Senior Mining Engineer

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Engineer, the Senior Mining Engineer plays a vital part in leading and supporting the engineering and survey teams. The successful candidate will drive the development, planning and execution of the mine, and be a key factor between the long-term and short-term planning functions.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Health and Safety

• Knows responsibilities related to the Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
• Learns and administers all company and legislated policies and procedures
• Contributes to the department’s health and safety goals and objectives
• Responds to safety concerns and/or unsafe conditions, and takes corrective action, or seeks assistance in doing so

Environment

• Knows responsibilities related to the Environmental Management System (EMS)
• Contributes to the department’s environmental goals and objectives
• Ensures department activities prevent or mitigate the effects of pollution
• Responds to environmental concerns and takes corrective action, or seeks assistance in doing so
• Follows company standards and guidelines for spill reporting and response

Departmental

• Utilizes planning software for mine design, mine planning, dump and leach pad design.
• Utilizes planning software to estimate economic pit shells for design and reporting reserves/resources.
• Identify planning and operational constraints during the business planning cycle.
• Create, review and evaluate life of mine plans during the yearly business planning cycle.
• Review and understand yearly cost variances for the business planning cycle.
• Leads engineering projects related to the mine/company.
• Reviews and reports end of month production statistics and reconcile actual vs budget variations.
• Assist with daily reporting and production communication to ensure mine plans are being followed.
• Assist and provide mentorship to junior engineers.
• Keeps up with current trends related to mine design software and integrates this information into work assignments and methodology.
• Maintains effective communication between departments.
• Knowledge of block model coding to assist with model manipulation for engineering variables.
• Assist in reclamation planning as needed.
• Assist with daily reporting and production communication to ensure mine plans are being followed.
• Assist and provide mentorship to junior engineers.
• Keeps up with current trends related to mine design software and integrates this information into work assignments and methodology.
• Maintains effective communication between departments.
• Knowledge of block model coding to assist with model manipulation for engineering variables.
• Assist in reclamation planning as needed.

Cost Control & Communication

• Manages spending within approved budget
• Maintains effective information exchange with relevant departments

Knowledge, Skill and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or Relevant Experience
• 7+ years of mining experience, preferably in conventional truck/shovel open pit operation
• Working knowledge of Mine Plan preferred
• Working knowledge of survey equipment
• Attention to detail with excellent organizational skills
• Ability to identify, analyze and solve problems
• Ability to prepare accurate records and reports
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with internal and external contacts
• MS Office Suite