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About the Role
We are expanding our Geo-Environmental Engineering team and are looking for a Senior to Senior Associate-level Geo-Environmental Engineer to join our Sydney 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver projects focused on waste management including landfill design, engineered containment systems, geosynthetic applications resource recovery solutions
- Lead and deliver projects focused on water infrastructure including dam engineering, earth structures and repair works, and wastewater management ponds
- Lead and deliver projects focused on mining including tailings management facilities and complex liner systems
- Lead and deliver projects focused on 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
- Undertake 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
Requirements
- Strong detailed design capabilities are essential.
- Tertiary qualifications in Civil, Geotechnical, or Environmental Engineering.
- At least 7 years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience in delivering high-quality, detailed design documentation.
- 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.
Skills
- Waste management
- Landfill design
- Engineered containment systems
- Geosynthetic applications
- Resource recovery solutions
- Dam engineering
- Earth structures and repair works
- Wastewater management ponds
- Tailings management facilities
- Complex liner systems
- Slope stabilisation
- Rehabilitation
- Geo-environmental engineering
- Project management
- Mentoring
- Design software and tools
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- Senior Associate
Education Level
- Tertiary qualifications in Civil, Geotechnical, or Environmental Engineering
Benefits
- Employee Share Purchase Plan is available to all our permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in WSP’s collective success.
- Programs designed to help you thrive
About the Company
- 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.
- Our global team includes more than 73,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.