Mine Engineer

The Mine Engineer will report to the Senior Mine Engineer. This role is accountable for providing engineering support for mine design, planning, and special mine projects. 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES:

• Participate in Department and individual Health & Safety Management plans, perform work according to policies and procedure, comply with Federal & State regulations.
• Support operations using Deswik.OPS short interval planning tools. Create baselines, track actuals, build reports
• Develop infrastructure designs and plans to support mining; to include ventilation, water management, and LTE network.
• Develop practical, accurate, and effective mine designs consistent with industry standards, comply with recommended design guidelines
• Support technical reviews, cost forecasting, resource allocation, life of mine, monthly, and weekly progress tracking, and reporting
• Review current mining operations and investigate other methods to improve efficiency in mine operations
• Knowledge of exploration methods, mineral inventory estimates and resource estimation
• Support mine projects to include AFE, pre-feasibility studies, and project reporting and tracking
• Assist Senior Mine Engineer with Resource and Reserve reporting

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Strong safety, health and environment commitment and improvement mindset required
• Individual must have at least a B.S. in Mining Engineering or related field
• 2-4 years of technical and/or operations experience in underground mining environment required
• High level of competence using mining software such as Deswik, Vulcan, Ventsim required
• Experience in operations with complex multi ore body planning preferred
• Strong problem-solving skills preferred

Key Personal Competencies:

• Action oriented and produces results – tasks are accomplished within required timeframes
• Leadership – accepts responsibility and accountability
• Integrity and trust – operates by personally defined set of ethics and values
• Decision making – correct, appropriate, timely, based on sound judgment, business sense and technical data
• Communications – clear, concise, objective, well organized, is an active listener
• Technical excellence, analysis, problem solving – subject matter expert, researches/support proper solutions
• Ingenuity and resourcefulness – utilizes resources effectively and efficiently, thinks outside the box
• Organized – activities are logically and appropriately prepared, coordinated and conducted
• Planning and scheduling – work is planned properly, scheduled effectively, and accomplished efficiently
• Quality – output meets/exceeds standards, is accurate and complete
• Team work – works collaboratively focusing on team needs, provides recognition, is open and supportive
• Flexibility – accepts change and is open to and supportive of innovative ideas and methods

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