Principal Mining Engineer

We are SLR Consulting (Americas), a 1500+ team of advisory, environmental, engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada, the United States, and LATAM.  We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

As our new Principal Mining Engineer, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Role

The Principal Mining Engineer will provide technical leadership on mining studies, operational improvement initiatives, and drill-and-blast optimization projects while serving as a trusted advisor to clients. This role combines engineering, project management, business development, and mentorship. The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams delivering high-quality technical work for open pit and underground mining projects throughout North America and internationally.

The ideal candidate is recognized as a technical leader in mining engineering with expertise in mine planning, technical studies, and drill-and-blast optimization. They enjoy working directly with mine operations to solve complex challenges, improve productivity, reduce operating costs, and deliver value to clients. This individual is equally comfortable leading a feasibility study, conducting a blast performance audit in the field, mentoring junior engineers, and developing long-term client relationships.

Responsibilities:

• Increase capacity for upcoming mine planning and technical study work
• Expand our drill-and-blast capabilities
• Reduce project delivery/schedule risk
• Position the mining engineering team to continue growing while maintaining high-quality client service

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

• Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives.
• Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
• Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

Qualifications/Education/Memberships:

• Post-secondary degree in mining, civil, or geotechnical engineering
• Experience providing technical leadership on mining studies
• Familiar with international and public disclosure and reporting codes, including NI 43-101, JORC, SAMREC, Competent Persons Reports, and Mineral Expert Reports etc.
• Experience with mine planning at an operational mine
• Experience with drill-and-blast optimization
• Expert user of at least one industry standard optimization, mine design and scheduling software package such as Datamine, Deswik, Vulcan, Surpac, and Whittle
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams
• Registered or qualified for registration as a Professional Engineer in the US

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Artificial intelligence is not being used to screen, assess, or select applicants.

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.