WSP

3 months ago

Geotechnical Engineer - Dam Break Specialist

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Job Summary

Geotechnical Engineer role focusing on dam breach and tailings modelling, offering opportunities to work on tailings facilities, flood consequence assessments, and risk analyses with UK and international projects. You’ll collaborate with geotechnical and hydrology teams, produce technical reports, and travel to client sites across the UK and beyond while developing on complex numerical models.

Location: London

Workplace: Onsite

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

•Undertake dam breach and flood modelling studies, including breach parameter development, model setup, simulation, and result interpretation.
•Develop and manage hydraulic and debris-flow models.
•Perform consequence assessments, including inundation mapping, impact classification, and consequence evaluation.
•Support risk analysis activities, including failure mode definition and consequence evaluation.
•Interpret and apply material characterization and rheological data for numerical models and contribute to regulatory submissions.

Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

•Experience in dam breach analysis, tailings breach modelling, or flood consequence assessment.
•Proficiency with geotechnical software such as QGIS, FLO-2D, HEC-RAS, and Civil 3D.
•Understanding of material behaviour and rheology relevant to tailings or debris-flow modelling.
•Experience supporting or contributing to risk assessments and consequence classification studies.
•Technical writing skills with the ability to produce professional, well-structured reports.

Experience:Mining engineeringGeotechnicalTailingsDam breachFlood modelling

Languages:English

Tech Stack:QGISFLO-2DHEC-RASCivil 3D

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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