- Develop and maintain short-, medium- and long-term mine plans for open-pit and underground mining
Job Description
Your Impact
- Develop and maintain short-, medium- and long-term mine plans for open-pit and underground mining
operations.
- Prepare mine designs, including pit layouts, haul roads, ramps, waste dumps, stockpiles and
underground development layouts using Deswik.
- Generate production schedules and mining sequences that support operational planning and mining
study requirements.
- Contribute to mine optimization, option assessments, trade-off studies and life-of-mine planning.
- Support mining inventory, production forecasting, material movement and equipment planning
activities.
- Coordinate with geology, geotechnical, mine water and infrastructure disciplines to develop integrated
and practical mine plans.
- Prepare clear technical reports, presentations, calculations and engineering documentation for internal
and client review.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the continued development of the GCC Mine Planning
capability.
Responsibilities
- Create, update and review mine designs using Deswik.CAD and related Deswik modules.
- Develop strategic, tactical and operational mine plans aligned with project objectives and available
technical inputs.
- Prepare mining sequences, pushback designs, development layouts, extraction strategies and
production schedules.
- Build and maintain schedules using Deswik Scheduler, including activities, dependencies, resources
and production targets.
- Analyze mining rates, material movements, equipment productivity, operational constraints and
schedule performance.
- Evaluate alternative mine development and production scenarios and communicate the technical
implications.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs and confirm that planning assumptions, constraints and interfaces
are appropriately incorporated.
- Support project planning, technical reviews, quality assurance, proposals, estimates and delivery
against agreed scope, schedule and budget.
- Contribute to standardized workflows, templates, automation and continuous improvement in mine
planning delivery.
Capability Development and Collaboration
- Support the growth of the Deswik-based Mine Planning capability within GCC India.
- Provide technical guidance, coaching and task-level review for graduate and junior mining engineers.
- Participate in knowledge-sharing sessions, technical training and lessons-learned activities.
- Work effectively with geographically distributed project teams and communicate progress,
dependencies and risks clearly.
- Escalate technical, quality, schedule or resourcing concerns to the Mine Engineer - Team Leader and
relevant project leadership.
Qualifications
The Skills That Set You Apart
- Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or a closely related discipline.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in mine planning, mine design and/or production scheduling.
- Strong experience in open-pit and/or underground mining operations or consulting assignments.
- Demonstrated capability in strategic, tactical and operational mine planning.
- Advanced working knowledge of Deswik for mine design and scheduling.
- Understanding of mine development, extraction sequencing, material movement, equipment
productivity and operational constraints.
- Ability to interpret geological, geotechnical, hydrogeological, environmental and infrastructure inputs
for mine planning.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical writing and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams.
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting international mining projects and integrated global delivery teams.
- Experience contributing to scoping, prefeasibility and feasibility studies, operational planning or
technical due diligence.
- Knowledge of mine economics, scenario evaluation, budgeting and forecasting.
- Experience reviewing technical work and mentoring junior team members.
Software Skills
- Deswik.CAD
- Deswik Scheduler
- Deswik.IS and/or Deswik.OPS, where relevant to the project scope
- AutoCAD or Civil 3D
- ArcGIS or QGIS
- Microsoft Excel and Power BI
Success in the Role
Success will be demonstrated through safe, accurate and timely mine planning deliverables; effective use of Deswik; strong integration with global project teams; clear communication of assumptions and risks; consistent technical quality; and active contribution to the development of GCC India’s Mine Planning capability.
BGV:
- Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
- Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner.
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