Description Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Solution Development
- Provide senior technical leadership for mine water management planning and execution across the mining lifecycle, including permitting, operations, closure, and long-term water stewardship.
- Lead and oversee mine water management strategies and analyses, including water balance development, surface water and groundwater interaction, water quality characterization, treatment, reuse, and conservation approaches.
- Direct, review, and validate hydrologic, hydraulic, and hydrogeologic analyses, including watershed-scale evaluations, probabilistic and risk-informed assessments, and scenario-based modeling.
- Support the planning, evaluation, and design of mine water infrastructure, including ponds, impoundments, conveyance systems, treatment systems, and water control structures, with consideration for constructability, sequencing, and operational practicality.
- Participate in constructability reviews and integrated design efforts to ensure mine water solutions can be efficiently implemented and aligned with construction means, methods, and schedules.
Client Interface & Business Development Support
- Serve as a senior technical interface with mining clients, participating in key meetings to explain technical concepts, evaluate alternatives, and guide sound decision-making.
- Support sales and business development efforts by contributing mine water expertise to client discussions, opportunity shaping, and pursuit strategies.
- Lead or contribute to the preparation of technical proposals, scopes of work, work plans, and execution approaches related to mine water management.
- Develop or support the development of cost estimates, schedules, and resource plans for mine water-related scopes, with consideration for construction complexity, risk, and lifecycle performance.
- Assist in identifying follow-on opportunities and expanding existing client relationships through high-quality technical delivery and trusted advisory support.
Project Management, Integrated Delivery & Financial Performance
- Serve as a project manager or senior technical lead, as appropriate, for mine water-related projects, with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and client satisfaction.
- Manage project execution in alignment with financial performance goals, including monitoring labor, expenses, and overall project health.
- Collaborate closely with engineering and construction teams to integrate mine water considerations into broader project delivery strategies, including design-build and EPC delivery models where applicable.
- Partner with project teams to proactively identify and manage technical, regulatory, constructability, and execution risks throughout project delivery.
Modeling, Analysis & Risk-Informed Decision Support
- Lead or oversee the development and application of mine water balance models using spreadsheet-based tools and advanced simulation platforms, as appropriate for project complexity.
- Apply statistical, probabilistic, and uncertainty-based analyses to inform risk assessments, design criteria, and long-term water management decisions.
- Integrate climate variability, extreme events, and long-term closure considerations into mine water strategies and technical evaluations.
- Translate complex technical analyses into clear, defensible recommendations to support client, regulatory, and internal decision-making.
Mentoring & Capability Building
- Mentor and technically develop engineers and scientists within Environmental Services, providing guidance, review, and coaching on mine water-related analyses, design, and project execution.
- Support the growth of junior and mid-career staff by sharing technical knowledge, practical judgment, and lessons learned from project delivery.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of internal tools, standards, and best practices for mine water management and integrated delivery.
- Support recruiting and onboarding efforts by helping evaluate and integrate new mine water talent into the practice.
Collaboration & Integration
- Collaborate closely with environmental permitting, remediation, engineering, and construction teams to deliver integrated mine water solutions that balance technical rigor, constructability, cost, and long-term performance.
- Work in partnership with project managers, discipline leads, and business development professionals to align technical execution with client objectives and business outcomes.
- Participate in internal knowledge sharing, technical forums, and lessons-learned discussions to continuously improve mine water services.
- All other duties, as assigned.
Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, chemical, or mechanical engineering, or related engineering degree from an accredited program.
- 13 years of progressive experience in mine water management, water resources, hydrogeology, or closely related fields, with direct application to mining projects.
- Demonstrated experience with mine water balance development, surface water and/or groundwater modeling, and interpretation of hydrologic and hydrogeologic data.
- Experience interfacing directly with clients and supporting proposal development, scoping, and cost estimating for mine water-related work.
- Demonstrated ability to manage or support projects with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and financial performance.
- Experience supporting projects through design and into construction, including participation in constructability reviews or coordination with construction teams.
- Strong technical writing and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex analyses clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively on multidisciplinary teams and provide senior-level technical judgment.Preferred
- Master's degree in a relevant technical discipline.
- Professional licensure (PE, PG) or ability to obtain.
- Experience supporting mine permitting, operations, closure, and reclamation from a water management perspective.
- Familiarity with industry-standard modeling and analysis tools (e.g., GoldSim, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, MODFLOW, or similar platforms).
- Experience applying probabilistic, risk-informed, or uncertainty-based approaches to water management decision-making.
- Experience mentoring staff and contributing to the development of technical teams and practices.Background in mine closure planning, tailings-related water considerations, or long-term water stewardship strategies.
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
Job Environmental Engineering
Primary Location US-AZ-Phoenix
Other Locations US-NM-Albuquerque, US-UT-Salt Lake City, US-AZ-Tucson
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Req ID: 262118
Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-GS #ENS
