Senior Hydraulic Engineer

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Job Summary: This role seeks a technical expert in water infrastructure and tailings infrastructure to manage risks, validate controls, and advise on decision-making. Key Highlights: 1. World leader in inspection, verification, analysis, and certification. 2. Support decision-making through expert technical analysis. 3. Professional Development Plan and continuous training. **Company Description** SGS is the world's leading provider of inspection, verification, analysis, and certification. Recognized globally as the benchmark for quality and integrity, we employ over 93,000 people and operate a network of more than 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide. **Job Description** Position Objective: * Provide expert technical validation for water and tailings infrastructure to support infrastructure risk management, enabling decision-making through technical analysis, integrity-based judgment, and lifecycle-oriented approaches for associated systems. Main Responsibilities:* Identify and analyze findings related to water and tailings infrastructure, including fluid transport, conveyance, pumping, discharge, and containment systems. * Technically validate preventive, mitigative, and corrective controls associated with infrastructure risks (hydraulic, operational, and integrity-related). * Support the definition, review, and updating of hydraulic integrity plans and master integrity plans, ensuring alignment with applicable regulations, corporate standards, and SOMA. * Assess condition, failure modes, and criticality of hydraulic and tailings systems, supporting performance and asset lifespan estimations. * Participate in and prepare technical documentation for expert boards, technical committees, and prioritization processes. * Issue technical recommendations for risk mitigation, intervention prioritization, and maintenance and integrity strategy definition. * Deliver expert on-site technical advisory services when required. Location: Santiago, Chile \*Salary expectations must be included in application\* **Requirements** Required Profile: * Civil Hydraulic Engineer, Civil Construction Engineer, Civil Engineer, Mechanical-Civil Engineer, or related discipline. * More than 15 years of experience in asset management for water infrastructure, tailings infrastructure, mining, oil & gas, or similar industries. * Demonstrable experience in hydraulic infrastructure integrity management, including work with integrity plans, master plans, risk assessments, and condition assessments. * Knowledge of critical fluid transport systems (e.g., water, tailings, solutions, concentrates, etc.). * Experience in asset risk analysis and lifecycle management. * Strong technical analytical ability and clear executive-level communication skills. **Additional Information** We Offer: Professional Development Plan Birth and Christmas Gifts for Employees' Children Life Insurance from Date of Joining Special Leave Entitlements Caja Los Andes Benefits and Associated Agreements Continuous Training