Available vacancy:
Tailings– Senior Engineer:
- Gauteng (JHB)
- 5 – 10 years relevant experience
- Professional registration advantageous
Jones & Wagener is seeking to employ a self-motivated engineer to join our Tailings department and contribute to existing and new projects. The successful candidate will join a dynamic team in an intermediate level position within a well-established consulting firm
The requirements associated with the position are as follows:
- BEng or BSc (Eng) required
- 5-10 years of relevant experience
- BEng in Civil Engineering or similar
- Professional registration (PrEng) will be advantageous
- Experience in the design of tailings storage facilities, return water dams and associated infrastructure
- Experience in carrying out annual audit inspections on tailings storage facilities and return water dams
- Experience in surveillance of tailings and/or return water dams
- Experience in tender and contract documentation
- Experience in CPTu testing and interpretation preferred
- Experience in geotechnical investigations considered advantageous
- Good fundamental understanding and knowledge of geotechnics
- Exposure to associated civil engineering activities such as hydrology, structural design, dam breach assessments, water balances
- Candidate should be proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint
- Proficiency in MS Project considered advantageous
- Candidate should be proficient in slope stability, seepage analysis and FEM software, such as Geostudio.
- Candidate should be proficient in AutoCad Civil 3D or modelmaker
- Project management experience advantageous