Geotechnical Engineer

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Job Summary: Buenaventura is seeking a Geotechnical Engineer to ensure the stability of mining components and manage geotechnical projects. Key Highlights: 1. Ensure physical stability of mining components (dams, stockpiles, leach pads) 2. Analyze and review design projects for open pits, pads, and stockpiles 3. Manage geotechnical drilling and instrumentation projects **Date:** May 14, 2026 **Location:** 17 \- MOQUEGUA, PE **Company:** Buenaventura At Buenaventura, we are currently seeking a **Geotechnical Engineer** for one of our mining units. **Main Responsibilities:** * Understand and enforce the company’s integrated policy, procedures, PETS, and activity-specific standards established in the SIB. * Review stability analysis of stockpiles. * Verify physical stability of surface components (dams, waste dumps, leach pads, and tailings storage facilities). * Analyze design projects for open pits, pads, sterile material stockpiles, organic material stockpiles, sludge stockpiles, unsuitable material stockpiles, and hydrogeological stockpiles. * Review slope mapping and determine geomechanical characterization (rock mass and discontinuities) of open-pit slopes. * Review monitoring of geotechnical instrumentation installed across various components of the Mining Unit. * Conduct and review physical stability analyses based on interpretation of geotechnical monitoring data. * Manage geotechnical drilling projects at the mining unit. * Manage geotechnical instrumentation implementation projects at the mining unit. * Manage deliverables related to physical stabilization of components in accordance with current regulations. **Professional Profile:** * Degree in Geology, Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, or related field. * Knowledge of MineSight, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Project, Rocscience, and GeoSlope (preferred). * Minimum 3 years of experience in similar positions. * Immediate availability to work at a mining unit. ***IMPORTANT!*** ***Buenaventura does not request any payments of any kind to participate in its selection processes. It also does not publish job openings via Facebook, WhatsApp, or other social media or websites other than its official corporate website (www.buenaventura.com), the "Join Us" pages, LinkedIn, and Bumeran. Furthermore, Buenaventura is a company that believes in and promotes inclusion and gender equality, and opposes any form of discrimination.***