Senior Underground Surveyor

Eagle Mine; Michigamme Township (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Eagle Mine in Michigan is seeking an experienced Underground Survey Engineer to ensure all mining progress is accurately surveyed and to create digital solids and maps for development and production areas.

You will supervise survey processes, maintain control networks, and approve level and drill/blast mark-ups, with a strong emphasis on safety and efficiency. Underground experience and proficiency with Deswik, Vulcan and Ventsim are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Survey or Survey Engineering.
• 3-7 years of professional experience (underground preferred).
• Experience in Cut and Fill, and Longhole Stoping mining methods preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
• Strong computer skills and experience with mining software and database management (e.g. Deswik, Vulcan, and Ventsim).
• Experience with drone survey preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promote and provide safety leadership throughout all areas of influence.
• Supervise and improve survey processes to meet goals, cost and safety targets.
• Maintain accurate survey control database network.
• Approve level design mark-ups and ensure survey accuracy.
• Approve drill and blast hole design mark-ups and ensure survey accuracy.
• Identify and manage all mining void solids.
• Distribute drill and blast reconciliation reports for underground headings and stopes on time.
• Distribute monthly survey reports for production headings, COSA and surface piles.

Skills

Safety leadership

Survey software

Drone survey

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Survey or Survey Engineering

Tools

Deswik

Vulcan

Ventsim

Job description

MAIN PURPOSE:

Ensure all mining progress is accurately surveyed and recorded, and that digital solids and maps are created. Ensure accurate control is established to all development and production areas within the underground operation.

Main Responsibilities/Activities

• Promoting and providing safety leadership throughout all areas of influence
• Supervise the use of and seek to continually improve all survey processes to achieve specified goals, cost and safety targets
• Maintain accurate survey control database network
• Approve level design mark-ups and ensure accuracy of surveys
• Approve drill and blast hole design mark-ups and ensure accuracy of surveys
• Identify and manage all mining void solids
• Responsible for the accurate and timely distribution of drill and blast reconciliation reports for all underground production headings and stopes
• Responsible for the accurate and timely distribution of monthly survey reports for all production headings, COSA and surface piles.
• Oversee InSAR surface monitoring, and ensure reporting is updated.
• Mentoring and supervision of Underground Survey Technicians
• Provide support to the Mining Engineers as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education, Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Survey or Survey Engineering; appropriate combination of education and experience may be acceptable in lieu of degree requirements.
• 3-7 years of professional experience (technical and/or operations); underground experience preferred.
• Experience in Cut and Fill, and Longhole Stoping mining methods preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• Strong computer skills and previous experience with mining software and database management (e.g. Deswik, Vulcan, and Ventsim).
• Understanding of mine planning principles and practices, preferred
• Experience with drone survey preferred

Key Personal Competencies

• Action Oriented - Initiates timely action to address important issues.
• Collaborates - Encourages unity rather than us vs. them thinking
• Communicates Effectively - Clear, concise, and professional in communication.
• Decision Quality - Considers various inputs, criteria, and trade-offs to arrive at effective decisions and recommendations.
• Ensures accountability - Follows through on commitments.
• Manages Ambiguity - Accepts needed change despite the uncertainty it brings.

Hsec Accountabilities

Employees are responsible for performing all tasks in accordance with relevant HSEC Site Procedures, so as to work Everyone in the workplace is responsible for his or her own safety and for the safety of their co-workers. Employees are responsible for performing all tasks in accordance with relevant HSEC Site Procedures, so as to work safely and keep the workplace safe. Eagle Mine, LLC is responsible for determining steps required to ensure health and safety of all employees, protection of the environment, and the community. Specifically, all employees must:

• Accept personal responsibility for HSEC
• Identify hazards, unsafe actions, and conditions that could result in damage to property, injury, impacts to the environment, and the community
• Obey any instruction issued to protect their own personal health and safety, and the health and safety of others, protection of the environment and the community.
• Report, as soon as practicable to their Manager any situations where HSEC requirements are not being conformed to within their work area
• Avoid endangerment to any other person through any act or omission
• Only use equipment you are trained to use and operate the equipment in a way that is safe, protects the environment and doesn’t cause undue community impacts.
• Participate in HSEC training provided to them
• Report all incidents; including but not limited to injuries, near miss, community interactions and impacts, environmental impacts, spills, unsafe work practices, etc.