Water Management Engineer (Mining)
WSP · London
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A little more about your role:
WSP has an opportunity for a Water Management Engineer to join our UK and Ireland Mine Water team on a full-time, permanent basis in our UK offices or Naas office (Ireland). You will work on a wide range of largely international projects spanning mine water management, flood risk, drainage design, dam and reservoir engineering, and environmental water studies. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career and technical interests while gaining exposure to challenging, multi-disciplinary projects. The work you will do will provide a clear route to engineering chartership. WSP runs an Institution of Civil Engineers training agreement to support you in working towards professional registration under the mentorship of chartered engineers in our team.
The role will focus on working within the mining team on projects predominantly within the mining business, although there is also the potential to work within other local and international sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing and land development.
Key responsibilities will include:
Hydrological and hydrotechnical design of diversion channels, spillways, culverts, and river engineering works for mining and infrastructure projects across the full project lifecycle.
Supporting the development of technical drawings, bill of quantities and specifications in line with various forms of contract.
Flood risk assessments to define flood extents and impacts to site infrastructure
Water balance modelling using GoldSim and other industry-standard tools.
Contribute to dam break analyses and consequence classification assessments.
Contribute to water resources aspects of mining projects, including environmental assessments, permitting, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) considerations, and water stewardship in the industry.
Construction supervision and site engineering support, both in the UK and on international assignments (e.g. Africa, Central Asia, Europe).