Principal Engineer- Hoisting and Headframe

Qualifications

• Qualifications and experience • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related discipline. • Approximately 10-15 years of relevant experience in mine hoisting, shaft engineering or heavy industrial infrastructure. • Demonstrated experience delivering hoisting, headframe or shaft fit-out packages on underground mining projects. • Experience taking engineering packages through more than one project stage, including detailed design or construction support. • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and specialist equipment suppliers. • Chartered Engineer, Professional Engineer or equivalent professional registration is preferred.
• Required technical knowledge • Friction and drum hoisting systems. • Hoist duty calculations, cycle times, payloads, operating speeds and production requirements. • Skips, cages, counterweights and associated conveyance systems. • Hoisting ropes, balance ropes, sheaves and rope handling requirements. • Fixed and rope guide systems and shaft clearance requirements. • Headframe and hoist house layouts, load paths and equipment interfaces. • Shaft furniture, supports, services and installation requirements. • Loading, unloading, spillage, overrun and shaft bottom arrangements. • Design safety, maintainability, operability and constructability. • Engineering specifications, procurement support and vendor document review.
• Desirable experience • Deep shaft, shaft sinking, shaft deepening or shaft rehabilitation projects. • Shaft conversion from sinking arrangements to permanent operation. • Potash, hard rock, metalliferous or bulk commodity mining projects. • Construction supervision, installation support or commissioning. • International projects and delivery across multiple offices or regions. • Experience working for an engineering consultant, owner, equipment supplier or shaft sinking contractor.
• BGV: • Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India. • Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.
• Qualifications and experience • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related discipline. • Approximately 10-15 years of relevant experience in mine hoisting, shaft engineering or heavy industrial infrastructure. • Demonstrated experience delivering hoisting, headframe or shaft fit-out packages on underground mining projects. • Experience taking engineering packages through more than one project stage, including detailed design or construction support. • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and specialist equipment suppliers. • Chartered Engineer, Professional Engineer or equivalent professional registration is preferred. Required technical knowledge • Friction and drum hoisting systems. • Hoist duty calculations, cycle times, payloads, operating speeds and production requirements. • Skips, cages, counterweights and associated conveyance systems. • Hoisting ropes, balance ropes, sheaves and rope handling requirements. • Fixed and rope guide systems and shaft clearance requirements. • Headframe and hoist house layouts, load paths and equipment interfaces. • Shaft furniture, supports, services and installation requirements. • Loading, unloading, spillage, overrun and shaft bottom arrangements. • Design safety, maintainability, operability and constructability. • Engineering specifications, procurement support and vendor document review. Desirable experience • Deep shaft, shaft sinking, shaft deepening or shaft rehabilitation projects. • Shaft conversion from sinking arrangements to permanent operation. • Potash, hard rock, metalliferous or bulk commodity mining projects. • Construction supervision, installation support or commissioning. • International projects and delivery across multiple offices or regions. • Experience working for an engineering consultant, owner, equipment supplier or shaft sinking contractor. BGV: • Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India. • Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.