Ausenco is a fast-growing company with big ideas. We redefine what’s possible in some of the world’s most complex projects and toughest environments. Delivering innovative, value-add consulting, project delivery, asset operations and maintenance solutions is what we do. From 21 offices in 9 countries, with projects in over 80 locations worldwide, we create sustainable outcomes for our people, clients and communities.

Our team in Brazil is growing, we are currently recruiting for a Geotechnical Engineer, Senior to join our Consultanting  Business line in the in Belo Horizonte - MG office.

About the role: 

• Technical Leadership & Governance: Act as technical lead for geotechnical scopes across waste dumps, TSFs, and dams—from concept to closure. Lead development and sign‑off of geotechnical design criteria, slope design bases, OMS manuals, surveillance/monitoring plans, and risk registers. Oversee/perform advanced analyses: slope stability (2D/3D), seepage–deformation coupling, liquefaction triggering, static/dynamic response, consolidation/settlement, dam breach and inundation. Chair/drive formal risk reviews (bow‑tie, FMEA, HAZID/HAZOP where relevant) and ALARP demonstrations. Ensure compliance with corporate and international standards (e.g., GISTM, ICOLD/ANCOLD, CDA, ABNT NBR), site permits, and audit actions. Provide technical mentoring, checking, and independent reviews for junior and intermediate engineers. Report work to the E&E BR Geotechnical Lead.
• Tailings & Waste Facility Stewardship: Lead dam safety reviews, design reviews, and readiness assessments; interface with EOR/IOR and external reviewers. Define monitoring networks and trigger action response plans (TARPs); interpret instrumentation and remote sensing (piezometers, inclinometers, prisms, radar, satellite InSAR).
  Guide deposition planning, water balance interactions, and beach/pond management with hydrology/hydrogeology.
  Oversee construction QA/QC and change management on embankments, buttresses, drainage, liners, and closure covers. Support Emergency Action Plans (EAPs), consequence classification, breach studies, and emergency drills.
• Project Management: Own project scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management. Build WBS, baseline schedules, cost estimates, and risk registers; manage changes through formal change control. Lead multi‑disciplinary coordination (geotech, hydro, civil, survey, ops, environmental, community) of specific projects.  Prepare proposals, manage invoicing, cash flow, and margin protection. Report project performance (EV, SPI/CPI), lead client progress meetings, and close out with lessons learned.
• Stakeholder & Regulatory Interface: Act as primary technical contact for clients, operations, regulators, and third‑party reviewers. Prepare and defend technical positions in reviews, audits, and permitting. Communicate complex geotechnical risks clearly to non‑specialists; support risk-based decision making.
• People, Safety & Culture: Model safety leadership and field presence; ensure compliance with mine HSE requirements (e.g., NR‑22, working at heights NR‑35, confined spaces NR‑33 as applicable). Coach and develop team capabilities; assign work, set quality expectations, and perform technical checks/approvals.

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• Master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering
• Approximately 10 years of experience in the geotechnical field;
• CREA registration in Brazil and ability to act as responsible technical professional
• Soil and rock mechanics, including behavior of mine wastes.
• Slope stability (2D/3D limit equilibrium and FEM/LEM hybrid), seepage (steady/transient), consolidation, and deformation analyses.
• Seismic & dynamic: PSHA/DSHA inputs, cyclic softening, residual strength selection.
• Tailings-specific: critical state concepts, beach slope prediction, hydraulic deposition, desaturation/drainage systems, filters/transition design, erosion controls.
• Dam breach & inundation modelling; consequence classification and EAP integration.
• Material characterization and data interpretation (index/compaction, triaxial/ DSS/CRS, CPTu/SCPTu, vane, lab QA/QC).
• Instrumentation & surveillance: network design, data QA, trend/statistical analysis, triggers and TARPs.
• Construction methods and QC/QA for embankments, liners, drains, buttresses, and closure/rehabilitation earthworks.
• Numerical & stability: GeoStudio (Slope/W, Seep/W, Sigma/W), Rocscience (Slide2/Slide3, RS2/RS3).
• CAD/BIM & GIS: AutoCAD/Civil 3D, ArcGIS/QGIS.
• Data & reporting: Excel (advanced), Power BI; Python/R for data cleaning, interpretation, and automation.
• PM & collaboration: MS Project or Primavera P6, cost control tools, Aconex/Asite for document control; M365 for comms.
• Leadership skill.
• Proficient English Level.

Why Ausenco?

We support individual growth and aim to allow you to work in a way that plays to your strengths and cover your needs. Get to know our value proposition:

• Compensation and work life balance – Beyond a competitive remuneration package. Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work model, allowing you to balance office days with working from home. Enjoy the benefits of modern leave policies including paid parental leave and celebrate with us special holidays.
• Career advancement - Be supported in your ongoing development with technical training, mentoring programs and frequent networking opportunities.
• Balance and Wellness – Take a proactive approach to your overall wellbeing. Access to confidential counselling, health services and a benefits program that supports your needs.
• Recognition and Appreciation - Participate in multidirectional spaces where a culture of local and global recognition is fostered, where everyone is recognized for their contribution to the business and projects.
• Communication and Commitment – Live the experience of working in a dynamic company with global processes and work with highly reputable industry leaders who value your contribution.

Our people don’t settle for the status quo. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to help set a new standard in sustainability, we’ll help you find your place. This means working with you to develop a unique career path and skillset to match your ambition.

We’re proud of the work we do, and we do it within a culture that is open, honest, and cooperative. We have a history of attracting visionary people who embrace challenges and deliver creative solutions for every project, and your voice is an important part of the conversation.

As a global company we embrace and encourage diversity in its fullest sense – gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, experience, nationality, colour, language, religion, location, disability, education, skills, working styles and time availability. Our work environments are based on mutual trust and respect for the rights and opportunities of every individual.

Join us and work a better way.