Principal Consultant - Mine Rehabilitation and Closure - WSP - Halfway House

Company Description WSP is one of the most diverse consulting firms in Africa. To further our strategic business execution plan, we are seeking leaders that share our guiding principles - we value our people and our reputation; we are locally dedicated with international scale; we are future focused and challenge the status quo; we foster collaboration in everything we do and we have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable. We are committed to the achievement and maintenance of diversity and equity in employment. WSP is seeking an experienced individual to appoint as principal consultant, to play a strategic project management role in the Mine Closure Planning and Closure Costing Team for its South African operations. The position is based in Midrand and reports to the Mine Closure Team Director, within the Earth and Environment Business Unit. The successful candidate will be required to lead closure planning and costing projects from conception to finalisation and will be required to manage project teams to undertake site visits, liaise with clients, conceptualise, and document closure measures, compile closure and rehabilitation planning reports, and compute and finalise closure costs. A key responsibility of the successful candidate would also be to in time develop and expand the closure and rehabilitation planning and closure costing service offerings, whilst aligning these with financial provisioning as well as other relevant legislative requirements and industry standards. Actively managing mine rehabilitation and closure, next land use, and post-mining economy planning projects, while ensuring that execution is in line with up-to-date closure related legislation, and which requires innovative thinking and problem-solving abilities, specifically in respect of addressing latent environmental impacts Leading closure project teams consisting of junior closure team members as well as other internal and external specialists Consulting and collaborating with other specialists to develop appropriate technical solutions to specific aspects of closure planning, for example devising closure criteria for waste residue facilities and contaminated land, surface rehabilitation, or treatment of excess mine water make Conceptualising appropriate, feasible solutions to address complex closure related challenges and clearly articulating these using reports, spread sheets and drawings, and integrating into a final product Develop mine closure strategies, plans, policies and procedures Interpreting site observations to conceptualise closure scenarios and articulating these to be site specific Interpreting aerial imagery, engineering drawings and general arrangement drawings to accurately measure and calculate quantities and capturing these in the closure costing Bills of Quantity in a consistent and accurate manner Utilising a working knowledge of AutoCAD, QGIS Google Earth PRO and related software packages to compile reference maps that comply with the relevant regulatory and/or internal company standards Developing closure planning reports and costing spreadsheets, as well as reviewing deliverables produced by other closure team members and specialists Ensuring that deliverables meet the requisite quality, executed, and delivered within the agreed-to timeframes, and completed within the project budget Develop and implement mine closure plans in consultation with the client to guide successful implementation Liaison with clients and financial auditors to address queries and finalise reports Build and maintain relationship with internal and external stakeholders Competencies: The successful candidate must have strong spatial planning and numerical ability, as well as a well-developed project experience base in the mining and industrial sectors in South Africa and Africa. Core competencies must include the following: Leadership and independence with execution and completion of work Numeracy and the ability to deal with multiple-level costs worksheets Strong technical writing capability Diligence and judgment in decision making that has risk and / or financial consequences Skills to integrate technical input for the completion of multi-disciplinary reports and documents Ability to draw from internal relationships with other specialists to inform/develop solutions for particular applications/problems Physical rehabilitation techniques, mine closure strategies/plans and land use planning Ability to devise new/novel ideas towards improving the closure planning and costing service offering Understands and can manage project scope, tasks, and budgets to effectively execute the complete project life cycle Ability to develop strong, loyal relationships both internally and externally Mentoring, skills competency and experience transfer and development of junior team members Understanding and practical implementation of applicable legislation and international mine closure guidelines, best practices and industry norms and standards Attributes: Ownership attitude Will to succeed Positive client relationship development and actively builds a wide and effective internal and external network Client focused Good communication skill Innovative Adaptable, with ability to prioritize Can work independently and as part of a team High level of accuracy and attention to detail Willingness to travel in Southern, Central and Western Africa Health and Safety: Role model standards for SHEQ performance and behaviour consistent with the company's health, safety, environmental and quality vision and policies by influencing those around you. Contributing to the identification of SHEQ risks and driving processes to achieve Zero Harm Embracing, displaying and promoting the company values and ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times. Qualifications Minimum of six years' relevant consulting experience in the fields of mine rehabilitation and closure planning and related management functions Graduate degree in Environmental Management, Mining or Civil Engineering, Agricultural Management, Soil Science or Landscape Architecture Honors' Degree advantageous Professionally registered and qualified in relevant specialist field, or able to demonstrate that qualification is in process. Understand the relevant local and international legislations. Have knowledge and application of the nature of risk and the risk management process. Demonstrate working knowledge and understanding of various mining activities and aspects (e.g. legislations, and compliance, processes and layouts and mining terminology) Advanced use of MS Excel is a prerequisite, as the successful candidate would be required to conduct complex closure costs as part of integrated closure planning. Proficient use of AutoCAD; MS Office suite of programs especially MS Projects; Google Earth Pro, and Adobe Acrobat Pro is required. Additional Information What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP - we can WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important - be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application. Be you, be happy - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects and maximizes the contribution individuals can bring to WSP. We recognize the benefits that people with varying backgrounds and experiences can bring. Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. Apply Now

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