Principal Tailings Engineer - WA Lead

About the business and the role

SLR Consulting APAC has over 1000 employees (and counting!) located throughout 24 modern offices. Our team represents a broad and diverse range of technical and environmental capabilities. SLR’s consulting professionals offer a blend of experience incorporating engineers, geologists, hydrogeologists, remediation specialists, regulatory and compliance specialists, and environmental scientists. At SLR Consulting, we celebrate a ‘One Team Culture’, where bringing together diversity of thought and expression is key to building the best team to deliver excellent results

We are seeking a Principal Tailings Engineer (or Technical Director) to join our growing national and global mine waste team, based out of our modern Subiaco offices.

This Career making opportunity offers you the chance to establish our tailings team in Perth, backed by strong support from our teams in NSW, QLD, SA and internationally. Whether you’re looking to develop a local team in the next 1–2 years… or thrive in a hands-on technical role with autonomy across local and global projects, this role can be tailored to your professional goals.

We service some of the largest mining clients within Australia and offer the unique project portfolio that can range from smaller projects and studies for specific mine operations to multi-million-dollar, multi-discipline projects servicing international clients.

Responsibilities

This role offers significant long-term career rewards and opportunities for professional development and career advancement. The position offers the opportunity to:

• Work on a wide range of tailings facility and water dam projects at the technical advisory level, across a portfolio of mine sites locally and globally.
• Actively participate in growing the size and technical development of the team.
• Have autonomy and recognition in your contribution to a diverse range of projects from inception to completion.
• Work with an extremely capable and experienced team to support your preferred technical specialism(s) and ambitions for Professional Development.
• Develop meaningful and genuine relationships with colleague and clients.
• Establish and elevate your reputation amongst a team of international professionals, to become a leader within a diverse business on an exciting growth curve.

What makes us different

SLR understands tailings management is a multidisciplinary field where you will have the opportunity within SLR to interact and work with industry leading professionals in civil engineering, geochemistry, hydrology, hydrogeology, environment and closure. We have global expertise in tailings management and implement a collaborative approach to our team resourcing.

We are committed to applying industry best practice to tailings management and we understand the dynamic environment and rapidly increasing knowledge base within the field. We strongly believe in supporting our staff to learn, develop and apply the latest skills in the tailings management field.

Our priority is to build on our strong client relationships through trust, collaboration and quality solutions.

Experience

The successful candidate will have the following attributes:

• A minimum of 10 years of specialisation and demonstrated experience in tailings engineering in a consulting role, with tertiary qualifications in Geotechnical / Civil Engineering.
• Registered Professional Engineer, or eligible to register immediately.
• Have previously undertaken a senior / leadership role within a tailings engineering team.
• Extensive experience leading and overseeing projects from concept to final design and implementation and provide direction and advice to clients.
• Good appreciation of quality and risk management processes within a consulting firm.
• Excellent report writing and communication skills (English) and strong ability to transfer these skills in preparation of fee proposals, engineering reports, design specifications and design drawings.
• Ability to plan and deliver geotechnical site investigations for tailings projects with demonstrated experience in the interpretation of field and laboratory testing of tailings, soils and rock, and slope stability assessments.
• In-depth understanding of local and global tailings standards and guidelines, e.g. ANCOLD, ICOLD, GISTM and CDA.
• Ability to conduct dam safety inspections, dam safety reviews and risk assessments for tailings facilities and embankment dams.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Demonstrated technical autonomy working across multiple commodities and working with larger multi-disciplinary teams.
• Be proficient in business, client and project development with the ability to be self-sufficient.
• Well-developed creative, lateral thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Be driven to pass on your knowledge by mentoring junior staff.
• A previous or current appointment as an Engineer of Record would be highly regarded.

Our Benefits

We are most proud of our diverse, friendly and expert team, who work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients.

Whether you’re enjoying our flexible hybrid work environment, Looking to collaborate with a team of experts across the country, or at that time in your life where a supportive and generous parental leave scheme is key… Our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

You can find a comprehensive list here.

Next Steps

If joining one of Australias fastest growing multidisciplinary consultancies excites you, apply now by submitting your CV and cover letter.

If you want to chat directly with our Tailings experts in the business before applying, reach out to James Fiumara ([email protected]) to be connected.