Principal Engineer Mine Waste (French / Spanish speaker)

The position offers the opportunity to:

• Apply your experience and knowledge to the design of tailings and waste rock facilities.


• Actively contribute to growing the size and developing the technical capability of the mine waste team.


• Have a high degree of autonomy in managing your workload and due recognition for your contribution to delivering multi-disciplinary projects.


• Help to deliver projects and develop new business in Spain and Latin America.


• Work with an extremely capable and experienced team to provide support as a mine waste specialist as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver complex projects.


• Develop good working relationships with existing clients and develop new relationships with potential clients to further increase the grow the business.


• Establish and elevate your reputation amongst a team of international professionals, with potential to become a recognized leader in mine waste, within a diverse, well-managed international business on an exciting and ambitious growth trajectory.
  
  If you think this could be your next career move, we would love to hear from you. In order to succeed, we would envisage that you would be able to bring/demonstrate:


• A relevant Geotechnical qualification, either holding or eligible for Chartered status; and a specialism within Tailings Engineering, bringing significant experience and expertise gained within a Geotechnical Consultancy context


• Capability to lead projects from concept, through feasibility to final design and implementation and to provide direction and advice to Clients.


• Fluency in either French or Spanish, and excellent report writing and communication skills (in English) and strong ability to transfer these skills in preparation of fee proposals, engineering reports, design specifications and design drawings.


• The ability to manage, lead and mentor a team, and to manage and deliver projects (geotechnical and multidisciplinary)


• Excellent report writing and communication skills (in English) and strong ability to transfer these skills in preparation of fee proposals, engineering reports, design specifications and design drawings.


• A full driving licence valid in the UK


It would be advantageous if you also brought:

• Good working knowledge of mining industry standards such as GISTM, ANCOLD, CDA, etc…


• Experience of water management and water balance modelling.


• Experience in numerical modelling using geotechnical package GeoStudio, Plaxis or any other industry standard software.


• Experience of acting as the Deputy Engineer of Record or Deputy Designer of Record for tailings facilities.
  
  SLR's busy Mining Group has enjoyed continued commercial success across the globe in recent years and have been successful in developing work in West Africa, Spain and South America. SLR is now seeking a Principal Grade Geotechnical Engineer, who is fluent in either French or Spanish, to join our growing Geotechnical and Mine Waste Engineering Team in the European Region. The successful candidate would help grow our technical capabilities of the team and help develop work in the French and/or Spanish speaking world.


SLR services some of the world's largest mining companies, around the globe. Offering a wide portfolio of services for projects and studies, including; conceptual through feasibility to detailed design and managing multimillion dollar construction projects, acting as the Engineer of Record, and providing due diligence.

This position will provide the successful candidate with an opportunity to grow their skills and career within a successful expanding team, working in the mining sector, both in the EU and further afield.

This role offers significant long-term career rewards and opportunities for learning, expanding technical knowledge and career advancement., SLR are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with over 3,000 employees across 6 regions, including over 1,000 colleagues in Europe. Our 'one team' culture is at the heart of our business; providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development.

Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 day's annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.