# Associate Director - Mine Water & Water Resources

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Naas, Co. Kildare
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are looking for an Associate Director – Mine Water & Water Resources to join our growing UK and Ireland Mine Water team.

The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of complex mine water, hydrology and water resources projects, ensuring technical excellence, commercial performance and successful client outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing strategic leadership across a portfolio of complex mine water, hydrology and water resources projects

- Acting as a recognised technical authority in mine water management, hydrology and water resources

- Leading the development and review of conceptual site models, water balance assessments, flood risk assessments, hydraulic and hydrological studies, water management strategies and engineering design solutions

- Directing multi-disciplinary project teams across feasibility studies, environmental assessments, permitting, detailed design and operational support for mining projects globally

- Providing technical leadership in the application of climate change resilience and adaptation assessments

- Building and maintaining strong relationships with key clients

- Leading bids, tenders and major proposals

- Taking responsibility for project governance

- Supporting the growth and development of the Mine Water team

- Collaborating with technical specialists across WSP's global business

- Championing technical excellence, innovation, digital delivery, sustainability and health and safety

- Representing WSP externally through industry events, conferences, professional institutions and client engagements

The ideal candidate will have:

- Significant experience within mine water management, hydrology, water resources or water engineering

- A strong track record of leading complex technical projects and multidisciplinary teams

- Extensive knowledge of water management infrastructure, hydrological and hydraulic assessment, flood risk management, water balance modelling and water resources planning

- Experience supporting major mining projects

- Proven ability to manage project finances, resources, programmes, contractual requirements and commercial performance

- Strong client-facing and business development capability

- Demonstrable leadership experience

- Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills

- Experience using industry-standard hydraulic, hydrological and water resource modelling tools

- Chartered Engineer, Chartered Hydrologist or Chartered Professional with a relevant professional institution, or an equivalent recognised qualification

## Skills

### Required
- mine water management
- hydrology
- water resources
- water engineering
- climate change resilience
- project management
- client relationship management

### Nice to have
- industry-standard hydraulic, hydrological and water resource modelling tools
- programming and digital delivery expertise

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