Senior Maintenance Engineer - Operations Management

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Job Summary: Senior Maintenance Engineer to maximize the company's economic value and the productive capacity of assets through maintenance strategies, leadership, and continuous improvement. Key Highlights: 1. Maximize economic value and productive capacity through maintenance. 2. Lead transformation and sustainability in the mining industry of the future. 3. Promote diversity, inclusion, and talent development. **Publication Date:** May 30, 2026 **Process ID:** 89403 **Region:** 2nd Region. Antofagasta **Job Description:** **Senior Maintenance Engineer** **\- Operations Management** **Do you want to be part of Chile’s and the world’s sustainable development?** **Join the country’s most important company and together build the mining industry of the future!** Our business strategy is to competitively and sustainably maximize Codelco’s economic value and its contribution to the State of Chile. If you share our purpose, we invite you to participate in the **Senior Maintenance Engineer** competition organized by Operations Management to jointly drive our Corporation’s transformation and sustainability. We seek individuals committed to the country’s progress, leaders who challenge the status quo, who consistently demonstrate their best selves and foster collaborative work to face the company’s future. **Diversity and Inclusion** At Codelco, we are called upon to lead in diversity and inclusion due to our social and productive role for the country. Regarding gender equity, we aim to achieve 35% female representation by 2027 and generate equal opportunities for all people, as we firmly believe in the value of diverse teams (this offer falls under Law 21\.015, which promotes the inclusion of persons with disabilities). **We invite you to join the best place to develop your talents!** **Job Purpose:** Competitively and sustainably maximize the company’s economic value by ensuring the productive capacity of assets under its responsibility through: Optimizing asset lifecycle to ensure adequate capacity to fulfill design functions within the operational context in which it operates. Developing and implementing maintenance plans based on strategies that maximize operational continuity and efficiently utilize resources and materials. Within a framework of operational excellence aligned with the Division’s Mining Development Plan, and ensuring compliance with the Maintainability Standard NCC30 jointly with the Vice Presidency of Projects and/or the Divisional Project Directorates, overseeing adherence to the policies, standards, and procedures established by the Division and the Corporation related to safety, occupational health, environment, and diversity and inclusion. **Main Responsibilities:** * Plan and direct maintenance strategies to ensure short-, medium-, and long-term asset service life. Additionally, ensure the quality of maintenance guidelines by continuously monitoring compliance with safety procedures for their area of expertise. * Analyze, model, and develop maintenance strategies, promoting continuous improvement of execution plans, programs, materials engineering, and services covering maintenance functions for assets. * Manage and promote the use of technical and data analysis tools from control and monitoring systems and ERP maintenance systems to ensure appropriate support for decision-making regarding assets and their maintenance strategies. * Ensure equipment reliability and planning through management of their team’s maintenance activities, safeguarding correct implementation of the corporate Maintenance Operating System (SOMA) model. * Manage achievement of plans, objectives, targets, and projects through cost and business performance control, ensuring the operational viability of the Business Model via product quality control. * Administer and verify innovation and continuous improvement projects in maintenance plans and programs to maintain operational continuity, control costs, and meet the targets and operational standards defined by the Superintendence. **Because here your talents will serve Chile!** **Application Requirements:** * Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, specializing in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, or Industrial Engineering, with a focus in the areas indicated or a closely related field. * Minimum 10 years of professional experience. * Minimum 7 years of experience in maintenance, ideally in industries such as: industrial processes, mining, aerospace, pulp and paper, food, petrochemical, shipbuilding, energy, original equipment manufacturers (OEM), or engineering firms. * Valid Class B driver’s license. * Health condition compatible with the position. **Desirable Qualifications:** * Experience in crushing plants and mineral handling and/or maintenance of mobile equipment. * Specialized studies such as an MBA, diplomas, or postgraduate degrees related to maintenance and asset management. * Experience in contract administration. **Offered Conditions:** * Contract Type: Indefinite-term. * Contractual Position: Senior Engineer. * Work Location: Chuquicamata Division (No camp). * Working Hours: Monday to Thursday. * Number of Vacancies: 01 **Application Deadline: Sunday, June 07, 2026** Application Closing Time: 23:59 hrs. “I hereby declare that I am fully aware of the conditions—according to Codelco regulations—that may constitute incompatibility for holding the position to which I am applying and, consequently, affect my continuation in the selection process. Therefore, I commit to submitting all documents and information required by Codelco during the selection process and to promptly report any situation that could represent disqualification and/or incompatibility. Likewise, I declare that I have been duly informed that any omission, error, or falsehood in the information provided may result in rejection of my application, non-awarding of the competition, or termination of the employment contract.” To ensure you do not miss any of our information and/or relevant updates, we recommend regularly checking your Spam (junk mail) folder. If you find any of our emails there, please mark them as "Not Spam" or "Preferred Mail" so future messages arrive directly in your inbox. * Remember that Codelco.com is our official website and the sole channel for applying to the Corporation. 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