Short Range Mine Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Short Range Mine Planning Engineer for our operation in Northern Nevada. This position reports to the Senior Planning Engineer and requires company-supported relocation. The successful candidate will develop and implement the short-range mine plan at the mine site on an 8 days on, 6 days off schedule.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, healthy, and clean environment by ensuring the company's values and standards are present in all aspects of work execution.
• Develop and implement daily, 7-day, and 90-day mine plans that maximize production and meet budget/forecast KPIs.
• Maintain a weekly rolling 90-day mine plan that optimizes upon and aligns with the mine’s medium-range plan.
• Continually seek to optimize the operation and reduce production bottlenecks over the daily to 90-day planning horizon.
• Integrate with and maintain close relationships with teams across the mine site to ensure plans are informed and executable.
• Ensure operational management is adequately briefed on technical matters and plans to make appropriate decisions in a timely manner.
• Champion continuous improvement and challenge the status quo.
• Report daily, monthly, and yearly mine production physicals and site KPIs against established site metrics.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Ability to work safely and promote safe behavior in others.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Mine Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Three to five (3-5) years of experience in mine planning at an open-pit mining operation.
• Mine operations/supervision experience preferred.
• High level of proficiency in mine planning software (Deswick preferred).
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as individually.
• Strong verbal, written, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees and management.

Schedule

8 days on, 6 days off rotation in Northern Nevada.