Mining Engineer

Job Summary

The Sr. Mine Planning Engineer serves as a high-level technical lead and the primary bridge between the engineering department and site operations. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and optimizing medium-range and Life of Mine Plans (LOMP) for industrial minerals across multiple locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Mine Planning & Optimization
• LOMP Development: Develop clear, concise, and complex Life of Mine Plans (LOMP), mine phasing, sequencing, and schedules based on reserve models and business forecasts.
• Reserve Stewardship: Act as a steward of the business's reserve information, ensuring the optimization of known reserve potentials.
• Operational Alignment: Routinely reconcile operational data to block models to ensure technical models accurately depict reality.
• Capital & Economics: Assist in capital planning, stripping planning, and forecasting heavy mobile equipment fleet needs based on production requirements and bench configurations.
• Operational Bridge & Collaboration
• Technical-Operational Link: Serve as the primary bridge between the engineering team and site operations, ensuring technical models are effectively communicated and "operationalized" by site management.
• Problem Solving: Dissect technical discrepancies with operations and navigate through uncertainty to develop immediate action plans that meet business needs.
• Cross-Functional Synergy: Establish strong relationships and facilitate work seamlessly across peers, superiors, and subordinates.
• Technical Leadership & Expertise
• Mineral Subject Matter Expert: Act as the technical "Mining Expert" for assigned industrial minerals or specific geographic locations.
• Technical Mentorship: Lead others down the technical path, moving engineering knowledge to organizational wisdom.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion change and foster a culture of continuous improvement, standardizing engineering approaches across surface and underground locations.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Communication: Proficient and effective verbal and written communication style that internal and external stakeholders naturally gravitate toward; ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Multi-Tasking: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and project timelines simultaneously.
• Technical Mastery: High proficiency in MS Access, MS Excel, GIS, and survey software.
• Mine Planning Software: Proven ability to effectively use specialized mine planning and modeling software (e.g., Surpac or Deswik are highly preferred).
• Business Acumen: Strong technical problem-solving skills paired with the business acumen to ensure model approaches yield a reasonable return on investment.

Job Requirements

• Education & Certifications
• Degree: Bachelor of Science (BS) degree, preferably in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Professional Standards: Meets the requirements of a "Competent Person" as defined in the PERC reporting code (or similar international reporting codes like JORC/SME), or has the clear ability and qualifications to obtain it (Highly Preferred).
• Experience
• Industry Experience: Minimum of 5–8+ years supporting mining operations, with a distinct focus on mine planning and optimization.
• Mineral Profile: Prior experience with multi-mineral environments, specifically industrial minerals, is a major plus.
• Operational Background: Hands-on operations experience is highly preferred to successfully bridge the gap with site managers.
• Project Leadership: Experience acting as a Lead/Principal Engineer on large-scale mining projects or leading cross-functional strategic reserve initiatives.