Gerente de Ingenieria

Engineering Manager

Weir Minerals
Santiago Chile

Onsite

Purpose of Role: The Engineering Manager is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Engineering function defining objectives policies and operational plans that guide all engineering activities. This role oversees teams dedicated to equipment products services and facilities ensuring seamless coordination and execution through direct leadership of area supervisors. The Engineering Manager will lead prioritize and monitor the full spectrum of engineering operations driving efficiency innovation and continuous improvement while ensuring full compliance with safety quality and environmental standards. This leader plays a key role in aligning engineering initiatives with business needs enabling highperformance execution and supporting longterm organizational growth.

Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing quickly adapting and continually finding better faster more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. Its a big challenge but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges explore new areas learn progress and excel. Best of all there is no set path that our people must take. Instead everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming inclusive place where each individuals contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest transparent and authentic in everything we do.


Key Responsibilities:

Technical & Commercial Support

• Provide expert technical support to the Sales organization ensuring accurate timely responses to customer requirements and inquiries.
• Deliver highquality technically compliant drawings and documentation aligned with customer specifications and engineering standards.

Technology Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Identify evaluate and recommend new technologies relevant to comminution and associated processes.
• Conduct technical and economic feasibility studies to support new initiatives and business opportunities.
• Monitor key performance indicators and propose improvement actions to optimize engineering performance and efficiency.

Engineering Team Leadership

• Lead coordinate and develop engineers and designers promoting capability building collaboration and professional growth.
• Foster a highperformance culture ensuring clarity of roles accountability and continuous learning.

Project Execution & Delivery

• Organize plan and control the execution of engineering projects ensuring compliance with scope quality timing and cost commitments.
• Oversee quality assurance and quality control processes during product design and manufacturing ensuring alignment with global and local standards.

Strategic Alignment & CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Represent the Engineering function in corporate and international forums ensuring alignment with global guidelines standards and best practices.
• Translate business strategy into engineering priorities ensuring organizational objectives are reflected in project plans team focus and operational delivery.

Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Civil Industrial Metallurgical or Hydraulic Engineering or related fields.
• Postgraduate studies (Masters degree or equivalent) highly desirable.
• 10 years of professional experience including 5 years leading engineering teams ideally within the mining or mineral processing industry.
• Solid understanding of relevant industry standards regulations and best practices.
• Strong knowledge of mining process equipment industry standards regulations and best practices.
• Advanced skills in engineering design blueprint reading project planning and execution.
• High proficiency in engineering software including 3D design tools and finite element analysis (FEA).
• Experience with LEAN continuous improvement and process optimization methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead develop and inspire multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong decisionmaking criticalthinking and problemsolving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and crossfunctional collaboration.
• Customerfocused mindset with strong understanding of business and technical requirements.
• Advanced English (spoken and written) comfortable operating in regional and global environments.
• Strong commitment to safety quality and operational excellence aligned with corporate standards.
• Medical fitness for work in mining environments.

Founded in 1871 Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weirs technology our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11000 uniquely talented people in over 60 countries inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation veteran status disability age or any other legally protected status.

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