

Right now, we’re bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of engineering and consulting to the last stages of installation and commissioning.

Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

What you’ll do

We are looking for a Senior Tailings Engineer to join our Brisbane team.

The role responsibilities include:

• Hold personal safety and safe working practices as a key priority.
• Deliver geotechnical and civil services for tailings and water dams opportunities on behalf of Worley Consulting, including strategy and concept studies, site investigation, design, construction supervision, operational requirements and customer advice.
• Implement Worley’s strategy of diversifying our client base and expanding our service offering.
• Build and sustain strong and diverse client relationships both existing and new.
• Deliver high quality technical work with strong commercial focus.
• Plan, interpret, analyze and report upon geotechnical site investigations for water dams and tailings storage facilities.
• Lead and participate in multi-disciplinary projects and project teams.
• Liaise with suppliers, clients, consultants concerning the investigation, design, installation or construction and commissioning of assigned work.
• Train and provide guidance and mentorship to junior colleagues.

What you’ll have

• Relevant civil engineering, geotechnical engineering or engineering geological post graduate qualifications.
• Preferred to also have Chartered Membership of Engineers Australia and local engineering registrations such as Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland or similar.
• Previous experience in the design, construction and operation of tailings storage facilities, waste rock dumps and water dams from concept to closure and also in delivering projects to current legislative requirements, accepted industry practice and Australian/global technical standards.
• Compelling experience in business development.
• Talent in building and managing robust, dynamic and creative teams.
• An unrestricted Australian driver’s license or valid international drivers licence, ability and desire to travel and work regionally and internationally, as requested.
• Well-developed and diverse understanding and knowledge of multidisciplinary civil engineering, in the context of water dams and tailings storage facilities.
• A strong and demonstrable background in all aspects of tailings geotechnical engineering, including familiarity with ANCOLD guidelines and GISTM.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong report writing capability in the English language and demonstrated ability to communicate with a high level of competence in reports and presentations to staff and clients.
• The ability to work independently to deliver complete engineering solutions, as well as lead and be part of a multidisciplinary team when required.
• Strong experience in dam safety reviews, risk assessment (ANCOLD), and dam safety upgrade investigation, design and implementation.
• Previous experience in scoping, planning and executing site investigations, geotechnical analysis and interpretations, design and reporting for tailings projects as well as experienced in a consultancy environment, earthworks /construction supervision.
• Preferred previous experience with commercial geotechnical software packages such as OpenGround, CPet, Cliq, gINT, Geostudio, RocScience, Plaxis and proficiency with the Microsoft Office software suite.

Why you should apply

• Flexible work arrangements.
• Take advantage of our global on-line learning platform!
• Competitive rem & employee benefits.
• Enjoy a varied & challenging role.
• Career development opportunities beyond this role.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation.

We’re building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. And there’s no barrier to your potential career success.