Principal Mining Engineer
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
The salary range for this position is from $173,100.00 to $207,700.00. · Full-time
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- Pay
- The salary range for this position is from $173,100.00 to $207,700.00.
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- 10+ years of experience in mining engineering, primarily in operational roles.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Job Summary
Reporting to the SVP Technical Services, the Principal Mining Engineer (Underground) supports Equinox Gold’s technical services team by applying operational expertise across the company’s underground and, to a lesser extent, open-pit operations. The role focuses on improvement initiatives, site support, and technical advisory across operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify value-adding opportunities during site audits.
- Deliver continuous improvement initiatives across operations.
- Ensure safety and regulatory compliance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve production targets.
- Benchmark operations internally and against industry peers.
- Undertake equipment trade-off studies and cost estimation.
- Support mining method trade-off studies, including open-pit exposure.
- Provide advice on underground mining best practices.
- 10+ years of experience in mining engineering, primarily in operational roles.
- Experience in underground mining (production engineer, superintendent, or manager roles).
- Exposure to open-pit operations is an asset.
- Experience with underground mining methods (longhole stoping, cut and fill, sublevel caving).
- Experience in ground support design.
- Exposure to underground automation and tele-remote systems (e.g., LHDs, trucks, drills).
- Experience with equipment and mining method trade-offs.
- Experience in ventilation, refrigeration, and mine services design and optimization.
- Experience in mine planning.
- Experience across commodities, preferably gold.
- Continuous improvement experience is an asset.
- Underground drill and blast experience (development and production).
- Strong communication skills with a range of stakeholders, including senior management, technical teams, and operations.
- Fluency in Spanish is an asset.
- Self-motivated with track record of successfully working independently.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng. or equivalent).
- Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or related discipline.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Identify and deliver operational improvement opportunities through site audits, benchmarking, technical studies, and advisory support across underground and some open-pit operations. Promote safety and regulatory compliance while collaborating with cross-functional teams to support production targets and optimize mining methods, equipment, and mine services.
Requirements
Requires at least 10 years of mining engineering experience, primarily in operational roles, including substantial underground mining experience and knowledge of mining methods, ground support, mine planning, ventilation, and drill and blast. A bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or a related discipline and a Professional Engineer designation or equivalent are required; open-pit exposure and Spanish fluency are assets.
Skills
- Underground Mining Engineering
- Open-Pit Mining
- Mine Planning
- Longhole Stoping
- Cut and Fill
- Sublevel Caving
- Ground Support Design
- Underground Automation
- Tele-Remote Systems
- Ventilation and Refrigeration
- Mine Services Design and Optimization
- Drill and Blast
- Equipment Trade-Off Studies
- Cost Estimation
- Continuous Improvement
- Stakeholder Communication
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Categories
- Engineering
- Management & Leadership
- Environmental & Sustainability
- Consulting
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Mining Engineering
- Underground Mining
- Open-Pit Mining
- Gold Mining
- Longhole Stoping
- Cut and Fill
- Sublevel Caving
- Ground Support Design
- Underground Automation
- Tele-Remote Systems
- Load-Haul-Dump Equipment
- Mining Trucks
- Underground Drills
- Ventilation
- Refrigeration
- Mine Services
- Mine Planning
- Drill and Blast
- Equipment Trade-Off Studies
- Mining Method Trade-Off Studies
- Cost Estimation
- Continuous Improvement
- Site Audits
- Operational Benchmarking
- Safety Compliance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Professional Engineer
- P.Eng.