Role Overview

Reporting functionally to the Director of Engineering and operationally to the Project Director, the Engineering Manager is responsible for adding customer value. They also address and reduce risks in the engineering work done by the owner’s team and Engineering Services providers.

This includes scope development for engineering and construction contracts; proposal or bid evaluation and consultant selection; oversight of engineering consultants and Teck engineering staff; coordination of engineering revisions, and quality and risk management.

A critical success factor is ensuring seamless collaboration with procurement, construction management, project controls, permitting and community relations, and close liaison with project managers, project services staff within the Projects Group and other Teck department groups such as Health and Safety, Risk, Legal, technical services, operations.

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Key Responsibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Lead the Teck engineering team assigned to the project
• Provide quality assurance across engineering service providers’ work and activities including execution plans, HAZOPs, risk registers, quality management systems and technical reports
• Participate in the management and sponsorship of relationships with technical services providers, specialist contractors and consultants, coordinating scopes between multiple consultants
• Develop resource plans ensuring project staffing requirements are efficiently and effectively met
• Ensure that social, environmental and regulatory processes are effectively supported by the owner and contractor engineering teams
• Develop the Scope of Work (SOW) for the Engineering Work Packages (EWP) and review Engineering Service Providers procedures, specifications and work lists
• Lead value engineering and management of change process for engineering scope during all project phases from design through construction including Field Change Request and Request for Information processes
• Progress the Engineering Safety and Sustainability through Design initiative on the project and champion strategies which promote sustainability, inclusion and diversity and measurably reduce hazards to people and the environment
• Interpret technical requirements of the design documents to provide clear understanding and proper implementation of requirements
• Support pre-commissioning and turnover requirements preparing required test and acceptance procedures
• Develop a review process for technical documents and ensure compliance with the process in a timely manner
• Lead weekly project technical meetings and attend project leadership team meetings
• Review consultant monthly reporting, identify risks and opportunities and address areas of concern
• Supervise the consultants' project progress and identify, report, and manage the budget and schedule trends

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in an engineering field and registration or eligibility to register as a Professional Engineer in the appropriate jurisdiction as required
• Minimum 15 years successful experience in engineering management roles on major infrastructure, mining and/or process plant projects
• Previous project design and site engineering experience
• Project experience as an owner at a major mining company is preferred or, as a minimum, experience as owner's team representative or EPCM contractor for the resource industry.
• Advanced English and Spanish language skills – ability to communicate well to senior management and staff in both languages
• Training and experience in project management systems and an understanding of multiple phases of project execution.
• Able to prioritize activities and outcomes to support the achievement of project key performance indicators.
• Strong critical and conceptual thinking skills and knowledge of overall project implementation management processes
• Strong business acumen and ability to manage project value drivers
• Developed depth and breadth of expertise across relevant technical scope areas
• Experience in project controls, scope management, risk and quality management
• Able to coordinate work efforts of technical team, including multiple consultants
• Effectively plans work in areas of responsibility.
• Experience crafting and delivering technical presentations and proven capabilities in writing reports
• Dedicated to achieving goals with excellent organizational, planning and decision-making skills
• Budgeting and resource management & planning experience