Senior Mining Engineer

Careermine; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Graymont is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to lead and optimize mine planning across Western North America. The role involves managing open-pit quarries, developing long-term plans, and coordinating permitting and reclamation activities with geology and operations teams.

The candidate will work across sites in the US and Canada, requiring travel up to 40%. A strong background in Surpac and safety leadership is essential for improving efficiency and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years in mine planning and open-pit quarry operations.
• Experience leading technical evaluations and optimization initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of mining equipment and safety procedures.
• Travel up to 40% across North America.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain mine plans for Western Region.
• Create and update pit designs per internal standards.
• Submit and manage mine permit applications.
• Coordinate reclamation and cost estimation activities.
• Provide optimization, automation, and training support.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering

Tools

Surpac

Job description

Job Introduction

Senior Mining Engineer to provide short, medium, and long term mine planning expertise for Graymont's open pit mining operations in the Western Region of the USA and Canada.

Canada - AB - Calgary

Senior Mining Engineer

Full-time, Permanent

Calgary, AB - Hybrid

Graymont is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to support its Western North America region. Reporting to the NA Mining and Geology Lead, the Senior Mining Engineer will focus on managing and optimizing mine planning and operations across multiple quarries in the Western Region.

This role will support operations across key sites in the United States and Canada, including Utah, Nevada, Montana, and Alberta, among others. The position works closely with quarry operations and geology teams to develop optimized mine plans, support permitting and reclamation activities, verify production and reserve data, and identify opportunities for operational efficiency and cost improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain mine plans for all in the Western Region, or as assigned.
• Create and update pit designs using appropriate internal standards.
• Submit and manage mine permit applications for the regions.
• Generate and review reclamation plans for each site in the region.
• Perform reconciliation to verify reserves and quarry progression.
• Develop efficiency improvement assessments to track operation effectiveness for aspects pertaining to mining engineering to identify areas for potential cost-savings and/or increased efficiencies.
• Provide management for blast optimization and fines reduction studies.
• Support quarry automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Conduct reclamation surety evaluations and coordinate surety posting for mine and reclamation permits.
• Identify and manage consultants for mine planning, reclamation and permitting.
• Provide estimates of reclamation costs for calculation of Graymont's decommissioning and restoration provision.
• Ensure that all mine/reclamation plans and permit requirement information is maintained within the Mineral Resource Development database for all Graymont quarries in the region.
• Verify and submit reserve volumes annually for each Graymont quarry as required.
• Provide technical assistance and training for quarry supervision including, but not limited to: understanding and following mine plans; survey control; reclamation techniques; and computer applications for mine/reclamation plans.
• Review safety, production, and reclamation performance annually at each facility.
• Identify and manage consultants as required for mine planning, reclamation and permitting.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Professional Experience: A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in mine planning, open-pit quarry operations preferred. Proven ability to lead technical evaluations and support quarry operations through optimization and automation initiatives.
• Beneficial Experience: Strong understanding of mining equipment, geology, and mine safety procedures.
• Health and Safety Leadership: Strong commitment to health and safety issues as they relate to the mining industry.
• Technology Requirements: Experience with mine planning and geological software (preferably Surpac), along with a strong understanding of computer-based mine planning principles and processes, is highly advantageous.
• Travel Component: Travel required up to 40% of time throughout North America.

Who We Are

Founded in 1948, Graymont is a trusted global leader in essential calcium-based solutions. Professionally managed and family-owned, we proudly serve a wide range of markets, customers, and communities in North America and Asia Pacific. Graymont is also the strategic partner of Grupo Calidra, the largest lime producer in Latin America.

Graymont's strategy is anchored in its strong commitment to its core values of integrity, respect, teamwork, innovation, excellence, accountability, and long-term perspective.

Central to our philosophy is a long-term approach to our business, built on a solid commitment to sustainable growth and focus on decarbonization, all of which is embodied in our mission statement: Contributing to a decarbonized world by providing essential lime and limestone solutions.