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About the Role

• We are seeking a highly experienced Tailings Technical Lead to provide technical leadership, governance, and specialist expertise across a portfolio of Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) projects. This role will serve as the AIM regional technical authority for tailings engineering, supporting projects from concept and feasibility studies through detailed design, construction, operations, and closure.
• The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining technical excellence, supporting dam safety governance, mentoring engineers, and ensuring alignment with global industry best practices.
• This role, ‘Tailings: Technical Lead’ is housed within the AIM Tailings Practice, managed by the ‘AIM Tailings Practice Lead’.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for TSF and mine waste projects throughout the full asset lifecycle.
• Lead and review geotechnical, tailings, dam safety, and risk management assessments.
• Advise on complex tailings engineering challenges including:
• Static and seismic stability
• SCPTu interpretation
• Static and cyclic liquefaction
• Brittle tailings assessment
• Critical state soil mechanics
• Tailings deposition and water management
• Filtered tailings and co-disposal facilities
• Support and guide projects operating within an Engineer of Record (EoR) framework.
• Lead technical due diligence reviews, dam safety evaluations, and risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, governance requirements, and best practice.
• Mentor, coach, and develop junior and intermediate tailings engineers.
• Support business development, client engagement, and proposal preparation activities.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Degree in Civil, Geotechnical or related Engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineering registration (Pr.Eng, P.Eng, CEng or equivalent).
• Minimum 15 years' experience in tailings engineering and TSF design.
• Demonstrated experience across feasibility, detailed design, construction, and operational support.
• Strong understanding of TSF operations, dam safety, and risk management.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and technical reviews will be an added value.

Technical Expertise

Applicants should demonstrate extensive knowledge of the various hard skills, such as but not limited to:

• Tailings Storage Facility design and operation.
• Dam engineering and geotechnical engineering principles.
• SCPTu investigations and interpretation.
• Static and seismic liquefaction assessment.
• Brittle tailings identification and management.
• Geotechnical numerical modelling.
• Seepage, hydrogeology, and water management.
• Failure modes, risk assessment, and consequence classification.
• Closure planning and long-term facility performance.

Governance & Standards

Candidates must possess a strong working knowledge of:

• Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM)
• ICMM Tailings Governance Frameworks
• ANCOLD Guidelines on Tailings Dams
• Canadian Dam Association (CDA) Guidelines
• South African tailings and dam safety legislation and standards
• Industry best practices for dam safety and tailings governance

What We Are Looking For

• Recognized technical expert in tailings engineering.
• Strong engineering judgement and pragmatic problem-solving skills.
• Ability to balance technical rigor with practical project delivery.
• Collaborative leadership style and excellent communication skills.
• Passion for knowledge sharing, mentoring, and capability development.
• Commitment to safe, sustainable, and responsible tailings management.

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What You’ll Do  

• As a Senior Manager, you will make an important contribution to the strategy, design, and implementation of business decisions to ensure positive impact and sustainable results. You will develop tailor-made solutions for highly complex cases, lead engagements, and act as the key point of contact for your clients, senior leaders, sponsors, and other stakeholders within Hatch. You will lead and provide mentorship to your teams, while coordinating resources, owning the outcome, and continuing to inspire and drive progress. 
• Lead end-to-end engagements, delivering quantifiable impact (cost savings, improved KPI, etc.). 
• Actively manage and lead SMEs in an engagement. 
• Ensure on-time and on-budget delivery of projects, while providing quality assurance to ensure work is delivered to the highest possible standard. 
• Supervise, coach, and participate in the value creation process across the team. 
• Structure problems and define the workstreams to deliver impact. 
• Respond to client concerns efficiently, proactively coaching clients in problem structuring and solving. 
• Anticipate barriers to successful analysis and guide the team in resolving them.  
• Develop growing client network and build effective relationships with new clients. 
• Proactively engage key client stakeholders to update/manage expectations 
• Take global best practices and customize for client context. 
• Identify opportunities and invest time to coach team members 
• Actively seek out opportunities to develop innovative solutions and services 
• Be a champion of inclusion and diversity 
• Assist with the project risk evaluations and management processes, including start up planning activities, holding workshops, assessments, and developing business philosophy and operational strategy. 

What You Bring to the Role 

• 10+ years of management consulting 
• An undergraduate degree in Engineering, Business, Finance or equivalent 
• Advanced graduate degree e.g., MBA, PhD or equivalent is advantageous 
• Proven experience in mining, metals, energy or infrastructure projects. 
• Solid functional knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Strategy, Transaction Support, Business Transformation, Capital Productivity, Supply Chain, Asset & Maintenance Management, Organization Effectiveness, and Risk Management 
• Experience in managing and executing large-scale operational engagements 
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and the ability to distill value during projects 
• Proven client relationship management and business development skills 
• Motivating and supportive leadership skills 

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• We are seeking a motivated and technically capable Intermediate Mechanical Engineer to join our Mining Infrastructure Engineering team. This role entails working with diverse teams, both locally, and abroad.
• The successful candidate will contribute to design, assessment, development, and delivery of surface and underground mining-related infrastructure across all project phases, including Concept Studies, Pre-Feasibility Studies (PFS), Feasibility Studies (FS), Execution (Detail Design), Construction Support and Commissioning.
• Working within multidisciplinary teams, the engineer will support the design and delivery of mechanical systems associated with shafts, underground mining infrastructure, materials handling systems, process plants, pumping systems, ventilation systems, refrigeration facilities, workshops, and associated mine infrastructure.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• A mechanical engineer who combines strong technical design capability with 2 to 5 years of post-graduate practical project experience within an engineering consulting, EPCM, mining house, contractor, or industrial environment. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, and the ambition to grow into a lead mechanical engineering role through participation in complex surface and underground mining projects across Southern Africa and internationally.

Prerequisites

• 2-5 years’ experience within an engineering consulting, EPCM, mining house, contractor, or industrial environment. Exposure to mining projects is advantageous.
• Registration as a Candidate Engineer with ECSA. Progress toward Professional Registration is preferred.
• BSc/B. Eng degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Mechanical system design experience, preferably within a mining or industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of fluid simulation software such as FluidFlow, AFT Fathom or Flownex is advantageous.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Developing mechanical design basis and criteria
• Developing technical specifications
• Developing mechanical and piping designs from Concept Phase through to Execution
• Developing technical discipline documentation for enquiry and contract placement purposes related to contract or procurement packages – Scope of Work documents and Material Take-Off’s (MTO’s)
• Undertaking mechanical and piping analysis and design calculations, inclusive of compilation of design reports
• Understanding relevant local and international mechanical and piping codes such as ASME B31.3
• Guiding mechanical/piping designers with input and development of 3D models, and participation in 3D model reviews
• Thoroughly reviewing mechanical and piping drawings
• Undertaking intra-discipline and inter-discipline reviews and co-ordination
• Participating in client meetings
• Participating in Risk reviews (HAZiD, HAZOP, Constructability Reviews and Risk Assessments)