Wsp
WSP provides engineering, design, and consulting services across diverse sectors worldwide.
Site Engineer (Mine Waste)
Design and manage mine waste facilities, providing technical input and client support.
Job Highlights
About the Role
In this role you will join a diverse team of engineers, scientists and modellers, providing specialised technical input for tailings management facilities, heap‑leach plants, water impoundments, waste‑rock dumps, soil mechanics, improvement methods and geosynthetic materials engineering on projects worldwide. You will also assist project managers by managing your own involvement, time, budget and quality, and you will prepare technical reports, drawings, specifications, bills of quantities and cost estimates. The position includes travel across the UK and internationally, often requiring overnight stays, to help clients solve engineering challenges and support construction of WSP designs. You will develop and maintain client relationships, represent WSP on‑site, liaise with national and international mining team networks, mentor graduate team members and contribute to business‑development proposals. You are expected to act in line with WSP’s values, adhere to the Code of Conduct, promote a ‘safety first’ culture, and ensure behaviours align with the Equality Policy at all times. • Provide technical input for tailings, heap‑leach, water impoundments, waste‑rock dump design, and geosynthetic engineering. • Prepare technical reports, drawings, specifications, bills of quantities and cost estimates. • Manage project involvement, including time, budget and quality control. • Develop and maintain client relationships and represent WSP on‑site. • Liaise with national and international mining team networks. • Mentor graduate team members and support business‑development proposals. • Uphold WSP Code of Conduct, health and safety policies, and Equality Policy.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸tailings design
- ▸geosynthetic engineering
- ▸technical reporting
- ▸cost estimating
- ▸project management
- ▸client relations
What You Bring
We are looking for a degree‑qualified civil, geotechnical or engineering geology graduate with strong soil‑mechanics expertise, knowledge of national and international design guidelines, and experience in mining‑related waste disposal facilities. You should be able to interpret and monitor results, use a variety of tools to design geotechnical structures, and have theoretical and practical project‑management and consultancy experience. Effective teamwork and a willingness to travel, including to remote environments, are essential. • Travel domestically and internationally, with overnight stays as required. • Hold a degree in civil, geotechnical engineering or engineering geology with strong soil‑mechanics background. • Knowledge of national and international design guidelines and mining waste disposal regulations. • Experience interpreting results and designing geotechnical structures for operational requirements. • Demonstrated project‑management and consultancy experience. • Ability to work effectively within a team and willingness to travel to remote locations.
Requirements
- ▸civil engineering
- ▸geotechnical
- ▸soil mechanics
- ▸design guidelines
- ▸project management
- ▸teamwork
Benefits
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP you can leverage a global scale, contribute to landmark projects, and collaborate with the brightest minds in your field to deliver the best work of your life. The culture celebrates curiosity, new ideas, and diverse perspectives, offering a world of opportunity to shape a unique career. Benefits include a hybrid working policy with two days remote per week, inclusive employee resource groups, health and wellbeing programmes such as Thrive, Virtual GP, Gymflex discounts and menopause support, the ‘WSP My Hour’ for personal activities, flexible and part‑time working options, additional leave purchase, and strong support for professional development, training and chartership. WSP welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and is committed to equality, diversity and accessibility, providing workplace adjustments for disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. • Hybrid working: two days remote per week. • Access to Thrive programme, Virtual GP, Gymflex discounts and menopause support. • ‘WSP My Hour’ for personal activities each workday. • Flexible and part‑time working arrangements, additional leave purchase and bank‑holiday flexibility. • Support for professional development, training, mentoring and chartership.
Work Environment
Onsite