Employment Type: Regular Full Time About our Vancouver Office Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver, between the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Mountains, Teck’s Corporate Office sits in one of Canada’s most culturally diverse cities. Surrounded by world-renowned nature and globally inspired cuisine, the office brings together many of Teck’s corporate functions
- all working toward Teck’s purpose of providing the essential resources the world relies on. Strategic Planning (SP) at Highland Valley Copper (HVC) is responsible for ensuring the long‑term (3+ year) value and resiliency of the operation. The Geology function within SP provides authoritative geological and resource knowledge across all four pits to ensure optimal extraction of value across the full mining value chain. As Principal Resource Geologist, you are the technical authority and accountable owner of the HVC Mineral Resource Models. You provide oversight, assurance, and governance for resource model development, updates, and application, ensuring models are technically robust, auditable, fit‑for‑purpose, and consistently applied across Life of Asset (LOA) planning, reserves, mine planning, and strategic decision‑making. This role extends beyond model construction to include coordination and alignment with downstream users of the models-including planning, engineering, operations, metallurgy, and projects-to ensure correct interpretation, appropriate use, and transparent communication of uncertainty and risk. You are a recognized technical leader with deep expertise in geostatistics, estimation, and complex porphyry systems, combined with the judgment and influence required to guide high‑impact decisions. You are expected to mentor senior practitioners, and influence across disciplines.



This position reports to the Chief Geologist
- HVC, SP Geology, and is based in Vancouver, BC, with the option to work remotely up to two days per week. Regular travel to HVC is required (approximately 1 week every 4-6 weeks, with additional travel as business needs dictate). Act as a courageous and visible safety leader by actively promoting, endorsing, and role‑modeling Teck’s safety, environmental, and sustainability values in all interactions and decisions Take proactive ownership of safety performance by identifying improvement opportunities, engaging stakeholders, and driving actions through to measurable outcomes Actively participate in safety conversations, field engagements, and risk assessments to reinforce a strong safety culture Embed safety, hazard awareness, and risk‑based thinking into all geological modelling activities, workflows, and decision‑support processes Technical Authority & Governance Serve as the technical authority for Mineral Resource Models at HVC, accountable for methodology selection, assumptions, validation, and model integrity Provide technical sign‑off and assurance for resource models used in LOA planning, strategic studies, projects, and public disclosure. Provide senior leadership and technical oversight of the annual Resource and Reserve (R&R;) process, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external reporting codes Interface with Qualified Persons, auditors, and reviewers,



addressing technical challenges and defending methodologies and outcomes Lead engagement with mine planning, engineering, metallurgy, operations, and projects teams to ensure appropriate and consistent use of resource models Clearly communicate model assumptions, limitations, uncertainty, and risk to non‑geologists to support informed business decisions Resolve technical misalignment between resource models and downstream applications Maintain and continuously refine a deep understanding of the HVC mineral system and its spatial, geological, and metallurgical controls Oversee the integration of geology, structure, geochemistry, geophysics, geometallurgy, and production reconciliation into evolving models Innovation & Continuous Improvement Champion the adoption of advanced and fit‑for‑purpose modelling approaches, including rapid modelling workflows, conditional simulation, uncertainty analysis, and scenario evaluation Evaluate advanced modelling and planning techniques leading piloting and implementation where value is demonstrated Provide senior technical input into the design and prioritization of resource confidence, geometallurgical, geotechnical, and expansion/exploration programs Act as a trusted advisor to Strategic Planning and site leadership on resource‑related risks, opportunities, and trade‑offs Capability Building & Mentorship Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and coaching to senior and developing geoscientists across HVC and Teck Build organizational capability by sharing knowledge, reviewing work, and fostering a culture of inclusive technical excellence and rigor. Degree in Geoscience or a related discipline (e.g., MSc or PhD strongly preferred; Registered Professio

📌 Senior Resource/Structural Geologist (Canada)
🏢 Teck Resources
📍 Canada