This is an Intermediate level position in the consulting team and is regarded as a professional person in the delivery of geotechnical and tailings services, in line with the Golder suite of engineering products.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Geotechnical\/Tailings Engineer<\/strong><\/p>\n Responsibilities \/ Duties:<\/strong><\/p>\n Provide services on tailings projects in the mining industry including:<\/p>\n \u2022 Design and inspection of tailings and water storage facilities<\/p>\n \u2022 The means of construction of tailings deposits.<\/p>\n \u2022 The operation and management of deposits.<\/p>\n \u2022 The properties of tailings.<\/p>\n \u2022 The behavior of tailings.<\/p>\n Manage, analyze and prepare reports for geotechnical projects which may include the following:<\/p>\n \u2022 Foundations for medium to large industrial developments and multi-story developments with basements.<\/p>\n \u2022 Earthworks, ground improvement and development<\/p>\n \u2022 Problematic soils<\/p>\n Provide technical advice and consultancy on complex tailings issues to clients (external & internal)<\/p>\n Develop client relationship and build business<\/p>\n Use advanced techniques, modifications and extension of theories, practices to synthesise and analyse data for decision making\/ recommendations<\/p>\n Build reputation as Technical Consultant \/ Specialist<\/p>\n Keep abreast of advancing technologies, methods and research & development<\/p>\n Closure & deposits stability and seepage analysis<\/p>\n Provide safety leadership in Health & Safety (OH&S incident reporting)<\/p>\n Participate in training activities, mentoring and transferring knowledge to junior geotechnical engineers.<\/p>\n Plan, develop schedules, coordinate and direct manpower on important engineering projects to meet completion deadlines.<\/p>\n Supervise, coordinate and review\/evaluate activities carried out by junior engineers.<\/p>\n Prepare proposals and reports for clients<\/p>\n Other duties as required<\/p>\n Project Management & Technical Expertise<\/p>\n Continued development of key skills in Project Management<\/p>\n Participation in professional development activities<\/p>\n Continued professional development in support of professional registration<\/p>\n People<\/p>\n Develop ownership culture<\/p>\n Promote and develop inter-region and inter-office collaboration and cooperation<\/p>\n Contribute towards a healthy team mentality among peers<\/p>\n Work with management to deliver on Golder priorities<\/p>\n Business Development (Internal and external Clients)<\/p>\n Identify potential business opportunities \/ clients for Golder services<\/p>\n Follow up and act on market trends and engineering development<\/p>\n Follow engineering business development plan<\/p>\n Business Systems<\/p>\n Participate and promote Golder Africa\u2019s business systems<\/p>\n Participate in the development and implementation of engineering systems, tools, policies and protocols in line with Engineering Business Unit<\/p>\n Be an active part of the Golder team, operational best practice and Balance Score Card<\/p>\n GIAMS<\/p>\n Innovative and Technical Excellence<\/p>\n Identify and implement opportunities to apply Golder engineering expertise<\/p>\n Implement Projects that contain elements of the core Golder engineering expertise<\/p>\n Promote & develop new technical services and\/or tools<\/p>\n Financial<\/p>\n Positive financial contribution<\/p>\n Execute projects in accordance with Golder\u2019s financial target in terms of profitability<\/p>\n Manage debtors in accordance with Golder targets<\/p>\n Health & Safety<\/p>\n Promote Health & Safety systems and program priorities<\/p>\n Act as and custodian of Golder\u2019s Health and Safety best practice<\/p>\n Health and safety performance indicators in line with Golder target<\/p>\n Qualification:<\/p>\n Relevant Degree in the Geotechnical \/ Civil Engineering<\/p>\n Professional Register at GHIE (Min 4 years)<\/p>\n Experience:<\/p>\n 5 Years plus experience post-graduation<\/p>\n Legislation related to Engineering \/ Geotechnical environment<\/p>\n Financial Knowledge<\/p>\n Experience at a consulting firm<\/p>\n Project Management Skills<\/p>\n MS Word, MS Excel (Advanced), MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook , MS Projects<\/p>\n Competencies:<\/p>\n The employee has an increased level of specialist skills in technical discipline area, strong project management skills, or a mix of both.<\/p>\n Displays independence in completing work tasks.<\/p>\n Makes decisions of moderate complexity with less frequent input and review from senior staff.<\/p>\n Major focus is leadership of technical excellence or project management for larger and more complex projects with less supervision required.<\/p>\n Provides technical direction to junior and intermediate staff.<\/p>\n Is responsible for completion of reports \/ documents and proposals with senior review.<\/p>\n Understands Golder business systems and uses \/ follows these systems to ensure quality.<\/p>\n Is recognised as a role model \/ mentor for junior staff.<\/p>\n This is the first level having more regular contribution to group or team goals and planning.<\/p>\n Motivates and encourages junior and intermediate staff to achieve results.<\/p>\n Has regular contact with clients and manages client expectations.<\/p>\n Employees focus on setting a positive example by identifying and reporting hazards, near misses and incidents.<\/p>\n Displays a \u2018safety first\u2019 focus.<\/p>\n Employees actively raise safety issues to the attention of peers, contractors and visitors and assist in seeking resolution to the issues identified.<\/p>\n Communicates clearly and consistently the importance of health and safety and recognizes those who show the right behaviours.<\/p>\n Standards \/ Processes \/ Procedures.<\/p>\n Attributes:<\/p>\n Trusted project manager: consistently manages projects and \/ or tasks well, wants to expand project management abilities to include larger multi-disciplinary projects, able to communicate with teams, can bridge project director to junior staff<\/p>\n Client focused: being more of a \u201csolution\u201d provider to client and colleagues than \u201cdeliverable\u201d provider, comfortable with being the face of Golder, point of contact, ability to develop business and cross-sell<\/p>\n Ownership Attitude: promotes the broader organisational strategy, makes decisions with the company\u2019s best interests in mind<\/p>\n Good judgement: ability to prioritise challenges, competing interests in our business (i.e. time vs. costs vs. quality)<\/p>\n Mentoring: informal guidance and career development of junior staff<\/p>\n Technical excellence: creating an area of technical speciality or service, highly skilled and respected in their field, participates in on-going training and conferences.<\/p>\n Good problem solver: able to frame and communicate complex issues into simple tasks.<\/p>\n Corporate awareness: actively supports corporate initiatives, understands how Golder works.<\/p>\n Influential: are known beyond their team and people seek their input or involvement<\/p>\n Networking: establishes good relationships with clients and staff, builds wide and effective networks Leadership: is emerging as a leader, has the ability and desire to lead small teams, actively supports corporate initiatives and promotes Golder\u2019s culture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is an Intermediate level position in the consulting team and is regarded as a professional person in the delivery of geotechnical and tailings services, in line with the 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