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Turquoise Ridge Underground Engineering Technical Superintendent

Employer
Barrick Gold
Location
Turquoise Ridge, Nevada, United States
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Nov 10, 2020

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Category
Engineering, Supervisory, Technicians
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English
Position Description:

Nevada Gold Mines is looking for an Underground Engineering Superintendent - Technical Services to lead the technical teams at the Turquoise Ridge site. The Engineering Superintendent will manage, coordinate, and supervise the geotechnical engineering, ventilation, strategic growth and long range planning engineering functions to ensure a high standard of technical support to the operation. This role will be responsible for coordinate all growth studies, business planning, reserves and resources and long range infrastructure planning as well as the day-to-day activities of the geotechnical and ventilation groups for both the underhand cut and fill, shaft accessed Turquoise Ridge Underground Mine as well as the longhole narrow vein portal accessed Vista Underground Mine

Responsibilities:
  • Provide leadership and systems which ensure the engineering team initiates interactions within the business units to deliver best practice technical services and innovations to their customers
  • Participate in the overall management of the engineering department to ensure that production and profitability targets are achieved
  • Principle functional responsibilities are tactical and strategic mine planning, mine design ventilation, rock mechanics, ore reserves, projects, and construction
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
  • Eight (8) or more years experience working in an underground mining operation with a range of exposure to a broad spectrum of practical and technical areas required
  • Experience with long range mine planning, geotechnical engineering and ventilation in underhand cut and fill gold deposits preferred
  • Ability to use Microsoft Office software required
  • Ability to use Vulcan and Deswik computer systems preferred
  • Good communication skills, both oral and written required
  • Leadership and coaching skills required
  • Sound understanding of safety and environmental requirements associated with underground mining required
  • Financial management, evaluation techniques, and budgeting skills required
  • Demonstrated ability to engage in productive conflict as part of a leadership team required
  • Demonstrated ability to perform essential function of the position required

What We Can Offer You
  • A comprehensive compensation package including bonuses benefits, and stock purchase plans where applicable
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • An Opportunity to transform Traditional Mining into the future of Digital Mining
  • Opportunities to grow and learn with the industry colleagues are endless
  • Access to a variety of career opportunities across Nevada Gold Mine locations
  • Nevada Gold Mines is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

About Nevada Gold Mines

Nevada Gold Mines is a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corporation (61.5%) and Newmont Goldcorp Corporation (38.5%), combining their significant assets across Nevada to create the single largest gold-producing complex in the world and realize the full potential of these mines through synergies and best-in-class operational improvements.

The massive mining operation comprises 8 mines along with their associated infrastructure and processing facilities that produced an estimated 4 million ounces of gold in 2018. Three of these assets are Tier One gold mines: Barrick's Cortez; the combination of Barrick's Goldstrike and Newmont Goldcorp's Carlin; and the combination of Barrick's Turquoise Ridge and Newmont Goldcorp's Twin Creeks. In addition, Barrick's Goldrush-Fourmile project has the potential to become the fourth Tier One asset in this portfolio. The new JV is expected to generate around $5 billion in cost savings over the next five years. Nevada Gold Mines is operated by Barrick .

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