Senior Mining Engineer

As a Senior Mining Engineer in Vancouver, you will play a key role in designing and optimizing mining operations to ensure maximum efficiency and safety. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality outcomes in the energy and natural resources sector.

Client Details

Our client is a mining company with headquarters in Vancouver. With a strong focus on safety, operational excellence and sustainable project delivery, the company has major mining activities in the South-American region.

Description

• Develop and maintain Life-of-Mine (LOM) plans, pit designs, production schedules, mine phases, pushback strategies, and sequencing plans.
• Evaluate mine planning scenarios and optimize mining strategies to maximize project value, operational efficiency, and resource utilization.
• Prepare and maintain planning assumptions related to fleet productivity, haulage performance, operating costs, equipment utilization, and material movement.
• Analyze haulage networks, cycle times, fleet requirements, and mining rates to support technical studies and execution planning.
• Collaborate with operations and technical teams to ensure long-term mine plans can be successfully translated into practical production plans.
• Support technical studies, reserve estimations, economic evaluations, and project development milestones by preparing mine planning deliverables and technical documentation.
• Contribute to forecasting, reconciliation, performance analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance mine planning accuracy and operational performance.

Profile

• Degree in Mining Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in open-pit mining, including significant exposure to mine planning and scheduling activities.
• Strong background in mine design, pit optimization, phase development, Life-of-Mine planning, and production forecasting.
• Practical operational experience within hard rock mining environments, ideally on large-scale open-pit operations.
• Proficiency with leading mining software such as Deswik, Vulcan, MineSight, Whittle, NPV Scheduler, or comparable platforms.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into actionable business decisions.

Job Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from $140,000 to $160,000 CAD.
• Annual bonus.
• Healthcare benefits.
• RRSP company contribution.
• Opportunities to work on impactful projects in the energy and natural resources industry.
• Located in Vancouver, with opportunities to collaborate with industry professionals.

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