Jorge is a study manager and pipeline specialist with extensive experience working as engineering manager, project manager, and hydraulic/process specialist for key pipeline projects in North America, South America, Australia, and Africa. He brings over 22 years of experience from conceptual design to detailed engineering and commissioning of long-distance slurry pipelines, seawater, and desalinated water pipeline systems, reclaimed and freshwater pipeline systems. Jorge also has experience in integrity studies, tailings distribution systems, rheological analyses, mechanical/piping designs, CAPEX/OPEX estimates, and plant start-ups.
In his latest role at Ausenco, as the Director Pipelines for Chile and Peru, Jorge performed successfully - for nearly 4 years - in budget management, personnel leadership, business development, technical leadership, among other functions. His recent experience includes providing subject matter expert support for the first mining contract for Pipelines Engineering Record, covering over 300 kilometers of pipelines in Chile. He also provided expertise as a subject matter expert for various slurry transportation systems worldwide and joined the Pipeline Review Board of Antofagasta Minerals, a Chilean-based copper mining group.
Jorge is now the Pipelines Global Practice Lead responsible for providing technical guidance and thought leadership for our pipelines team. Ensuring technical development and quality project delivery across our operations, he focuses on technical development, leading technology, innovation, and technical knowledge continuity in our business through training and mentoring.
Jorge has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Pontificia Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, specializing in hydraulic engineering, a Project Management Certificate from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in the Mining Industry from Universidad de Chile, Chile. He also holds professional memberships with the Chilean Society of Hydraulic Engineering (SOCHID) and the Project Management Institute (PMI), USA.
Country experience:
- North America
- South America
- Africa
- Australia Pacific