# Mine Waste Lead Civil/Geotechnical Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Reno, NV
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Mine Waste Lead Civil/Geotechnical Engineer to join our team in Reno, NV. The successful candidate will work on challenging mining, heavy civil, and geotechnical projects.

**Your Impact**

- Leading the civil design of mine waste containment facilities including initial layout and design, site selection, geotechnical and hydrologic analyses, and preparation of design drawings and technical specifications.

- Managing and executing mine waste geotechnical engineering projects, including geotechnical field investigations, laboratory testing programs, data interpretation, and geotechnical analysis.

- Scoping, directing, and reviewing complex geotechnical analyses with a focus on soil mechanics.

- Independently managing projects according to client-approved scopes of work and delivering high-quality reports.

- Providing or contributing to client relationship and business development activities.

- Working with and leading multi-disciplinary project teams.

- Supporting technical proposals and design work packages.

- Managing the work of junior engineers.

- Remaining current in the latest geotechnical engineering techniques and practices.

**Who You Are**

- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering, or closely related discipline.

- 7 to 10 years of relevant post-education experience in engineering and geotechnical design.

- Engineer license required.

- Demonstrated experience working on projects related to tailings management and heap leach facility design in the mining industry.

- Sound knowledge in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering.

- Demonstrated client liaison and business development skills.

- Project management experience with small to mid-level projects.

- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.

- Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities.

- Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, and discipline-specific design software.

## Skills

### Required
- Civil/Geotechnical Engineering
- soil mechanics
- geotechnical analysis
- project management
- client liaison
- business development
- MicroStation
- AutoCAD
- Civil 3D
- ArcGIS
- InRoads
- Geopak
- GeoSlope
- ANSYS
- STADD
- HEC-RAS
- HEC-HMS

### Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering
- willingness to work on projects across business sectors

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