# Tailings Engineer

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

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## Description

This role involves enhancing your capabilities and the 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 Tailings Engineer, you will support specialised tailings and mine waste management projects. Your responsibilities include:

- Supporting project planning, coordination, and delivery

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

- Preparing technical documentation such as scopes of work, design inputs, risk assessments, and progress reports

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

- Managing stakeholder engagement with clients, contractors, regulators, and internal specialists

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

- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives

The ideal candidate has:

- A degree in Engineering (Civil, Geotechnical, Mining, Environmental) or a related discipline

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

- Strong organisational skills and 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 at WSP include:

- Mentorship by industry-leading tailings and geotechnical professionals

- Exposure to diverse projects across Australia and internationally

- Supportive team culture valuing 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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