Principal Engineer- Hoisting and Headframe

WSP USA; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP India seeks an experienced Hoisting & Headframe Engineer to lead shaft fit-out and infrastructure packages for underground mining projects. You will own the package from studies through procurement support, construction and commissioning, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, clients, contractors and suppliers.

The role focuses on hoisting systems, headframes, shaft furniture, and interfaces with surface, with responsibilities to design criteria, calculations and procurement support,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering or Structural Engineering (or related).
• Approximately 10–15 years of relevant experience in mine hoisting or shaft engineering.
• Experience delivering hoisting, headframe or shaft fit-out packages on underground mining projects.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and equipment suppliers.
• Chartered Engineer or Professional Engineer registration preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead hoisting, headframe and shaft fit-out engineering packages through feasibility and detailed design.
• Develop design criteria, calculations, specifications, reports and drawings.
• Lead or review hoist duty calculations, production checks and system selection.
• Define skip, cage and counterweight arrangements and conveyance sizing.
• Coordinate layout for headframes, hoist houses and foundations.
• Manage interfaces with shaft stations, surface infrastructure and material handling systems.
• Provide technical support during fabrication, installation, commissioning and readiness.

Skills

Leadership

Coordination

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Mining or Structural Engineering

Job description

The Hoisting & Headframe Engineer will lead the technical delivery and coordination of shaft fit-out and permanent shaft infrastructure packages for underground mining projects. The role covers hoisting systems, headframes, shaft furniture, conveyances and the interfaces with associated surface and underground infrastructure.

The engineer will take package ownership from studies and design development through

procurement support, construction and commissioning, working with multidisciplinary engineering

teams, clients, contractors and equipment suppliers.

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• Lead hoisting, headframe and shaft fit-out engineering packages through feasibility, basic engineering, detailed design and construction support.
• Develop and maintain design criteria, design bases, calculations, technical specifications, reports and drawings.
• Lead or review hoisting studies, hoist duty calculations, production checks and system selection.
• Define skip, cage and counterweight arrangements, including conveyance sizing and operating requirements.
• Develop rope, sheave, guide and fleet angle arrangements in coordination with the selected hoisting system.
• Coordinate the layout and technical requirements for headframes, backlegs, hoist houses, collar structures and associated foundations.
• Lead the design integration of shaft furniture, buntons, guides, services, station steelwork and loading and unloading arrangements.
• Manage interfaces with shaft stations, loading pockets, ore bins, material handling systems and surface infrastructure.
• Coordinate structural, mechanical, electrical, controls, civil, mining and construction inputs into the package.
• Identify and manage technical interfaces, design risks, assumptions and battery limits.
• Plan and lead design reviews, constructability reviews and technical risk workshops.
• Review calculations, drawings, models and specifications prepared by internal teams, consultants and suppliers.
• Prepare procurement packages and support tender clarification, technical bid evaluation and vendor document review.
• Provide technical support during fabrication, installation, shaft conversion, commissioning and operational readiness.
• Support project managers with work planning, programmes, budgets, progress reporting and change management.
• Mentor engineers and designers and provide technical guidance across the wider shaft engineering team.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related discipline.
• Approximately 10-15 years of relevant experience in mine hoisting, shaft engineering or heavy industrial infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience delivering hoisting, headframe or shaft fit-out packages on underground mining projects.
• Experience taking engineering packages through more than one project stage, including detailed design or construction support.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and specialist equipment suppliers.
• Chartered Engineer, Professional Engineer or equivalent professional registration is preferred.

Required technical knowledge

• Friction and drum hoisting systems.
• Hoist duty calculations, cycle times, payloads, operating speeds and production requirements.
• Skips, cages, counterweights and associated conveyance systems.
• Hoisting ropes, balance ropes, sheaves and rope handling requirements.
• Fixed and rope guide systems and shaft clearance requirements.
• Headframe and hoist house layouts, load paths and equipment interfaces.
• Shaft furniture, supports, services and installation requirements.
• Loading, unloading, spillage, overrun and shaft bottom arrangements.
• Design safety, maintainability, operability and constructability.
• Engineering specifications, procurement support and vendor document review.

Desirable experience

• Deep shaft, shaft sinking, shaft deepening or shaft rehabilitation projects.
• Shaft conversion from sinking arrangements to permanent operation.
• Potash, hard rock, metalliferous or bulk commodity mining projects.
• Construction supervision, installation support or commissioning.
• International projects and delivery across multiple offices or regions.
• Experience working for an engineering consultant, owner, equipment supplier or shaft sinking contractor.

BGV:

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner".