Senior Lead Civil​/Geotechnical Engineer

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Senior Lead Civil/Geotechnical Engineer to join our US Mine Waste team, at our office located in Lakewood, CO. The following locations will also be considered:
Fort Collins, CO. You will have the opportunity to work as a part of a regional team on challenging mining, heavy civil, and geotechnical projects. Be involved in projects with our Mine Waste Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

The Senior Lead Civil/Geotechnical Engineer is an experienced professional who independently delivers and leads complex mine waste and tailings engineering assignments. This role applies advanced technical judgment, contributes to project and client leadership, and serves as a recognized technical resource within WSP. These professionals demonstrate consistent performance across technical excellence, project execution and delivery, collaboration, and mentorship, with increasing visibility to external clients and regulators.

This individual will provide geotechnical engineering services and manage projects related to mining and civil/geotechnical projects in the U.S. and internationally. This individual may be Engineer of Record (EOR) for tailings storage facilities. Our ideal candidate enjoys technical work and the challenge of growing the business.

• Leading and directing the multi-disciplinary design of mine waste containment (tailings and waste rock) and heap leach facilities including initial layout and design, site selection and facility layout, geotechnical and hydrologic analyses, integration of other engineering discipline designs, and preparation of drawings and technical specifications for construction.
• Managing and executing a wide variety of mine waste geotechnical engineering projects, including geotechnical field investigations, laboratory testing programs, data interpretation, and geotechnical analysis.
• Scoping, directing, and reviewing complex geotechnical analyses with a focus on soil mechanics, including stability, seepage, and thermal modelling; deposition modeling; and run out analyses for mine waste or water embankment dams and waste rock spoils.
• Independently managing projects according to client-approved scopes of work and delivering high quality reports on time and within budget subject to senior review and oversight.
• Providing or contributing to client relationship and business development activities focused on building and growing our business.
• Working with and leading multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Supporting technical proposals and design work package in response to client needs.
• Managing the work of junior engineers.
• Remaining current in latest geotechnical engineering techniques and practices.
• Working collaboratively with other engineers and planners on projects with infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects.
• Exercising responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Performing additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering, or closely related discipline
• More than 10 years of relevant post education experience in mine waste engineering and geotechnical design
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license
• Demonstrated experience working on projects related to tailings and/or heap leach facility design and management
• Advanced knowledge in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering
• Demonstrated client liaison and business development skills
• Project management experience with mid to large-level projects including scoping, and tracking hours and expenses for project work commensurate with years of experience
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic…