Job Summary: The Senior Engineer will lead tailings storage facility engineering development, ensuring quality and completeness of technical documentation. Key Highlights: 1. Lead tailings storage facility engineering 2. Ensure quality and completeness of technical documentation 3. On-site duties at Quebrada Blanca operation, 7x7 shift **Location:** Pica, Tarapacá, Chile **Employment Type:** Regular full-time **Work Location:** On\-site About **Quebrada Blanca** Quebrada Blanca (QB) is located in the Tarapacá Region in northern Chile, at an altitude of 4\.400 meters, approximately 240 kilometers southeast of the city of Iquique and 1\.500 kilometers from Santiago. Teck holds an indirect 60% interest in the mine. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation jointly hold an indirect 30% interest. **Job Description** ------------------------- Application Deadline: **March 11, 2026\.** Quebrada Blanca — Chile’s most important mining development project Reporting to the TMF Engineering Manager, the **Senior Engineering and QA Engineer** will be responsible for leading engineering disciplines as the client representative for Profile, Conceptual, Basic, Detailed, and/or Field Engineering for tailings storage facilities, ensuring quality, timeliness, and completeness of associated technical documentation for tailings storage facility engineering. Job duties will be performed at the Quebrada Blanca site, on a **7x7 shift\.** **Main Responsibilities** --------------------------------- * Be a courageous safety leader, comply with and champion safety and environmental rules and procedures. * Report management results to the Corporate team. * Prepare reports on emerging situations, unusual observations, or TARP exceedances for executive-level presentation. * Collaborate with the Execution and Technical Training team to ensure personnel working at the tailings storage facility receive necessary training and develop required knowledge and competencies to fulfill their roles. * Implement rockfall risk management in the tailings storage facility area. * Data manipulation/analysis using spreadsheets and databases, and application of automation techniques such as macros, VBA, etc. * Develop, monitor, and report on operational metrics, change management, scheduling, and action plans. * Lead and coordinate risk assessments and subsequent development of risk management plans, if required, incorporating multidisciplinary considerations. * Conduct routine field inspections and assist other engineers in resolving geotechnical instrumentation issues. * Communicate effectively with operational, geological, technical, environmental, safety, and social teams, as well as contractors, and maintain contact with external agencies to achieve overall operational objectives. * Plan slope stability management activities in coordination with Geology and Geotechnical supervisors. * Ensure control of the program schedule through geotechnical parameters defined in pit design, combined with blasting parameters (Condition Factor and Design Factor). * Ensure timely submission of daily geotechnical reports, weekly mine monitoring reports, weekly geotechnical condition maps, and technical notes. * Ensure timely and high-quality generation of periodic reports to the organization. * Guarantee continuous maintenance and operation of robotic stations, radars, inclinometers, extensometers, TDRs, and other instruments. * Manage monitoring platform controls (radar, total stations) and geotechnical borehole controls (inclinometers, TDRs, piezometers) **Requirements** -------------- * Professional degree in Civil Engineering, Civil Construction, or related field. * Postgraduate qualification in risk management and/or project management. * Postgraduate qualification or diploma in Geotechnics and/or Soil Mechanics. * Minimum 10 years of general work experience. * Minimum 6 years of experience in large tailings storage facility engineering (planning, control, monitoring, costs and budgeting, medium- and long-term strategic planning). * Knowledge of tailings dam engineering. * Experience managing geotechnical, hydraulic, and seismic design criteria applicable to tailings. * Experience in engineering QA/QC and review of technical deliverables. * Knowledge of technical risk management and change control. * Familiarity with tailings industry standards and best practices (e.g., GISTM). * Experience in document management and technical traceability. * Monitoring and control of compliance with findings raised by EOR and/or TIRB. * National and international technical regulations: Sernageomin DS 248, DGA DS 50, among others, and international GTS. * Class B driver’s license and internal mine driving authorization. * Availability to work regular 7x7 shifts at the Quebrada Blanca site. **About Teck** At Teck, we value diversity. Our teams collaborate respectfully and appreciate the unique perspective and contribution of each individual. \*This position is posted under Law 21\.015, which promotes the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the workforce. If you require any reasonable accommodation during the selection process, please let us know so we can support your participation on an equal basis (Law 20\.422\). At Teck, we act in accordance with our principle of Doing the Right Thing and in compliance with applicable laws in our countries of operation to prevent corporate criminal liability. For this reason, our selection processes include questions designed to mitigate risks associated with Law No. 20\.393\. We thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position; however, only selected candidates will be contacted for interviews. Your application to this posting constitutes your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information necessary for recruitment purposes. Teck respects the privacy of all candidates and the confidentiality of personal information. *Job Posting: 53500 \| Job Category: Geoscience and Exploration \| Employment Type: Regular full-time \| Location: Quebrada Blanca \| Work Location: \#LI \- On\-site*