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Reporting to the Superintendent Geotechnical, the Senior Engineer Supervisor, Tailings Engineering is responsible for managing a team responsible for ensuring safe performance of the many dams on site, advancing the maturity of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) and technical studies, designs and mitigations to manage risk for tailings and water storage facilities at Highland Valley Copper (HVC), the largest Canadian open pit copper mine. The Highland TSF is undergoing a major expansion for the Mine Life Extension project, and this role will need to ensure that capacity is maintained to support the operation by ensuring that the dam performance is understood, predicted, and monitored to avoid interruptions. This key role will liaise closely with the Engineer of Record team, Dam Construction and Operations personnel and other key internal and external stakeholders, community members and consultants, to drive high performance and maintain the HVC dam safety group as a recognized center of excellence.
To be successful, we are looking for a motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills and proven experience in overseeing and coordinating multiple internal resources and external consultants in high functioning, collaborative project teams. The candidate must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and be able to develop and communicate practical recommendations and risk management actions to mine management, engineers and operations or construction personnel. Demonstrated experience with dam safety activities, geotechnical engineering and instrumentation, tailings governance systems and project management is required; exposure to mining or tailings operations with an owner will be considered an asset. The ability to work well in a team environment, manage consultants and the Tailings Review Board, and oversee project schedules and budgets is integral to the role.
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, apply your site-based technical skills and communicate with the Accountable Executive. This is a site-based position on an earned day off schedule (every second Friday off); both field and office work will be required as part of the role.
