
Geo-Environmental Engineering, Associate to Principal Consultant
5 days ago
Overview
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
The Opportunity
We’re expanding our Geo-Environmental Engineering team and are looking for a Senior Associate or Principal-level Engineer to join our Brisbane office. Alternatively, the role may be based in our Gold Coast or Sunshine Coast office.
This hybrid role offers flexibility and the chance to lead a talented technical team, while building strong client relationships across Australia. You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering projects in civil infrastructure, waste, water, and mining sectors.
What you’ll do in more details:
- Lead and deliver projects focused on waste management including landfill design, engineered containment systems, geosynthetic applications, resource recovery solutions
- Water infrastructure including dam engineering, earth structures and repair works, and waste water management ponds
- Mining including tailings management facilities and complex liner systems
- Ground engineering including slope stabilisation and rehabilitation
- Develop cutting-edge solutions for geo-environmental challenges, integrating waste management into broader infrastructure projects
- Prepare and review technical documentation for waste-related projects across planning, design, and execution phases
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients in the waste and geo-environmental sectors, supporting both project delivery and business development initiatives
- Ensure technical excellence in waste and geo-environmental engineering, overseeing quality and risk management
- Undertaking project management to deliver desired outcomes for key clients with a focus on repeat business
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a collaborative team environment and sharing expertise in waste management and geo-environmental engineering
- Support operational management by contributing to strategies that drive business growth in waste and environmental services
About You
You will likely hold a tertiary qualification in Civil, Geotechnical, or Environmental Engineering, supported by over 7 years of relevant industry experience.
In this role, strong detailed design capabilities are essential. You will bring:
- Extensive experience in delivering high-quality, detailed design documentation
- Deep technical expertise in waste management, including the design of landfills, leachate collection and treatment systems, geosynthetics, capping systems, and resource recovery infrastructure
- Ability to assess and design for subsurface environmental risks, embankments, complex earthworks, and surface water management systems
- Proficiency in using design software and tools to produce accurate, constructible, and compliant engineering designs
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience leading and contributing to multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring integration of design elements across disciplines
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a strong commitment to sustainability, innovation, and technical excellence
- Proven or developing skills in mentoring and guiding junior to senior engineers, with sound decision-making and project delivery skills
Join Us
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
An employee Share Purchase Plan is available to all our permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in WSP’s collective success. To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Employee Benefits page.
With us, you can. Apply today.
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