Closure & Environment Engineer - On-Site 2/2 Rotation

Careermine; Alaska; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fly-in fly-out

Meals provided

Accommodation provided

Drug-free workplace

Job summary

Teck is seeking an Engineer, Tailings & Environment for Red Dog Mine in Alaska. The role supports closure and reclamation planning, reporting, and readiness across projects with Senior and Biodiversity teams, contributing to cost planning and regulatory submissions.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline, 5+ years in mine closure or related fields, and willingness to work a 2 weeks on-site / 2 weeks off-site schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant Engineering discipline (e.g. Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline)
• Master's degree with specialization in mine closure, geotechnical engineering, hydrotechnical engineering, geomorphology, or reclamation is considered an asset
• Minimum five (5) years' experience with mine closure, mine waste management, civil earthworks, reclamation, or related fields; seven (7) or more years preferred

Responsibilities

• Support closure planning and implementation on-site in alignment with Teck's Closure Standard, and provide reporting on closure-related tasks.
• Support identification and migration of closure, reclamation, and biodiversity risks, issues or challenges, develop and evaluate options, and implement solutions to address the risk, issues or challenges.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of environmental risks and hazards and adhere to all safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with all established policies and standard operating procedures and advises coworkers and visitors of such policies and procedures as required.
• Ensure short- and long-term projects related to closure meet the operation's needs.
• Understand Teck's Biodiversity commitments including Nature Positive and reclamation needs
• Prepare various professional reports, applications and submissions for internal and government audiences.
• Support development and maintaining of the integrated Closure Execution Readiness Plan, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy, regulatory requirements, and site operational plans.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, environmental, finance, and project teams to ensure readiness milestones are clearly defined and met.
• Support updating the 10Yr CapEx, R&D, and Reclamation plans for Life of Asset (LoA) for closure and MLE scenarios.
• Develop closure and MLE budgets, ensuring cost accuracy and transparency.
• Monitor financial performance against readiness milestones and adjust plans as needed.
• Work with the Projects Team to prepare to execute progressive closure and reclamation projects.
• Communicate effectively with project, operating, analytical and maintenance groups to ensure optimum utilization of resources and onsite staff.
• Provide ongoing engineering technical support to operating, technical, and maintenance groups for optimization of reclamation and closure management processes.
• Manage Reclaimation and Closure Operational and Project scopes and budgets; define scopes, milestones, budgets and success criteria; track contracts and schedules.
• Manage consultants or contractors including scopes of work, proposals, budgets, contracts, and supervision.
• Analyze, identify, and resolve operational and installation issues on projects and ensure QA/QC adherence.
• Develop subordinate professionals and technicians and enforce company policies.
• Proactively look for opportunities to advance innovation and technology projects.
• Other responsibilities as required.

Skills

Mine closure

Environmental engineering

Project management

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in a related field (asset)

Tools

AutoCAD Civil3D

ArcGIS

Job description

Teck is seeking an Engineer, Tailings & Environment for Red Dog Mine in Alaska. The role supports closure and reclamation planning, reporting, and readiness across projects with Senior and Biodiversity teams, contributing to cost planning and regulatory submissions.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline, 5+ years in mine closure or related fields, and willingness to work a 2 weeks on-site / 2 weeks off-site schedule.