# Principal Structural Engineer

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

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## Description

As a Principal Structural Engineer at WSP, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of mining infrastructure across Australia.

Our Mining & Metals group is a leader in delivering comprehensive and tailored solutions for the mining industry, managing and executing large-scale capital projects that are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and safety.

In this role, you'll work across a diverse portfolio of mining and heavy industrial projects, driving the growth of WSP's structural integrity capability throughout Queensland.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Leading structural engineering and structural integrity projects across mining and heavy industrial assets

- Delivering structural inspections, integrity assessments, condition evaluations, and remediation recommendations

- Undertaking concept, detailed, and brownfield design of mining infrastructure and processing facilities

- Providing technical leadership for steel and concrete structures, materials handling systems, and fixed plant infrastructure

- Developing remediation strategies and life extension solutions for ageing assets

- Building strong relationships with mining clients across Queensland and identifying opportunities for continued growth

- Supporting proposals, business development activities, and strategic client engagement

- Mentoring and developing structural engineers across the team

- Collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions

To be successful in this role, you'll likely have:

- A degree qualification in Civil or Structural Engineering

- RPEQ or eligibility to obtain RPEQ registration

- Extensive experience within mining, resources, heavy industry, or asset-intensive environments

- A strong background in structural engineering design of steel and concrete structures

- Experience undertaking structural inspections, integrity assessments, and remedial engineering

- Knowledge of Australian structural design standards

- Experience working directly with operational mining assets and brownfield environments

- Strong client engagement and business development skills

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capability

- A passion for mentoring and developing technical teams

WSP offers:

- Exciting and complex mining projects across Queensland and Australia

- A growing structural integrity and asset management portfolio

- Flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance

- Opportunities to lead technical excellence and influence business growth

- Career development pathways into senior leadership and technical specialist roles

- Local expertise backed by a national and global mining network

- A collaborative culture where innovation, curiosity, and technical excellence are valued

## Skills

### Required
- Civil Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- RPEQ registration
- Australian structural design standards
- Steel and concrete structures
- Materials handling systems
- Fixed plant infrastructure
- Remediation strategies
- Life extension solutions
- Client engagement
- Business development
- Stakeholder management

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