Senior Tailings Engineer

Salary package: Market related salary including company benefits, dependent on individuals experience and qualifications.

Closing Date: 30/09/2026

Jones & Wagener is seeking to employ a senior-level self-motivated tailings engineer with more than 7 years of tailings-related experience, in the tailings department, based in our Rivonia offices, on a full-time basis. The engineer would contribute to new and existing projects and assist project managers and project directors with the surveillance of existing tailings storage facilities and the design of new ones, as well as return water dams.

The requirements associated with the position are as follows:

• More than 7 years of tailings engineering experience
• B Eng or BSc Eng in Civil Engineering
• Postgraduate experience in geotechnical engineering will be advantageous
• Registered as a Professional Engineer with ECSA
• A strong fundamental underst...