Mining Engineer

Northern Star Mining Services Pty Ltd.; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Insurance

401k

Paid leave

Job summary

Northern Star Resources Limited is seeking a Mining Engineer to join our on-siteDelta Junction team in Alaska. The role focuses on designing and implementing underground mine designs and schedules, ensuring safety compliance and production targets are met.

You will develop drift and stope designs, build short- and medium-term schedules, and present weekly plans to operations and geology. You will also design ventilation, paste backfill, and ground support, with financial evaluation duties as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mining engineering or related field
• Current Driver's License.
• Must pass a post-offer physical and drug test, as well as a background check.

Responsibilities

• Provide, communicate, and implement underground mine designs and schedules in line with safe practices and regulations.
• Generate underground drift and fill stope designs.
• Create short- and medium-term production schedules.
• Present weekly production schedules to mine operations and geology departments.
• Establish and monitor mine ventilation network designs.
• Establish and implement paste backfill designs.
• Establish and implement ground control and support designs.
• Perform financial evaluations and cost analyses for operating and capital project justification.
• Identify, communicate and assist to resolve safety hazards.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Underground mining experience

Ventilation design

Mine design software

Safety mindset

MSHA awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in mining engineering

Driver's License

Tools

VentSim

Deswick

MineVulcan

Job description

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Full Time Professional Delta Junction, AK, US

Salary Range: $105,000.00 To $129,000.00 Annually

Northern Star Resources Limited (ASX: NST) is an Australian ASX 100 gold producer with three Tier-1 world-class projects located in highly prospective and low sovereign risk regions of Australia and North America. Northern Star is the largest Australian gold producer and among the top 10 gold miners globally. Northern Star continues to invest in building a strong asset base through strategic acquisitions and aggressive exploration to extend the mine lives across its world-class operations and generate earning accretive value for its Shareholders through operational effectiveness.

What do we offer?

• Vibrant hub of activity on site, with the ability to be part of successful and productive team
• Permanent position and extended mine-life offering job security.
• Excellent remuneration package with bonuses, insurances, 401k and paid leave.
• Ongoing development opportunities and growth within a company that continuously invest in their people.

What’s the role?

The Mining Engineer reports to the Senior Mining Engineer, and is primarily accountable for providing, communicating, and implementing underground mine designs and schedules for Pogo Mine consistent with safe practices, government regulations, and production targets.

The specifics:

• Generating and implementing underground drift and fill stope designs
• Generatingshort- and medium-term production schedules
• Presenting weekly production schedules to mine operations and geology departments
• Establishing and monitoring mine ventilation network designs
• Establishing and implementing paste backfill designs
• Establishing and implementing ground control and support designs
• Performing financial evaluations and cost analyses for operating and capital project justification
• I dentifying, communicating and assisting to resolve safety hazards
• Performing other duties and projects as assigned
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's degree in mining engineering or another related field
• Current Driver's License.
• Must pass a post offer physical and drug test, as well as a background check.

Desired Experience & Competencies

• Prefer two years of technical experience in underground mining or tunneling .
• Prefer experience and/or training in VentSim , Deswick , MineVulcan or other mine design software package.
• Knowledge of underground mining methods and appropriate planning techniques.
• Display a clear commitment to safety, health and responsible environmental management
• Awareness of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Act & Regulations.

Working a 15 day on, 13 day off rotating schedule up to 12.0 hours a day or more at a remote campsite. Extreme conditions, including but not limited to extreme and changing weather conditions, dust, mud, varying levels of noise, varying degrees of light and dark, in and around artificial light and in a confined work area.

Employees are required to stay on site at the company provided camp during the work rotation. Camp facilities provide dining service, games room, exercise & weight room, sauna, and accommodation rooms. Dormitory rooms have a land line phone, great Wi-Fi & cable TV. Cell service is available through Wi-Fi. The Company provides a bus service to and from Fairbanks, Delta Junction and Tok, Alaska.

Why join us?

When you join our Company, you join the Northern Star Team. You will be engaged in a dynamic work environment where you will be valued as an integral part of the team, and where you can develop and grow with our business.

Northern Star actively supports and contributes to the local community in which we operate. We are a proud supporter of the Veterans' Employment Commitment and recognise the advantage of a diversified workplace including diversity of gender, thought, experience, and ethnicity. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and strive for workplace excellence.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Shortlisting for this role will begin immediately.

Candidates living in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Delta and Tok regions will be given first consideration.

Due to the large volume of applications, only applicants who are shortlisted will be contacted.