Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

Work as part of a diverse team of engineers, scientists and modellers from conceptual design through to detail design and engineering. Provide specialised technical input focused on tailings management facilities, heap leach facilities, water impoundments and waste rock dump design, soil mechanics, soil improvement methods, geosynthetic materials engineering and related civil engineering work for projects worldwide.

Assist project managers in the successful delivery of projects by managing your own involvement, including time, budget and quality control. Prepare technical reports, drawings, specifications, bill of quantities, and cost estimates.

Exciting opportunities to travel within the UK and internationally to assist clients in solving engineering problems and support construction of WSP designs. Travel outside of the UK will require overnight stays, with duration depending on project/client needs and location.

Develop and maintain good relationships with new and existing clients and effectively represent WSP on site. Liaise with the Mining Team networks, including specialists within WSP nationally and internationally, participating in Europe’s Mining Team meetings and calls as required.

Provide mentoring and coaching to graduate-level team members. Assist others in business development activities including preparation of technical proposals.

Act in the spirit of WSP's values and adhere to the WSP Code of Conduct at all times, raising concerns as appropriate. Regularly familiarise yourself with the Code of Conduct and its applicability to your role.

Display a ‘safety first’ attitude aligned with an interdependent health and safety culture, promote positive health and safety, raise safety issues through appropriate channels and adhere to WSP health and safety policies and procedures.

Ensure actions and behaviours are aligned to WSP's Equality Policy at all times.

Experience
- Experience in dam breach analysis, tailings breach modelling, or flood consequence assessment.
- Demonstrated capability in one or more of the following software packages: QGIS, FLO-2D, HEC-RAS, Civil 3D.
- Understanding of material behaviour and rheology relevant to tailings or debris-flow modelling.
- Experience supporting or contributing to risk assessments and consequence classification studies.
- Technical writing skills, with experience producing professional, well-structured reports.
- Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to internal teams and clients.

Desirable Experience
- Experience with tailings storage facilities (TSFs) or dam safety projects.
- Familiarity with international guidelines and frameworks such as GISTM, CDA, ANCOLD, ICOLD guidance.
- Experience working on mining or large infrastructure projects.

About You
Motivated and collaborative professional with strong technical expertise and excellent communication skills. Able to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and mentor junior colleagues. Committed to upholding high standards of safety, ethics and equality in the workplace.