Tailings Engineer

Role Details:
 

Reporting to the Processing Manager and supported by the Responsible Tailings Facility Engineer (RTFE), the purpose of the role is to ensure the highest standards of safety, compliance, and operational excellence in the management of Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs) across all phases of their lifecycle, from planning and design through to closure and rehabilitation.

This encompasses a comprehensive approach to risk management, ensuring adherence to principal mining hazard control standards, GFL TSF Management Standards, and applicable environmental and dam safety regulations. As a critical liaison between the site leadership, RTFE, the Engineer of Record (EoR), and various stakeholders, the individual in this role will play a key role in upholding the integrity and safety of the TSFs while also fostering strategic alignment with the overarching objectives set by the RTFE.

As an employee at Gold Fields, we expect all employees to act in a manner that seeks to align and enhance the values, safety culture and performance of Gold Fields to create enduring value beyond mining.
 

This position is offered as a site-based role on a FIFO from Perth roster of 2 x 4 days on, 3 days off and then 8 days on and 6 days off, or residential for locally based candidates. Time will also be spent at the Perth corporate office on an as-and-when basis to collaborate with the Group tailings team and external consultants in terms of governance and technical oversight.
 

Benefits include:

• Private Health Insurance Allowance & Site Allowance

• Quarterly Bonus Scheme

• Salary sacrifice options

• Increased leave entitlements for annual leave and paid primary and secondary parental leave.

• Long service leave pro-rata after five years of continuous service.

About the role:

• Serve as an essential on-the-ground resource to support the RTFE with the practical aspects of tailings management.

• Ensure adherence to all applicable safety regulations, policies, and guidelines, including GFL TSF Management Standards.

• Maintain Tailings Management Plans (TMP), TSF operating manuals and Life of Mine (LoM) plans.

• Provide support to the RTFE, EoR, and Processing Managers in the development and maintenance of business plans and Life of Mine (LoM) plans. These plans should outline storage locations, available storage, operational and capital expenditure projects, and other planned site projects.

• Develop and maintain formal relationships with key site stakeholders

• Collaborate in the development of tender documents, lead TSF construction tender processes, provide input on construction documentation, and ensure adherence to QA/QC activities.

• Proactively identify and manage tailings-specific risks, maintain critical controls, and contribute to the management of environmental risks associated with the TSFs.

• Compile and prepare monthly TSF management reports or performance dashboards.

Essential requirements:

• Possess a bachelor’s degree in civil or Geotechnical Engineering or a related field.

• Aspirations to register as a professional engineer.

• Extensive demonstrated experience in project, civil or geotechnical engineering.

• Experience coordinating engineering projects, site investigations, mining-related construction and commissioning projects.

• Practical knowledge of IT engineering systems that analyse slope stability, seepage, hydraulic modelling, and deposition modelling (e.g., GeoStudio, Rocscience, Muk3D).

• A valid manual Driver’s Licence.

Applications can be submitted via: https://careers.goldfields.com/Australia

We are committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce and strongly encourage applications from female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds.