Technician, Surface Mine

WHAT DOES AGNICO EAGLE VALUE?

At Agnico Eagle, our values never waver. We believe in trust, respect, equity, family and responsibility. Why? Because they express who we are, and they have helped us succeed in business for over 60 years. We value you – your unique set of skills and experience. We value your willingness to build those skills and make a meaningful contribution to our company. And, we value your commitment to treat every person on our team with respect, helping us to operate safely, protect the environment and make a positive contribution to our local communities.

About Our Operation

Canadian-based and led, Agnico Eagle is Canada's largest mining company and the second largest gold producer in the world. It produces precious metals from operations in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico and has a pipeline of high-quality exploration and development projects. Agnico Eagle is a partner of choice within the mining industry, recognized globally for its leading sustainability practices. Agnico Eagle was founded in 1957 and has consistently created value for its shareholders, declaring a cash dividend every year since 1983.

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Your Next Challenge

You will support the mine production tasks through providing engineering controls. You must work independently and, in a team, and must show autonomy to help clients identify the next steps for production and to ensure adequate service quality. You must be able to recognize, analyze and adapt differences between design and field realities as well as being able to communicate specifics to the different clients involved. You will assist the leader in other special demands from clients other than the mine operation. You may be called to do night shift as the survey service is provided on a 24hrs basis on the mine site.

• Ensure Health and Safety of teammates and themselves by using, by promoting and by documenting the work card employing the supervision formula.
• Provides technical coaching to the students and to the helpers.
• Execute daily tasks for the survey team based on tasks priorities of the production and survey leader determination including but not limited to grade shots, packets layout, drill pattern stakeout, clean-up requirements, field limits, etc.
• Acquire expertise with the various programs and technologies used in the survey department including but not limited to Deswik, AutoCAD, Maptek, Drone Technologies, Scanners, Pix4D & Trimble software.
• Ensure survey quality of every field survey jobs and regular update of:
• Mine Status Map
• Waste Dump Status Map
• Site Map update
• Detailed Pit Status
• Ore Stockpiles (on demand or for the end of month)
• Drone and scans
• Aggregate Stockpiles (at the end of month during crushing season and end of quarter otherwise)
• Surveyed cut and bootlegs (as soon as practical)
• Assist the leader with the end of month process and different special projects
• ADHOC projects and tasks as requested by the Survey Leader or Engineering Supervisor
• Promote Health and Safety by participating and in the monthly Departmental H&S meeting.
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

• College Diploma in Mining, Civil Engineering or Geomatics
• 2 years of experience in a similar role
• Mining experience is considered an asset
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite & AutoCAD
• Deswik & Trimble software knowledge is considered an asset
  
  

Schedule: 14 days of work, followed by 14 days for transportation and rest; flights departing from all communities in the Kivalliq region, Mirabel or Val-d’Or, Quebec.