Role Overview

Teck is a leading Canadian resource company focused on responsibly providing the metals essential for global development and the energy transition while caring for the people, communities and land that we love.

Embrace Courageous Safety Leadership (CSL): At Teck, safety is a core value, central to our work culture. Through programs like CSL, we empower every employee to be a safety leader, fostering a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks. As part of our team, you'll contribute to sustaining this safety-first environment, where speaking up and driving positive change are not just encouraged but expected.

To be successful, we require someone with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, who can develop and communicate practical recommendations to mine planners and operations personnel. We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills and proven experience in overseeing and coordinating multiple internal resources and external contractors in projects. This role requires a motivated self-starter, who can multi-task effectively and work collaboratively with others in a technical team-based environment. Demonstrated experience with project management and training in Geotechnical Engineering and mine planning will be considered an asset.

You will have the opportunity to contribute to a range of engineering design management and projects in a world-class operation. There will be abundant opportunities to grow your knowledge base and apply your site-based geotechnical skills and share your expertise with a variety of Teck mine sites, and to participate in periodic Geotechnical Review Boards.  Both field and office work will be required as part of the role.

The shift schedule will be a rotation of 7 days on, followed by 7 days off, 12-hour dayshift (7am to 7pm).

Key Responsibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Develop and maintain relationships with both technical and operational staff
• Coordinate geotechnical field programs and support geotechnical analyses and designs implementing the Life of Mine plan
• Coordinate and review work by external geotechnical consultants to ensure it is fit for purpose and meets specifications, standards, and codes
• Perform regular geotechnical inspections of the active and dormant mining areas, report on the inspections, and provide recommendations
• Manage and compile geotechnical data, and complete interpretations and reviews
• Perform stability analyses for rock slopes, waste dumps, and soil stockpiles
• Communicate geotechnical risks and solutions in a safety sensitive, operational environment
• Play an active role in Teck’s geotechnical community of practice through ongoing collaboration with geotechnical personnel at other Teck operations and corporate engineering group

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Geological, Geotechnical, Civil or Mine Engineering
• Registered, or eligible to register, with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC) as a P. Eng. or Engineer-in-Training
• Zero (0) to five (5) years mining industry experience
• Geotechnical experience in an open pit environment is an asset
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite® and relevant geotechnical software, such as GeoExplorer, Vulcan, AutoCAD, Slide, Dips, Swedge, RocFall, and Phase2/RS2 an asset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Valid driver’s license