Carlin - Dewatering Engineer II

Responsibilities

• Aid and lead project definition, scoping, costing, approval, design, permitting, and construction activities of mining and processing infrastructure projects.
• Execute some aspects of small and medium-sized projects, including planning, justifying, engineering, and design.
• Forecast project costs.
• Aid in providing design input to engineering consultants.
• Aid in coordinating efforts internally within Nevada Gold Mines during planning, design, construction, and commissioning of wells.
• Initiate regular communication with operations, environmental, safety, project sponsor, and stakeholders.
• Absorb responsibility for ensuring projects are designed and constructed with safety being the highest priority.
• Provide input into the Annual Environmental Report which goes to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP).
• Formulate project parameters and assist in monitoring progress to address constraints.
• Act as primary liaison between the project execution team and the design engineering team.
• Support project execution through project controls, cost forecasting, scheduling, quantity surveying, and reconciliation, and earned value management.
• Water pump sizing and selection.
• AC Transformer sizing and selection.
• Water pipeline design.
• Pumping data collection and reporting.
• Aid with wireless communication infrastructure and automation projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering required.
• Knowledge of standard project delivery models and methods, including PMI’s PMBOK knowledge areas, basic stage gate project steps (scoping/concept/feasibility/implementation/closeout), project controls/tracking, estimating, etc., preferred.
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of DROM (Design for Reliability, Operability, and Maintainability) and OR (Operational Readiness) principles, preferred.
• Project Management knowledge is preferred.
• Experience with managing contractors and contract management is preferred.
• Competence in MS Office is required.
• Proficiency in Autodesk AutoCAD/Civil 3D and Inventor is preferred.
• Familiarity with wireless data transfer and communications; installation, data collection/output, required.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of this job is required.

About Us

Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) is a joint venture between Barrick (61.5%) and Newmont (38.5%) that combined our significant assets across Nevada in 2019 to create the single largest gold-producing complex in the world. NGM produces approximately 3.5 million ounces of gold a year. The massive mining operation comprises eight mines along with their associated infrastructure and processing facilities and hosts three of Barrick’s Tier One assets: Carlin, Cortez, and Turquoise Ridge. At NGM, our mission is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and owning the best assets, with the best people, to deliver sustainable returns for our owners and partners.