Water Management jobs

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.

Reporting to the Integrated Planning & Production Superintendent, the Chief Engineer, Water Resources leads the site-wide water planning function. This includes developing and implementing water strategies, overseeing near, medium, and long-term water forecasting, supporting infrastructure planning, and ensuring monitoring programs support compliance and informed decision-making. The role also provides technical leadership and QA/QC oversight, manages water-related risks, coordinates work across teams, and ensures all work meets professional and operational standards.

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 teams. The candidate must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and be able to develop and communicate practical recommendations to mine management, engineers, and operational personnel. Demonstrated experience with water planning, modelling, and infrastructure planning is required. The ability to work well in a team environment, manage consultants, and oversee planning deliverables is integral to the role.

You will have the opportunity to contribute to a range of water planning, engineering, and management initiatives in a world-class operation. There will be abundant opportunities to grow your knowledge base, apply your site-based technical skills, and support strategic water management initiatives. Both field and office work will be required as part of the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures, perform regular Visible Felt Leadership (VFL) field visits.
• Develop and maintain relationships with management, technical and operational staff
• Lead the water planning function under Integrated Planning & Production
• Develop and maintain site-wide water management strategies and plans
• Provide technical oversight and direction for water modelling
• Ensure QA/QC and professional review of all water-related work, including consultant deliverables
• Ensure monitoring programs and performance tracking support compliance and decision-making
• Lead water risk identification, assessment, and integration into planning processes
• Coordinate water-related activities across operations, sustainability, and corporate teams
• Mentor and supervise the existing water planning team
• Ownership of infrastructure strategies required for current operations and Mine Life Extension
• Leading CAPEX and OPEX planning for water resources activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in water resources, civil, environmental, or a related engineering discipline
• Registered, or eligible to register, with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC) as a P. Eng.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in water management, planning, or related field
• Strong technical background in water modelling, planning, and infrastructure design
• Demonstrated experience in technical leadership
• Strong understanding of regulatory, environmental, and operational water requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to integrate key stakeholders
• Continuous improvement mindset with focus on data quality and operational value
• Valid driver’s license