Senior Engineering Leader – Mining Projects (Chile)

BHP; Santiago; On-site; CLP 60,000,000 - 90,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Competitive compensation

Inclusive culture

Recognition program

Job summary

BHP Chile is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive discipline strategies across mining projects, from study through execution. You will guide design, standards, safety controls and governance, coordinating with construction, commissioning and operations teams in Santiago and site locations.

The role requires extensive experience in design, tender processes, and cost/schedule management, with strong English skills and proficiency in project software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• 12+ years’ experience in mining projects, design focus.
• Experience in tender documents preparation.
• Knowledge of project software: MS Office, Aconex, Primavera.
• English spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Lead discipline engineering strategy and execution across the project lifecycle, applying deep technical expertise and ensuring compliance with BHP requirements, applicable regulations, Project, Construction and Commissioning Engineering Standards, and effective safety controls.
• Apply a sound understanding of discipline-specific engineering terminology, theory, key processes and activities across relevant fields, including civil, structural, process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control.
• Establish and implement engineering strategies, plans, standards, processes and systems for capital projects, ensuring alignment with the project engineering strategy and requirements across study and execution phases.
• Determine minimum quality requirements, execute quality management plans and review quality control activities to achieve technical, functional, business and project quality objectives.
• Plan, manage and monitor engineering scope, schedule, cost, progress, value and risk; address deviations and support costing and scheduling evaluations to meet integrated project requirements.
• Deliver the engineering information and outputs required by the master schedule, tender and bid processes, and enable timely purchase orders for critical equipment, materials and services while minimising quantity variations during execution.
• Plan and lead engineering governance and assurance activities, including design and constructability reviews, verification of construction methodologies and technical decisions, to ensure solutions are safe, fit for purpose, cost-effective, constructable, operable and maintainable.
• Identify and assess risks, make risk-informed decisions using BHP’s risk management framework, and build a risk-aware culture that supports safe and productive performance outcomes.
• Determine the underlying causes of complex engineering problems and evaluate multiple solutions through a planned, analytical and structured approach.
• Identify, engage, influence and manage diverse internal and external stakeholders, collaborating with Project, Study, Construction, Commissioning, Operations and Maintenance teams to integrate requirements, methodologies, strategies and systems throughout delivery.
• Support the selection of engineering consultants, contractors and vendors; coordinate and manage third-party engineering performance and oversee the quality, productivity and approval of key deliverables.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Project planning

Technical analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

MS Office

Aconex

Primavera

Job description

BHP Chile is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive discipline strategies across mining projects, from study through execution. You will guide design, standards, safety controls and governance, coordinating with construction, commissioning and operations teams in Santiago and site locations.

The role requires extensive experience in design, tender processes, and cost/schedule management, with strong English skills and proficiency in project software.