Job Description
WSP is seeking a Technical Specialist to join to join our large and growing technical support team in Bengaluru to work with our global Mining business.
The successful applicant will undertake specialist analyses related to mining projects, and train and direct a team of mining, geotechnical and tailings (mine waste) engineering professionals who will be part of WSP GCC Global Mining Team, delivering the highest standards of technical work and aiding the continued success of the mining business by assisting us in our client focused delivery of projects.
The work will involve close collaboration with WSP's leaders in mining, initially focusing on numerical analyses and tailings management solutions, and then expanding into broader mining-related services such as rock mechanics and mining engineering support. Technical duties will include leading development of numerical models for tailings storage facilities, undertaking analyses to support tailings management design and preparation of summary reports.
Responsibilities
- Technical direction or provision of input to design studies and related analyses for mining structures, including open pits, underground mines, tailings storage facilities, waste rock facilities, water dams and other earthen structures;
- Providing direction on complex technical analyses;
- Developing and reviewing complex analyses to support design and operational reviews of mining facilities;
- Liaising with specialists from other disciplines or offices within WSP to undertake studies and train personnel;
- Providing senior technical input to project teams and ensuring that appropriate technical standards are developed and maintained;
- Assessing and understanding credible failure modes and how they apply to specific mining facilities (pits and dams);
- Engaging with the talent pipelines and promote WSP;
- You'll be responsible for maintaining a strong technical involvement in projects and proposals;
- You will be establishing standard methodologies within the discipline and improving our methods;
- Participating in the Recruitment to achieve budgeted and programmed team growth;
- Local health and safety, welfare, risk, information security, and assessment / compliance
- Interfacing with multi-disciplinary project teams;
- Closely work with WSP's global Mining team;
- Acknowledge the global Mining team business needs (requirements) and user stories;
- Translate user stories or business needs (requirements) into technical tasks including design analyses;
- Document tasks and times estimated within development tracking software (e.g. Jira);
- Supervise technical team work to its completion within budget and time;
- Ensure the delivery of technical packages in FLAC or other software;
- Quality Assuring the work and outputs from that team;
- Identify opportunities to upskill existing technical resources or recruit new capabilities to deliver additional services or enhance existing ones;
- Contributing to the experience database to support the efficient delivery of future projects.
Qualifications
- Educated to Bachelor / Master's degree level in geotechnical, civil or mining engineering
- Strong technical experience in analyses related to mining facilities, particularly open pits, underground mines or tailings storage facilities
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent spoken and written English
- A solid education background in geotechnical, civil or mining engineering
- A strong technical background in geotechnical, civil or mining engineering with proven expertise in numerical analyses
- Well versed in using software such as FLAC or Plaxis
- Demonstrated experience in training and technical direction of a team
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.
About Us
WSP is one of the world's leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. Our talented people around the globe engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
With approximately
4,000 talented people across 3 locations (Noida, Bengaluru & Mumbai offices) in India and more than
73,000 globally, in 550
offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
At WSP we draw on the diverse skills and capabilities of our employees globally to compete for the most exciting and complex projects across the world and bring the same level of expertise to our local communities. We are proud to be an international collective of innovative thinkers who work on the most complex problems. Unified under one strong brand, we use our local expertise, international reach and global scale to prepare our cities and environments for the future, connect communities and help societies thrive in built and natural ecosystems. True to our guiding principles, our business is built on four cornerstones:
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At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
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