Senior Mining Engineer

SLR Consulting; Greater Sudbury; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to spearhead the growth of their mining backfill engineering services. This role involves technical leadership in project management, design, and operational oversight for underground operations. Applicants should possess over 10 years of experience in mining, with a strong background in mine design and planning. The company offers a competitive salary of $150,000 - $175,000 and opportunities for career advancement within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Vacation allowance

Wellness initiatives

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in the mining industry.
• Minimum of five years operational experience at operating underground mines.
• Registered as a Professional Engineer in Canada or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for engineering studies.
• Contribute in developing backfill concepts.
• Conduct economic valuation of mine design.

Skills

Mine design

Project management

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Post-secondary degree in mining, civil, or geotechnical engineering

Tools

Deswik

AutoCAD

MS Office

Job description

Overview

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), a 700+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across 20+ office locations in Canada. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

Role — As a Senior Mining Engineer, you’ll play a key role in the growth of our mining backfill engineering services business and team. You’ll focus on all aspects of underground operations life cycle including design, management, tailings management and backfill design. We’ll look to you to bring experience and understanding of current industry trends and guidelines on design, estimation, planning, as well as interest in working collaboratively to find solutions to complex and interesting problems. Success in this role will require exceptional written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work independently and effectively with co-workers, clients, and contractors, and a “safety-first” attitude.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for engineering studies within a multi-disciplinary team, leveraging experience and competencies in a range of mining operations and mining methods, mine design (short- and long-term planning, rock mechanics, ventilation, etc.), and mining operational, technical and managerial roles
• Contribute, through innovative and entrepreneurial thinking and strategic aptitude, in developing backfill concepts that will be presented to planners up to senior executive/corporate level client(s)
• Provide technical direction to project engineers and mentoring to junior engineering staff
• Conduct economic valuation of mine design, logistics, trade-off studies, cash flows, etc
• Contribute, deliver, and manage projects and technical work ranging from conceptual, to feasibility and detailed engineering to meet scope, schedule and budget
• Provide technical input into, but not limited to: project design criteria, cost estimate: capital expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenditures (OpEx) preparation, risk assessments and HAZOP studies, SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats) Analysis
• Demonstrate proficiency in writing and review of proposals and project reports
• Demonstrate competency in MS Office software, ACAD/Deswik software.
• Demonstrate communication proficiency in client facing meetings and presentations.
• Provide guidance and direction to the drafting team to generate drawings, schematics alongside the associated discipline engineers for support on proposals and plant design/build opportunities
• Perform field work, data analysis and calculations
• Support the implementation of plant design standards across project delivery and engineering disciplines
• Support commercial activities, including writing, reviewing proposals, estimates and quotations
• Periodically travel to site to support business development activities, including inspections, audits and design/build opportunities
• Periodically travel to technical conferences or conventions to support business development activities

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

• Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives
• The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $175,000. Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
• Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in mining, civil, or geotechnical engineering.
• 10+ years experience in the mining industry.
• Minimum of five years operational experience at operating underground mines.
• Experience with mine planning at an operational mine.
• Expert user of at least one industry standard optimization, mine design and scheduling software package such as Deswik, Datamine, Vulcan, and Surpac.
• Registered or qualified for registration as a Professional Engineer in Canada or the equivalent in the USA, UK, Australia, or South Africa.
• Experience with mine design and paste backfill solutions.
• Geological experience is preferred but not a prerequisite.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of your time as required. Short term travel, often at short notice may be a frequent occurrence.
• Fluency in any of Spanish/French/Portuguese languages would be advantageous.
• Familiar with international and public disclosure and reporting codes, including NI 43-101, JORC, SAMREC, Competent Persons Reports, and Mineral Expert Reports etc.

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.