Tailings Engineer

Gold Road Resources Limited; Shire Of Laverton; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gold Fields Group Services (Pty) Ltd operates a site-based Tailings Storage Facilities role in Western Australia. Reporting to the RTFE, you will support practical tailings management across life-cycle stages, ensure safety and governance in line with GFL standards, and contribute to TMPs and Life of Mine planning.

A suitable Civil/Geotechnical Engineer is preferred with aspirations to professional registration and experience coordinating mining-related projects, investigations, and construction

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering required.
• Aspirations to register as a professional engineer preferred.
• Experience coordinating engineering projects and site investigations.

Responsibilities

• Support the RTFE with practical tailings management activities.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and GFL TSF Standards.
• Maintain TMPs, TSF operating manuals and Life of Mine plans.
• Assist in development of business plans and LoM plans outlining storage, expenditures and site projects.
• Develop relationships with key site stakeholders.
• Assist in tender documentation and supervision of TSF construction tenders.
• Identify tailings risks and maintain critical controls; prepare monthly TSF reports/dashboards.

Skills

Tailings management

GISTM knowledge

GeoStudio

Rocscience

Stakeholder engagement

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering

Tools

GeoStudio

Rocscience

Muk3D

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Company: Gold Fields Group Services (Pty) Ltd

Reporting to the Processing Manager and supported by the Responsible Tailings Facility Engineer (RTFE), you will ensure the highest standards of safety, compliance, and operational excellence in the management of Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs) across all phases of their lifecycle, from planning and design through to closure and rehabilitation.

Offered as a site-based role on a FIFO from Perth roster of 8 days on and 6 days off, or residential for locally based candidates, there will be ad hoc times where you will be working in the Perth corporate office to collaborate with the Group tailings team and external consultants in terms of governance and technical oversight.

About the role:

• Serve as an essential on-the-ground resource to support the RTFE with the practical aspects of tailings management.
• Ensure adherence to all applicable safety regulations, policies, and guidelines, including GFL TSF Management Standards.
• Maintain Tailings Management Plans (TMP), TSF operating manuals and Life of Mine (LoM) plans.
• Provide support to the RTFE, EoR, and Processing Managers in the development and maintenance of business plans and Life of Mine (LoM) plans. These plans should outline storage locations, available storage, operational and capital expenditure projects, and other planned site projects.
• Develop and maintain formal relationships with key site stakeholders
• Collaborate in the development of tender documents, lead TSF construction tender processes, provide input on construction documentation, and ensure adherence to QA/QC activities.
• Proactively identify and manage tailings-specific risks, maintain critical controls, and contribute to the management of environmental risks associated with the TSFs.
  Compile and prepare monthly TSF management reports or performance dashboards.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering or a related field.
• Aspirations to register as a professional engineer.
• Experience coordinating engineering projects, site investigations, mining-related construction and commissioning projects.
• Working knowledge of GISTM and practical knowledge of IT engineering systems that analyse slope stability, seepage, hydraulic modelling, and deposition modelling (e.g., GeoStudio, Rocscience, Muk3D).