WSP has a new opportunity for a Graduate Tailings Engineer to join our Mine Waste team on an internship basis in Midrand.   This is an entry level position in the consulting team and is regarded as a professional person in the delivery of tailings and geotechnical services, in line with the WSP suite of engineering products.

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

• This is the entry level in the consulting stream.
• The employee has basic skills in core technical areas.
• Works with specific and regular direction from intermediate and senior staff.
• Makes decisions only in limited situations with direction from intermediate and senior staff.
• Contributes to projects with a major focus on data collection and processing.
• Work is reviewed by direct supervisor or project manager.
• Providing tailings services and technical advice on moderate complex tailings issues to clients (internal) on projects within the mining industry.
• Using advanced techniques, modifications and extension of theories, practices to synthesise and analyse data for decision making / recommendations.
• Analysing tailings and geotechnical reporting for projects which may include the design and inspection of mine waste storage facilities, the construction of tailings deposits, the operation and management of deposits, properties and behaviour of tailings, closure and deposits stability and seeping analysis and water storage dams and earthworks.
• Understands and follows company health & safety policy and procedures.
• Participating in training activities.