Lead Mine Surveyor - Open-Pit & Autonomous Mining

Solidus Resources, LLC; Imlay (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Solidus Resources, LLC, a U.S.-based gold development company, seeks a Chief Mine Surveyor to lead surveying at the Spring Valley project in Lovelock, NV. You will own survey controls, oversee production and topographic surveys, volumes, reconciliation, and data management across site operations and projects.

This role is onsite, with a path to advancing a digitally enabled mining operation. You will build the survey team from ground up, collaborate across Mine Engineering, Geology, Operations,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of mine surveying experience, preferably in large-scale open-pit mining.
• At least 3 years of experience leading or supervising a survey team.
• FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, or ability to obtain one.
• Strong experience with open-pit production surveying, survey control, topographic surveys, and volumetric calculations.
• Experience with GNSS/GPS, UAV/drone surveying, photogrammetry, and laser scanning.
• Experience with CAD, survey processing, and spatial data systems.
• Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop the site survey team.
• Establish and maintain survey procedures, quality controls, coordinate systems, and survey control.
• Set priorities and manage survey personnel, equipment, contractors, and data to support operations and projects.
• Provide survey support for the pit, haul roads, dumps, stockpiles, leach facilities, and other infrastructure.
• Oversee staking, topographic and as-built surveys, drill-and-blast layout, and verification against designs.
• Support construction surveying for earthworks, roads, utilities, foundations, drainage, and process facilities.
• Calculate and verify ore, waste, stockpile, dump, and construction quantities for month-end reconciliation.
• Manage collection, processing, and distribution of survey data; integrate with Vulcan, MinePlan, and site systems.
• Support autonomous mining systems with accurate survey control and spatial data.

Skills

Mine surveying

Leadership

GNSS/GPS

UAV surveying

CAD

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Surveying or Geomatics

Nevada PLS license or eligibility

Tools

Vulcan

MinePlan

CAD software

Robotic total stations

Drone/UAV surveying

Laser scanning

Job description

Solidus Resources, LLC, a U.S.-based gold development company, seeks a Chief Mine Surveyor to lead surveying at the Spring Valley project in Lovelock, NV. You will own survey controls, oversee production and topographic surveys, volumes, reconciliation, and data management across site operations and projects.

This role is onsite, with a path to advancing a digitally enabled mining operation. You will build the survey team from ground up, collaborate across Mine Engineering, Geology, Operations,