The Role
Reporting to the senior mine engineer, you will be a key communicator between the mine technical services and mine operations teams and be responsible for providing mine engineering knowledge and expertise. Your core responsibilities will be planning and scheduling, ventilation, ground control, surveying and other activities to support production in a geotechnically challenging environment.
In this role, you will:
-Liaise with other technical, maintenance, process and site services staff, as well as the mine operations department.
-Focus on high quality results and provide direction and guidance to ensure that planning is in place to achieve targets.
-Bring strong experience in planning, scheduling, and design of underground development engineering to this position.
Required:
-Bachelors degree in geological, geotechnical or mine engineering
-Eligible for registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS)
-Two to six years of underground production mining experience
-Equivalent combination of education and work experience considered
-Strong communication, planning and organizational skills, written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills
-Strong proficiency with 3D mine design software (Vulcan)
-Good working knowledge of AutoCAD, Excel, Access, PowerPoint
-Ability to work with little supervision and to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
-Work a rotational schedule and commute to site by aircraft
Recommended:
-Experience in other underground mine engineering functions (drafting, geotechnical monitoring, surveying, ventilation, shotcrete QAQC)
-Familiarity with geotechnical monitoring software (RS2, Map3D, etc.)
Conditions of Employment:
-Substance test