Senior Engineer/Scientist- Mining - Reno, Nevada
GHD

Job Description

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of mining! Together and with our mining clients, we will create a lasting community benefit making water, energy, and communities sustainable for generations to come.

Be a key leader driving growth in our US mining market. Work on exciting mining projects for new and existing clients. Showcase your technical capabilities and expertise.

Join our team of globally connected engineers, scientists, and specialists to help solve complex mining challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery, and beyond.

Join GHD.

Who are we looking for?

The US West Mining Market is a critical component of GHD's overall growth strategy in Americas. The US West Region is looking to bring onboard highly motivated Client Relationship Managers, Senior Project Managers, and Technical Service Practitioners to strengthen and grow our mining business.

This position will be based in Reno, Nevada.

We are seeking a self-motivated, driven, and hard-working professionals that are motivated to build credible relationships with clients, teaming partners, and the community.

Come and see where your career can take you and the impact your commitment can make.

Working with a passionate and engaged leader, this position offers a variety of responsibilities including:

Winning Work:

• Develop and execute business strategies and initiatives to expand services to new mining clients, as aligned with the North American and West Region Market strategies
• Lead proposal development and contract negotiation to win targeted pursuits
• Formulate and present proactive, strategic approaches to the proposal development process, which leverage the company's capabilities and value proposition
• Achieve goals identified for business development by working in coordination with Operations to successfully develop and win work
• Maintain a high profile externally and through membership/attendance in industry organizations, continually increasing contact base
• Perform data entry into Client Relationship Management database for lead tracking and opportunity information
• Build, grow and maintain an active list of large and/or strategic new prospects that will ensure the continuous growth of clients
• Establish and develop strategic long-term relationships with current clients, new clients and prospective teaming partners

Project Delivery:

• Manage technical projects: maintaining client satisfaction while ensuring projects are delivered safely and within scope, schedule, and budget
• Leading best practice project delivery, making key technical contributions to projects and coordinating the work of team members to deliver creative solutions
• Embracing established project management best practices and advocate for the adoption of standard methodologies within your sphere of influence at GHD
• Directing the project teams, administering contractual aspects of the project, and have a client facing role
• Working with project managers and project teams to improve job delivery skills within the Mining Business Group
• Directing winning strategies for new proposals and follow-on work
• Ensure adherence to GHD's QA/QC plans including meeting established Quality KPIs

People:

• Purpose-led communications within the Mining Business Group to inspire the team and enhance the Employee Experience (EX)
• Collaborate and mentor with our Young Professionals to provide experience and exposure to a wide variety of projects
• Collaborate within and outside the Region on work sharing and business development
• Embrace the "One GHD" philosophy by collaborating with teams worldwide to share capabilities and project opportunities

Technical Work:

• Work collaboratively with the team to share knowledge and best practices, in delivering technical solutions to our clients' diverse set of challenges on mining projects
• Compile, interpret, and evaluate geological, geochemical and hydrogeologic field and analytical data for technical reports
• Assist in the preparation of data tables and figures, as required
• Contribute to the preparation of technical memos, reports, design and other deliverables including but not limited to investigation reports, conceptual site model reports, and scientific/engineering evaluations.
• Interpret engineering or scientific figures/drawings/plans

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (e.g., civil, environmental, geological, mining, etc.) or science (e.g., geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, environmental science, etc.) required
• Mining Experience Related to one or more of the following
  • Environmental or geotechnical site investigations
  • Mining-Influenced Water
  • Mine site hydrology, hydrogeology, and/or geochemistry
  • Mine Planning and Closure
  • Tailings Management/Design
  • Mining Engineering
  • Mining Exploration
  • Permitting and regulatory compliance experience for the mining industry (air, NEPA, NPDES, stormwater, etc.)
  • Water quality permitting (aquifer protection, direct discharge, stormwater)
• 10+ years of consulting experience
• 10+ years of mining experience preferred, 5+ years of mining experience required
• 5+ years of experience in business development, capture planning and project execution for clients and projects
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with proven ability to develop, mentor and lead professional technical staff
• Strong relationship leadership skills and a real passion for developing people within GHD
• Flexible and able to meet challenging deadlines
• A self-starter with sound judgment and decisiveness
• A standout colleague with a strong client focus
• Experience and/or formal training with project management best practices
• Professional registration (PE, PG) a plus, but not required

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status.

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About Us

Take on some of the world's toughest challenges - with GHD supporting you every step of the way.
We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact.

See where your commitment could take you with GHD.

Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don't just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That's why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.

See where your commitment could take you.
That's the #PowerOfCommitment

Who we are
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It's what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity's most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.

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