Senior Associate/Principal Geotechnical Engineer
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Renowned for our technical excellence, ATC Williams provides Tailings, Water, and Waste Management services to the mining, resources, and government sectors. We are a leading specialised engineering and consulting firm with over 40 years of successful service to our clients. With eight national office locations and a broad variety of international projects, we offer exciting and sustainable career pathways, whether you are a technical or professional leader, or just starting out in your career.
Why Join Us?
You will be joining our team at an exciting time as ATC Williams continue to solidify our position as a trusted and recognised engineering brand. We are embarking on a significant growth phase, represented by expansion in office locations, employees, opportunities, and capabilities.
ATC Williams is expanding its capacity at our Brisbane office to service the numerous clients in Mining, Resources, and Energy sectors. Our Brisbane office is looking for committed engineers at all levels to join our growing team. We work together to develop our people to achieve excellence through our global network of experienced professionals. We support each other and provide the breadth and depth of opportunities for people with all levels of experience. The people we employ bring a wealth of knowledge and ideas which together keep us at the forefront of our profession and help progress careers to individual expectations.
About the Role:
Our Brisbane office is currently seeking a Senior Associate/Principal Geotechnical Engineer on a (permanent full-time) basis.
You will work with our well-experienced Civil, Geotechnical, Water and Tailings groups to deliver projects successfully to meet our clients’ needs. At ATC Williams, every role is supported by professionals across the business, and you will have peers, subordinates, and technical experts to share ideas with, through the varied nature of work we undertake for clients in the mining, resources, and energy sectors across Australia and globally.
You will have the opportunity to challenge yourself and fellow professionals through the works we undertake covering civil engineering, geotechnical site investigation, laboratory testing, numerical modelling, engineering analyses and design, construction, field inspections and tailings life cycle management (from concept to closure).
You will be given the opportunity to work in both specialised and multidisciplinary teams for complex projects locally, nationally and globally to ensure growth. We will tailor work to your level of experience and desire to progress your career.
Key responsibilities and activities include:
• Uncompromising commitment to safety in all aspects of your work including Safety in Design and promoting safety culture in every aspect of your work.
• Developing scope of work and costing at proposal stage for various projects
• Managing projects from proposal preparation through fieldwork to final reporting.
• Managing geotechnical investigations including site work, laboratory and desktop investigations and prepare factual and interpretative reports as required by our clients.
• Using your expertise and experience in investigation and design to contribute to geotechnical and other multidisciplinary projects.
• Providing technical input in design and documentation to ensure high quality of work including regular reviews and supervision of other professionals.
• Preparing technical documents and managing all project correspondence to ensure project success.
• Providing direction to technical staff to support progress at all stages of project delivery.
• Developing engineering and practical solutions using fundamental engineering principles to add value to our client needs.
• Ensuring that projects are completed on time, quality and budget and to required standards.
• Maintaining good relationships with existing clients and working with relevant leaders and professionals to develop new opportunities.
• Knowledge sharing, mentoring junior staff and working collaboratively with local and global team.
• Undertaking research into complex engineering problems and preparing research results for presentations in discipline communities and ATCW knowledge-sharing technical seminars.
• Enhancing your business development skills through successful delivery of your projects to promote new opportunities.
Knowledge, Experience and Skill requirements include:
• Qualifications in civil/geotechnical or engineering geology (post graduate qualifications will be an advantage)
• Significant experience (15+ years) in tailings and geotechnical engineering practice (significant experience in consulting will be an advantage).
• A successful track record in the planning, managing and undertaking field investigations for all sizes of geotechnical/tailings and geo-environmental projects.
• Sound knowledge of tailings life cycle management from concept planning, field investigations, design and documentation, construction, operational inspections, closure rehabilitation etc.
• Demonstrated experience in the preparation of technical reports and client communications.
• A strong work ethic and ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Experience in the mining and resources sector involving civil and geotechnical/tailings, closure and mine site infrastructure engineering projects
• Ability to apply technical knowledge of geosciences and geo-engineering to solve practical problems.
• High level of analytical skills including numerical modelling capabilities and ability to translate complex ideas into simple solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, (verbal and written).
• Effective client liaison and stakeholder management.
• High level of people management experience.
What You Gain when you join ATC Williams
As an entirely employee-owned organisation with a retention rate to be proud of, our talented and skilled people acknowledge two key reasons why they choose to stay at ATC Williams:
• the depth and generosity of our in-house knowledge and expertise, and
• the fantastic opportunities available for personal growth and diverse project experiences, especially if you are prepared to grab these opportunities with both hands.
Employee Benefits include:
• Career and personal development opportunities & mentoring
• Ability to learn and leverage from our in-house knowledge and expertise
• Flexible working arrangements available as required
• Exposure to large scale and challenging projects from a regional office in a great part of the world
At ATC Williams, we champion diversity, inclusion, integrity, and equal employment opportunities.
We encourage you to create your future at ATC Williams.
To apply, please provide a cover letter and CV as one attachment to your application and include:
• Rights to work in Australia (essential)
• Base Salary Package Expectation
• Why you have applied for this role
• Share your career aspirations with us
Please note ATC Williams does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.
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