Tailings Engineer Full Time

Gold Fields; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gold Fields is seeking a dedicated Tailings Facility Engineer to manage Tailings Storage Facilities across their lifecycle. The role is site-based with FIFO from Perth, and may include residential options for locals.

You will support the RTFE, maintain TMPs and LoM plans, and lead tender processes while ensuring QA/QC and environmental risk controls. You should have a civil/geotechnical engineering degree, desire professional registration, and experience in mining-related projects, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering or a related field.
• Aspiration to register as a professional engineer.
• Experience coordinating engineering projects, site investigations, mining-related construction and commissioning projects.
• Working knowledge of GISTM and IT systems for slope stability, seepage, hydraulic and deposition modelling (GeoStudio, Rocscience, Muk3D).
• Valid manual Driver’s Licence.

Responsibilities

• Serve as on-the-ground resource to support the RTFE with practical tailings management.
• Ensure adherence to safety regulations, policies, and guidelines, including GFL TSF Management Standards.
• Maintain Tailings Management Plans (TMP), TSF operating manuals and Life of Mine (LoM) plans.
• Support development/maintenance of business plans and LoM plans with RTFE, EoR, and Processing Managers.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key site stakeholders.
• Collaborate on tender documents, lead TSF construction tenders, input on construction documentation and QA/QC.
• Identify and manage tailings risks, maintain critical controls, and contribute to environmental risk management; compile monthly TSF reports/dashboards.

Skills

Tailings management

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering

Tools

GeoStudio

Rocscience

Muk3D

Job description

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).
• A valid manual Driver’s Licence.