Water Resource Engineer / Hydrologist - Mining

at  SLR Consulting

Vacancy No
VN4025
Employment Type
Permanent
Contract Type
Full-Time
Advert
Job Description
We are looking for experienced mine water professionals to join our busy Mine Water Group and support an expanding pipeline of work in the mining sector. This position provides an exciting opportunity to join SLR’s expanding multi-disciplinary service offering which includes mining engineers, geologists, tailings engineers, geotechnical engineers, ESG practitioners, hydrologists, hydrogeologists, and geochemists.
We are interested to hear from water specialists in the fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, water resources, and engineering with experience on local and international mining projects.
You could be based in any of our existing European offices, but the following locations are preferred: Dublin; Edinburgh; Bristol; Nottingham; or London.

ABOUT US

SLR are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with over 3000+ employees across 6 regions – including over 1000 staff across Europe. SLR’s ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business, providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development. Along with competitive salaries, our people enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 day’s annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.

You will:

• Provide specialist input to local and international mining studies including: Environmental & Social Impacts Assessments (ESIA); Pre-Feasibility & Feasibility Studies (PFS / FS); Due Diligence Assessments; Closure Planning.
• Join other water specialists in working alongside a diverse mining team including: mining and tailings engineers, geotechnical specialists and geologists, climate change scientists, and ESG practitioners.
• Have involvement in all aspects of successful project delivery including proposals writing, risk identification, project set-up, track progress against budgets, and ensure the issue of a suitably high quality of deliverables to strengthen client relationships.
• Provide workload to others in the team and other disciplines and will mentor and coach others.
• Have input into the strategic direction, planning and development of the team, creating new opportunities and prospects, and enhancing team capacity and capability.
• Keep abreast of technical innovation and contribute to ensuring we provide high value advice which complies with recognised best practice, technical guidance and legislation impacting water management in the mining and minerals sector, both nationally and internationally and ensuring SLR is well placed to take advantage of change.

Your project work is likely to involve travel across the UK, Europe and internationally, and you may be required to extend site visits if supporting field campaigns or site investigations. You would work on projects with our colleagues who are based in other offices throughout Europe, Africa, Australia and the Americas.