# Tailings Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Sydney, New South Wales
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

This role involves enhancing your capabilities and contributing to WSP's Mine Advisory team's reputation. You'll collaborate with talented professionals on iconic projects, driving future-ready outcomes that benefit clients and communities.

**Job Overview** As a Tailings Engineer, you will support the delivery of specialised tailings and mine waste management projects. You will work alongside experienced engineers and project managers, gaining exposure to the full project lifecycle while developing your skills across project management and consulting within a high-performing, solutions-focused team.

**Key Responsibilities**

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

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

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

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

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

- Ensure work is delivered safely, efficiently, and in alignment with industry standards and best practices.

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

**Requirements**

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

- 5+ years of experience working in mining, consulting, or a project delivery environment, ideally with exposure to both a technical engineering position and project engineering.

- 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**

- Be mentored by 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
- Project Management
- Geotechnical
- Mining
- Environmental

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