Senior Tailings Engineer

AMEC's Earth & Environmental division is recruiting for a Senior Tailings Engineer to join our mining team in Montreal (Pointe Claire), QC.
As a senior geotechnical or civil engineer, you have developed into a professional with sound tailings management expertise. Your expertise may include any/all of dam design, pumping/transport expertise, tailings planning including beaching characteristics, water management, closure planning and options/risk evaluations. Ideally, your experience includes some exposure to tailings technologies such as filtered, paste and thickened deposits.Applicants with appropriate experience in all nature of metal mining, potash, oil sands, etc. are welcome.
Fluency in more than one language will be an asset with key languages being English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Responsibilities:
Project and client management on projects spanning scoping level through detailed design
Solution oriented leadership of multi-disciplinary teams & mentor more junior technical staff on mine waste management & water projects
Demonstration of strategic management of contractors and sub-consultants Liaison with other technical specialists including hydrogeologists, geologists, environmental, and other disciplines
Work as an integral team member in an EPCM environment
Qualifications: •10+ years of civil, geotechnical or related experience obtained largely on mining projects •Bachelor degree in geological, geotechnical, mining or civil engineering or equivalent •Master's degree in an engineering related discipline is preferred •Proven leadership skills of technical teams •Strong communication, interpersonal and task management skills •Ability to multi-task between various strategic and tactical technical interrelated issues •Experience with design and construction of tailings dams and related mine-site earthworks infrastructure •Project management experience in a mining or construction related environment •Proven experience with budgeting and cost forecasting AMEC is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment. AMEC is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world’s oil and gas, minerals and metals, clean energy, water and environmental sectors. With annual revenues of almost £3 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. The company employs some 22,000 people in around 40 countries worldwide. See amec.com Removal Date 29-Sep-2011

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