Senior Project Engineer: Underground Mining & Field Lead

Barrick Mining Corporation; Elko (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

401k

Paid time off

Company clinics

Company match program

Career growth opportunities

Diversity & equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Barrick is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join the Fourmile Team in Nevada. You will oversee engineering, field execution, and project management activities for a leading mining project, ensuring safe, on‑time, and within‑budget delivery while coordinating with construction teams and stakeholders.

Ideal candidates bring 5–10 years of underground mining experience, prior supervisory exposure, and a hands‑on approach to planning, execution, and problem solving in a dynamic mining environment.

Responsibilities

• Spend significant time in the field for planning, construction, commissioning, and handover phases
• Lead field engineering activities, verify design alignment with real‑world conditions, support construction teams, and proactively address issues before they impact scope, schedule, or cost
• Develop project execution plan and build owner’s team with necessary resources
• Drive projects from concept through closeout
• Oversee project execution, both in the field and in the office, ensuring strong visibility, alignment, and communication with construction teams, contractors, and operational stakeholders
• Supervise, mentor and train project engineers, define clear objectives and expectations of direct reports, evaluate performance, provide verbal and written feedback on career growth, and encourage innovative thinking and process improvement
• Develop proposals and cost estimates, including required equipment, materials, personnel, and other peripheral services
• Represent stakeholder interests in the field during execution and ensure clear communication between engineering teams, contractors, and site departments
• Prepare, schedule, coordinate, and monitor assigned engineering projects and manage projects within the constraints of time, cost, and scope, and report any significant deviations including proposed countermeasures
• Confirm engineering specifications and criteria comply with applicable regulatory and corporate codes, practices, policies, standards, and specifications
• Interface with environmental department to ensure all permitting is in place to prevent delays to construction, commissioning, and operation of project
• Prepare capital allocation requests including all required supporting documentation, and champion the project to seek approval and funding
• Maintain accurate records of committed, expended, and forecast costs associated with the project against the approved budget
• Perform risk and consequences analysis for projects to help understand both risks and opportunities that may occur during each project phase
• Oversee quality control tasks against budgets, schedules, plans, and how to produce project status reports for distribution
• Develop procurement specifications for equipment and work scopes for engineering, procurement, and construction bid packages
• Effectively communicate with members of the project team and collaborate with stakeholders to adopt the most cost effective and efficient practices
• Provide technical review for procurement tender and award activities
• Create and/or update standard operating procedures and asset management tactics, and how the process is used to provide training to operating personnel during commissioning and start-up
• Develop framework to measure a project's metrics to monitor performance, and contribute to daily, weekly, and monthly data reconciliation and analytics reporting
• Ensure all project control procedures are implemented and validated through regular field engagement, progress tracking, and coordination with cross‑functional project participants
• Preform other duties as required

Job description

Barrick is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join the Fourmile Team in Nevada. You will oversee engineering, field execution, and project management activities for a leading mining project, ensuring safe, on‑time, and within‑budget delivery while coordinating with construction teams and stakeholders.

Ideal candidates bring 5–10 years of underground mining experience, prior supervisory exposure, and a hands‑on approach to planning, execution, and problem solving in a dynamic mining environment.