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. Every day you will work at a mine on a remote island about 18 miles outside of Juneau, Alaska. 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.
About Us
The Greens Creek Mine, located on Admiralty Island 18 miles south of Juneau, is an underground polymetallic mine operating since 1989, employing over 500 people. The mine is owned and operated by Hecla Mining Company, headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Established in 1891, Hecla has a rich history as a distinguished and respected precious metals producer. Winner of numerous safety and environmental awards, Greens Creek is seeking new team members committed to professional growth and success.
Here’s what you can expect in this role:
- Training first. Every hire is provided MSHA training in the first 4 days on the job. We also provide department-level training on not just what to do, but safety, as well.
- Apply your technical aptitude with working knowledge of mine mobile equipment, ground support techniques, mine ventilation, dewatering, compressed air and electrical systems.
- Use underground mining software to generate the annual Life-of-Mine plan and production budget, as well as generate stope and development designs.
- Relocate to Juneau and work on a remote island. You will take a boat commute to work every day. Every department is slightly different, but our engineer department works 4 days on for 11 hours each, followed by 3 days off.
- You will prepare reports for mining progress and KPI’s reconciling the schedule and plan with actual progress.
- Safety is important. Every piece of equipment and each work area must be inspected before work starts. You will promote and personally observe safety procedures.
- A team you can rely on, a team that will have your back.
- 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
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.