Geotechnical Designer in Mining infrastructure (for projects in Finland)

Your role, your entry point at AFRY
As a member of the team Mining infrastructure at AFRY, you will have the opportunity to work on diverse and challenging projects in that will make a real impact. Through the Design Center you will collaborate with a team of highly skilled professionals in Finland, use cutting-edge technology, and play a pivotal role in delivering innovative solutions for our clients. It is important that you are a team player that like to work in teams with different competences and cultures/nationalities and that you are curious and eager to learn new things.
About the team in Finland
In Finland we currently have 65 Geotechnical engineers working within mining infrastructure and geotechnical engineering, such as dam and tailings structures. We work with a wide scope of assignments ranging from feasibility studies to detailed design. In general we work in 2-5 person teams assigned to different projects, our engineers have a typical workload of 2-4 ongoing projects.
Your key responsibilities
Mining infrastructure design
Tailings storage facilities, dams and water management structures
Waste rock and stockpile area design
Earthworks, foundations and site infrastructure
Design documentation, drawings and technical reporting
Geotechnical calculations
Layout and 3D model production
Collaboration with multidisciplinary project teams
We expect that you have
A Qualified Degree in either Geotechnical Engineering or Civil Engineering from a reputed College/University
5 to 10 years of relevant experience in infrastructural design with a focus on civil structures or mining infrastructure.
Experience in designing dams, tailings storage facilities, water management structures, waterways, waste storage facilities, stability and settlement calculations, dam inspections and monitoring, closure design, and geotextiles. Both in the pre-design and construction design phases (feasibility study -> detailed engineering)
Good written and verbal English language (CEFR minimum level B1)
Good skills in Autocad Civil 3D, Geocalc / Plaxis / RocScience / Geostudio
A good knowledge of working in all applications of MS Office
We appreciate if you have
Experience of working abroad, especially projects in the Nordics
Ability to work collaboratively

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid