Senior Geotechnical Engineer

WhatJobs; Navarra; Presencial; EUR 40.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading company in the commodities sector is seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join their team in Northwest Spain. The role involves providing geotechnical risk management expertise and leading civil engineering for residue operations. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in geotechnical design and a degree in a relevant engineering field. The company offers relocation assistance.

Formación

• 5+ years’ experience in geotechnical/tailings dam design, construction, or operation.
• Strong understanding of tailings management standards.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Responsabilidades

• Provide geotechnical risk management expertise to the firm's residue facility.
• Lead civil engineering for residue operations and guide design and construction.
• Maintain instrumentation and monitoring systems for residue areas.

Conocimientos

Geotechnical risk management

Tailings management standards

Soil characterization

Educación

Degree in Civil, Geotechnical, or Mining engineering

Descripción del empleo

Redstone Commodity Search focuses on offering 360° search solutions to the global commodities markets, with competitive coverage of Trading Houses, Producers, Majors, Utilities, Merchants, Hedge Funds, Investment Banks, and Brokerages.

Redstone Commodity Search is working with a major metal’s producer looking to hire a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join the team in Spain.

Key Responsibilities / Tasks

• Provide geotechnical risk management expertise to the firm’s residue facility, ensuring compliance with the firm’s policy and best international practices.
• Lead civil engineering for residue operations, offer technical approvals, and guide the design and construction of residue projects while liaising with other members.
• Maintain and update instrumentation and monitoring systems for residue areas, ensuring adherence to health and safety, as well as country regulations.
• Contribute to residue master planning and act as the responsible Tailings facility Engineer, fostering best practice transfer and supporting the site.
• Role reports to Maintenance and Reliability Manager.

Key Qualifications / Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in geotechnical / tailings dam design, construction, or operation, with expertise in dam stability assessments and critical state soil mechanics.
• Degree in Civil, Geotechnical, or Mining engineering.
• Strong understanding of tailings management standards (ANCOLD, MAC, CDA, GISTM), soil / tailing characterizations, and monitoring systems.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.
• Relocation to Northwest Spain is required; the company can assist with this.

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