AI Technical Specialist (contract)

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Employment Type: Contractor

Workplace Type: Hybrid

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.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Manager, Data Science, the AI Technical Specialist will make hands on contributions to automate intake capture and analysis of ongoing and planned AI initiatives at Teck.

As part of Teck's AI Office you will support to provide clear oversight and practical guidelines for AI within the company.

You will build and run the intake agents, dashboards, and AI tool usage telemetry to create visibility into the performance of Teck’s AI portfolio. You turn AI process and governance decisions into working systems.

This is an initial 12-month contract to start with a strong possibility of extension based on program needs.

Don't miss out on this outstanding opportunity to be part of one of Canada's leading mining companies and join our team!

Key Resposibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures.
• Build, configure and maintain the Intake agent (process logic, permissions, validation, workflows/notifications).
• Build and own datasets/dashboards for initiative portfolio, adoption, usage, and value indicators; establish refresh schedules and data quality checks.
• Implement lightweight metadata standards (owners, lifecycle stage, evidence links, compliance flags) to support audit readiness.
• Ensure tooling respects data governance and security standards (access controls, retention, sensitivity labels, least‑privilege).
• Integrate with existing security/privacy processes (e.g., evidence links, approval records) and surface compliance coverage in dashboards.
• Support AI tool rollout: coordinate with IT/Infrastructure on tenant readiness, licensing views, and telemetry; build adoption/usage reports and value snapshots.
• Create quick‑start guides and how‑to artifacts for intake, dashboards, and AI tool usage analytics.
• Analyze usage patterns (e.g., feature adoption by function, query volumes, opt‑in/opt‑out trends) to inform training, guardrails, and prioritization.
• Produce reporting artifacts (dashboards, one‑pagers) and work with the AI Program Coordinator to land insights with leadership.
• Provide Tier‑2 support for intake/reporting tools; manage change requests and backlog; track SLAs for data refresh and defect resolution.
• Provide hands on support for high impact initiatives and teams in strategically important areas to provision and configure agents.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years in technical operations/engineering or analytics roles with hands‑on experience in integrating diverse data sources for telemetry reporting.
• Strong grasp of access control, data classification/sensitivity, and basic privacy/security practices; able to implement them in Microsoft 365.
• Ability to turn ambiguous reporting needs into robust datasets and visuals; comfortable with stakeholder demos and iterative delivery.
• Exposure to M365/Copilot admin and telemetry sources; familiarity with tenant configuration considerations.
• Scripting for automation, data wrangling, and analysis.
• Experience in enterprise environments with audit requirements.

Why Teck

At Teck, your work matters—to the world, to our communities and to your future.

As a leading Canadian resource company, we focus on responsibly providing the metals essential for global development and the energy transition while caring for the people, communities and land that we love. We do this guided by our values that, together, form The Teck Way.

At Teck, you’ll find purpose-driven work, a culture of respect and inclusion, and the opportunity to grow your career while helping build a better world.

Apply with us

Take the next step in your career by applying for the AI Technical Specialist (contract) role.

We review applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply, even if your background doesn’t match every requirement. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free hiring process. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

Requisition ID: 53561 | Job Category: Technology | Employment Type: Contractor | Location: Vancouver | Workplace Type: - Hybrid