Geotechnical Engineer in Mining infrastructure (for projects in Finland)

AFRY provides engineering, design, digital and advisory services to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society.

AFRY employs over 18,000 professionals in more than 50 countries. Net sales in 2024 were SEK 27,160 million.

AFRY is organized into three Divisions: Energy; Industry and Transportation & Places.

The Global Division Transportation & Places is active within transportation infrastructure, real estate, water and environment in the Nordics and Central Europe. The division has about 6,500 employees and is structured around two segments: Road & Rail and Public & Commercial Places.

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