Peruvian engineer Elsa Cayo has been working for five years on the implementation of technically demanding projects in Chile and Peru.  

Elsa Cayo started working with Tunning in 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. She joined the development of the electrical SCADA for the Quellaveco Angloamerican copper plant in Peru, a challenging experience that showed her high technical and management skills.

Focused on the implementation of large mining and industrial processes, this electronics engineer by profession, with a specialization in automation and industrial control, collaborated with the implementation of the Peruvian mining company’s control systems “supervising the electrical substations and data acquisition to identify process failures, analyze them and improve them,” she explained.

He later joined the development of the photovoltaic plant construction project at Colbún, one of the most important power generation and commercialization companies in Chile.

Peruvian Elsa Cayo joined Tunning in 2020, collaborating with Angloamerican’s Quellaveco project, the largest mining investment in Peru.

In this way, Elsa has become a key professional in the operations area for Tunning projects in Chile and Peru, adapting to new environments and to the different technologies present in the plants.

According to data from the CCM-Eleva alliance, the participation of women in secondary technical-professional and higher education in programs related to mining is still only 13%. These figures demonstrate the difficulties in hiring women in the mining industry, a sector historically dominated by men, “which is why at Tunning we are very proud to have professionals like Elsa and we hope to continue increasing our specialized female staff in the coming years,” said Fernanda Jara, the company’s talent management executive.

María Rodríguez, from Liceo Politécnico Andes, and Yemima Pichincura, from Liceo Industrial Bicentenario Chileno-Alemán, interns in Tunning 2025.