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About the role
- Technical Director leading tailings facility engineering, safety, and governance for GHD, a global engineering, architecture, and construction services company. Guiding mining clients through TSF design, operations, closure, and post-closure stewardship.
Responsibilities
- Lead safe, responsible stewardship of tailings storage facilities throughout their lifecycle
- Lead multidisciplinary teams on TSF planning, investigation, assessment, design, construction, operation, closure, and post-closure management projects
- Provide clear technical direction on complex assignments
- Serve as Engineer of Record for selected TSFs when required
- Lead tailings facility planning, site selection, geotechnical investigations, testing programs, interpretation, and design-parameter development
- Direct design and evaluation of tailings dams, embankments, foundations, water-management systems, seepage controls, and closure measures
- Perform or oversee stability, deformation, hydraulic, seismic, and liquefaction analyses
- Assess closed, inactive, and orphaned facilities and develop closure, rehabilitation, and risk-reduction strategies
- Lead dam safety reviews, inspections, risk assessments, failure mode evaluations, surveillance planning, and emergency preparedness documentation
- Provide senior technical leadership across planning, feasibility, design, construction, operations, closure, and post-closure phases
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams while maintaining quality, schedule, and budget objectives
- Provide construction design support and evaluate observed facility performance
- Support clients with tailings governance systems and GISTM, CDA, regulatory, and corporate-standard conformance
- Develop technical guidance, procedures, case studies, and lessons learned
- Build relationships with mining clients, regulators, independent reviewers, Indigenous communities, and other stakeholders
- Mentor and develop GHD professionals in tailings and mine waste engineering
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in civil, geotechnical, geological, or mining engineering
- Postgraduate degree in geotechnical engineering, mine waste engineering, or a related discipline preferred
- Professional engineering license in Canada, or eligibility for registration in the applicable jurisdiction
- More than 15 years of progressive experience in tailings and mine waste engineering
- Substantial experience with active tailings storage facilities and closed or legacy tailings sites
- Detailed knowledge of CDA and GISTM guidelines, applicable regulations, and recognized industry practices
- Extensive experience with TSF design and performance
- Experience with dam safety management
- Experience with closure planning and rehabilitation of closed tailings sites
- Experience with long-term monitoring and risk management
- Strong professional network
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with owners, regulators, independent reviewers, and other stakeholders
- Willingness and qualification to assume an Engineer of Record role for selected facilities
- Professional engineering registration in Canada or eligibility for registration in the applicable jurisdiction
Benefits
- Employee-owned company
- Flexible work options available
- Access to cutting-edge technology
- Career acceleration and support
- Opportunity to share knowledge via the GHD Tailings School, an online training platform
- Continuing professional development
- Global and regional knowledge-sharing opportunities
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