https://app.loxo.co/job/MzA3Mi0zMm5iNGU1bWFicGxiNXVv
POSITION SUMMARY
As our Mine Engineer, you will perform daily engineering functions and special projects in an underground hard rock mining operation to keep our production going and our profitability up. You’ll start every day organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing work activities to ensure timely completion of projects, programs, and objectives. You will be called upon to coordinate with geology, survey, and the mine operations group. To thrive in this role, you will use mine costing and financial analysis techniques to explain variances, evaluate projects and prioritize allocation of resources. We’re on a remote island, you must know how to work independently, identify, and resolve problems in a timely manner.
SAFETY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Duties include, but are not limited to:
• Complying with all necessary requirements put in place to prevent incidents, injuries or losses
• Ensuring the safety and health of themselves and others in the workplace by being responsible for their actions and taking due care while performing their work
• Identifying, eliminating, and reporting hazards as soon as practicable
• Reporting incidents and accidents as soon as practicable
• Disclosing all information regarding incidents and cooperating in incident investigations
• Assisting in the resolution of health and safety matters in a positive and timely manner
• Using and maintaining PPE
• Providing suggestions for improving work processes
• Assisting Management by supporting change to achieve desired targets
• Ensuring that plant and equipment operate within their safe working limits
• Ensuring that correct equipment is used for the job
• Participating in risk assessment methodology
• Participating in safety initiatives
• Receiving training and instruction as required
TYPICAL JOB DUTIES
Technical functions for the role include, but are not limited to:
• Mine planning (short and mid-range):
o Mine design
o Backfill design
o Short range planning of development, production, and backfill to meet long range goals
o 0-3 and 3-12 month forecasting
o Weekly and Monthly reporting of mining progress
o Plan vs. Actual reconciliation
o Coordinates priorities with geology, survey, and mine operations
• Mine improvement projects
• Ability to learn and perform daily surveying duties in the absence of the mine surveyor
• Database management
In addition to the technical functions above, the following behavioral functions are a key element of the role:
• Problem solving: identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully
• Interpersonal Skills: maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things. Cross-trains with other roles in order to expand skillset of self and others.
• Oral communication: speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills and conducts meetings.
• Written Communication: edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively and is able to read and interpret written information.
• Planning/organizing: prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.
• Quality control: demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality. Ensures technical deliverables are provided to customers within time and quality expectations.
• Adaptability: adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Dependability: consistently at work, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Safety and security: actively promotes and personally observes safety and security procedures, and uses equipment and materials properly
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience Requirements
• B.S. in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, or equivalent degree
• 2 or more years of underground mine engineering experience
Technical Competencies Preferred
• Underground mine planning software: Deswik (preferred), Vulcan, AutoCAD
• Underground surveying techniques
• Knowledge of ground support techniques
• Mine ventilation, dewatering systems
• Project management techniques
• Autonomous mining equipment
• Economic analysis of mining
• Experience with database management systems