Strategic Mine Planning Engineer (Long-Term)

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited; Eastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in Sudbury, Ontario, seeks a Senior Long-Term Planning Engineer to own the Life of Mine planning, scheduling and optimization for the Macassa Mine. You will act as the subject-matter expert in mine engineering, driving economical, safe and compliant plans aligned with corporate goals.

You will lead long-term strategic planning, budgeting and reporting, perform feasibility analyses and trade-off studies, and collaborate with geology and operations to ensure accurate

Qualifications

• Degree in Mining Engineering or equivalent.
• 5 years of mining experience in underground mining.
• Experience in long-hole, mechanized cut-and-fill and other mining methods.
• Experience with Deswik planning software.
• Experience with mine studies, feasibility studies, and trade-offs.
• Experience in gold or other high unit value metals.
• Good understanding of regulatory standards related to mining in Ontario.
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Lead long-term strategic mine planning, budgeting and reporting.
• Gap analysis between current mine planning practices and industry best practices.
• Mineral reserve estimation, economic analysis and investment decision making process.
• Ongoing alignment and standardization of process with other AEM sites (Activity Based Budgeting initiative).
• Elaboration of LOMP, 5-year plans and budget planning.
• Completing Cut-Off Grade calculations and preparing required reports.
• Creating stope shapes that best suit the operational requirements of the mine site.
• Tabulating all stope metrics for the Reserve & Resource process and prepare schedule to determine economic viability.
• Assist Geology in finalizing the mid-year and year-end Reserve statement.
• Prepare Life of Mine plans with deadlines and objectives, ensuring resource leveling and inclusion of major maintenance events.
• Complete trade-off and cost analysis studies for varying mining methods and options.
• Work with geology to develop diamond drill target guidance based on geological confidence of material within the LOM plan.
• Ensure adequate mineral inventory exists throughout all phases of mine life.
• Assist Short Term Planning and Projects group as required.

Skills

Underground mining

Long-hole mining

Mechanized cut-and-fill

Deswik planning

Feasibility studies

Trade-off analysis

Gold mining experience

Ontario regulatory knowledge

MS Office

Education

Mining Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Deswik software

Job description

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in Sudbury, Ontario, seeks a Senior Long-Term Planning Engineer to own the Life of Mine planning, scheduling and optimization for the Macassa Mine. You will act as the subject-matter expert in mine engineering, driving economical, safe and compliant plans aligned with corporate goals.

You will lead long-term strategic planning, budgeting and reporting, perform feasibility analyses and trade-off studies, and collaborate with geology and operations to ensure accurate