# Senior Tailings Engineer

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

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## Description

This role involves enhancing the capabilities and reputation of WSP's Mine Advisory team. You will collaborate with talented professionals on iconic projects to drive future-ready outcomes benefiting clients and communities.

As a Senior Tailings Engineer in the Melbourne tailings team, you will support clients and projects, delivering exceptional consulting services and supporting junior team members in their development.

Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting the planning, coordination, and delivery of tailings and mine waste projects.

- Assisting with project scheduling, cost tracking, procurement, and reporting.

- Preparing technical documentation including scopes of work, design inputs, risk assessments, and progress reports.

- Participating in field investigations, site inspections, monitoring campaigns, and operational assessments.

- Helping manage stakeholder engagement with clients, contractors, regulators, and internal specialists.

- Ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently, and in alignment with industry standards and best practice.

- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across project delivery and technical workflows.

Requirements:

- Degree qualifications in Engineering (Civil, Geotechnical, Mining, Environmental) or a related discipline.

- 7+ years of experience working in mine tailings, ideally with exposure to both a technical engineering position and project management.

- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.

- A keen interest in mine tailings.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- A collaborative approach and willingness to learn from senior technical specialists.

- Ability to travel to site as required.

Benefits of working with WSP include:

- Working alongside industry-leading tailings and geotechnical professionals.

- Exposure to a diverse range of projects across Australia and internationally.

- A supportive team culture that values development, innovation, and technical excellence.

- Opportunities for structured career growth and professional accreditation.

- Flexible working options.

## Skills

### Required
- Engineering
- Geotechnical
- Mining
- Environmental
- Project Management
- Communication

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