Underground Mine Survey Technician – Deswik Expert

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.; Wawa; On-site; CAD 69,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus opportunity

RRSP matching

Training & education supports

Travel allowances

Wellness benefit

Job summary

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. seeks a motivated Mine Survey Technician to join our Engineering team at Eagle River Mine. The role provides accurate underground survey layouts, maintains control networks, and supports development, production and geology with timely spatial data.

You will work closely with Engineering, Geology and Operations in a fast-paced, safety‑driven environment, using Deswik and total stations to produce reliable survey information and contribute to safe mine execution.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in Mine Engineering Technology, Surveying, Geomatics, Mining Engineering or related field.
• Underground mine surveying experience preferred.
• Proficiency with Deswik or comparable mine planning/survey software preferred.
• Experience using total stations and processing underground survey data preferred.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills; detail-oriented and organized.

Responsibilities

• Perform underground survey layouts and pickups for development, production and mine infrastructure.
• Establish, extend, verify and maintain the underground survey control network.
• Complete development as-builts and track advance and excavation against design.
• Conduct stope, cavity monitoring surveys (CMS), raise and other production surveys as required.
• Process survey data and maintain Deswik mine plans, drawings and spatial databases.
• Calculate development quantities, stope volumes and other survey measurements.
• Provide timely survey information, markups and field support to Engineering, Geology and Operations.
• Maintain, calibrate and troubleshoot total stations, scanners and other survey equipment.
• Support drone, LiDAR, scanning and other spatial-data collection technologies where applicable.
• Prepare survey drawings, reports and records; ensure safety standards and procedures are followed.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

Diploma or degree in Mine Engineering Technology or related field

Tools

Deswik

Total stations

Underground survey software

Job description

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. seeks a motivated Mine Survey Technician to join our Engineering team at Eagle River Mine. The role provides accurate underground survey layouts, maintains control networks, and supports development, production and geology with timely spatial data.

You will work closely with Engineering, Geology and Operations in a fast-paced, safety‑driven environment, using Deswik and total stations to produce reliable survey information and contribute to safe mine execution.