Underground Mine Engineer – Site-Based

Blue Moon Metals Inc.; St. George (VT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Moon Metals Inc. is seeking an Underground Mine Engineer to provide technical support for underground mine development and production at the Apex Property in St. George.

You will prepare mine designs, schedules, production plans, and analyses while monitoring execution in changing underground conditions. You will work closely with Operations, Geology, Geotechnical, Maintenance, Projects, Survey, and Health & Safety to ensure plans are safe, practical, and aligned with production goals,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or related discipline.
• 3 years underground mine-engineering experience.
• Professional Engineer licensure preferred or eligible.
• Experience with underground mine planning, design, scheduling, and operational support.
• Experience interpreting geological, survey, and geotechnical information.
• Experience using mine-planning and design software.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to meet all site-access and underground-work requirements.
• Strong knowledge of underground mine-planning, design, and production principles.
• Ability to prepare practical mine designs and schedules that reflect field conditions and operational requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop short- and medium-range underground mine plans, designs, schedules, and production forecasts.
• Prepare development layouts, access designs, production sequences, and related underground infrastructure plans.
• Incorporate geological, geotechnical, ventilation, equipment, and operational requirements into mine designs.
• Waste rock planning and backfill management.
• Provide daily technical support to underground Operations and assist with the execution of approved mine plans.
• Monitor development and production performance against plan and investigate schedule, productivity, and cost variances.
• Conduct regular underground inspections to verify conditions, progress, and alignment with engineering designs.
• Support the preparation and optimization of development and production drilling and blasting designs.
• Coordinate with Geotechnical Engineering and Operations regarding ground-support requirements and changing ground conditions.
• Review blast results, excavation performance, overbreak, dilution, and other operating outcomes to identify improvements.
• Complete engineering analyses involving development rates, production capacity, equipment requirements, material movement, and mine infrastructure.
• Maintain accurate mine-planning records, production data, drawings, schedules, and technical reports.
• Support reconciliation between planned and actual development, production, tonnage, grade, and costs.
• Incorporate health, safety, environmental, geotechnical, ventilation, and regulatory requirements into mine plans and designs.
• Participate in risk assessments, workplace inspections, design reviews, incident investigations, and change-management processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, productivity, development performance, resource recovery, and operating efficiency.

Skills

Underground mine planning

Mine design

Production planning

Geotechnical coordination

Data analysis

Field inspections

Project coordination

Communication skills

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering

Professional Engineer licensure preferred

Tools

Mine planning software

Job description

Blue Moon Metals Inc. is seeking an Underground Mine Engineer to provide technical support for underground mine development and production at the Apex Property in St. George.

You will prepare mine designs, schedules, production plans, and analyses while monitoring execution in changing underground conditions. You will work closely with Operations, Geology, Geotechnical, Maintenance, Projects, Survey, and Health & Safety to ensure plans are safe, practical, and aligned with production goals,