Senior Mining Engineer

slrconsulting; Northeastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Vacation

Wellness initiatives

Career development

Job summary

SLR Consulting (Canada) seeks a Senior Mining Engineer to lead mining backfill engineering services. You will cover underground design, planning, and backfill concepts, with a strong emphasis on safety and collaboration with clients and staff.

Ideal candidate brings 10+ years in mining, PE registration, and experience with Deswik/Datamine/Vulcan/Surpac. Domestic and international travel may be required as part of project work and business development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in the mining industry.
• Minimum 5 years of operational experience at underground mines.
• Experience with mine planning at an operating mine.
• Expert user of Deswik, Datamine, Vulcan, or Surpac.
• Experience with mine design and paste backfill solutions.
• Geological experience preferred but not required.
• Familiarity with NI 43-101, JORC, SAMREC, CPRs and related reporting.
• Registered or qualified for registration as a Professional Engineer.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally; short-notice travel common.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for mining studies within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Develop backfill concepts and present to planners and senior client stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction to project engineers and mentor junior staff.
• Conduct economic valuation of mine design, logistics and cash flows.
• Manage projects from conceptual to feasibility and detailed engineering.
• Contribute design criteria, CapEx/OpEx estimates, risk assessments, and HAZOPs.
• Write and review proposals and project reports for clients.
• Oversee drafting and coordination of drawings with engineers.
• Perform field work, data analysis and calculations.
• Support plant design standards across delivery and disciplines.
• Assist with commercial activities, including proposals and quotations.
• Periodically travel to site and conferences for business development.

Skills

Mine design

Backfill design

Project leadership

Deswik

Datamine

Vulcan

Surpac

Technical reporting

Spanish/French/Portuguese (asset)

Education

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

Tools

Deswik

Datamine

Vulcan

Surpac

Job description

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), an 800+ team of advisory, environmental, engineering, and regulatory professionals. We deliver services through the integration of over 30 disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

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

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the mining industry.
• Minimum of five years of 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.
• Experience with mine design and paste backfill solutions.
• Geological experience is preferred but not a prerequisite.
• Familiarity with international and public disclosure and reporting codes, including NI 43-101, JORC, SAMREC, Competent Persons Reports, and Mineral Expert Reports.
• Post-secondary degree in mining, civil, or geotechnical engineering.
• Registered or qualified for registration as a Professional Engineer.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, as required. Short term travel, often at short notice may be a frequent occurrence.
• Proficiency in Spanish/French/Portuguese languages would be considered an asset.