Senior Engineer, Engineering and QA

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Job Summary: A Senior Engineer, Engineering and QA will lead the engineering development for tailings storage facilities, ensuring the quality and completeness of associated technical documentation. Key Highlights: 1. Lead tailings storage facility engineering and ensure technical quality 2. Report management results and emerging situations 3. Conduct field inspections and resolve geotechnical issues **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 approximately 4,400 meters, about 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 Engineer, Engineering and QA** will be responsible for leading engineering specialization as the client for Profile, Conceptual, Basic, Detailed, and/or Field Engineering for tailings storage facilities, ensuring the quality, timeliness, and completeness of technical documentation related to tailings storage facility engineering. The role will be performed at the Quebrada Blanca site on a **7x7 shift schedule\.** **Key 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 exceedances of TARP thresholds 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 duties. * 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, if necessary, subsequent development of risk management plans, 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 leadership. * Ensure control of the program schedule through geotechnical parameters defined in the 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 diplomas in Geotechnics and/or Soil Mechanics. * Minimum 10 years of professional experience. * At least 6 years of experience in large tailings storage facility engineering (planning, control, monitoring, cost and plan, 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 industry standards and best practices for tailings (e.g., GISTM). * Experience in document management and technical traceability. * Tracking 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 recognize the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. \*This posting complies with Law No. 21,015, which promotes the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the workforce. If you require reasonable accommodation during the selection process, please let us know so we can support your equal participation (Law No. 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 as 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*