PRIMARY PURPOSE

Reporting to the Chief Mine Engineer, the Pit Engineer/Pit Planner needs to be knowledgeable in all aspects of mine designs which includes pit walls, dumps, blasting and infrastructure. They are the liaison between Mine Management, Engineering and all Departments ensuring that there is constant communication regarding all plans concerning Mine Operations. This is achieved by spending time in the field with Mine Management and Supervision to ensure engineered plans are understood and carried out safely, efficiently and cost effectively.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Time in field every morning (first thing) with Superintendent.
• Ensure all mine designs are followed in the field.
• Develop the monthly mine plans, including the 13-week forecast, by ensuring all department requirements are met regarding plant cleaning, shipping requirements, maintenance of equipment requirements, environmental concerns with regards to water quality and reclamation, operations manpower and equipment availability.
• Ensure Upload mine/dump designs on the Wenco system or surveyed (stakes) in the field for proper construction and make sure the operations following the lines.
• Be knowledgeable in geotechnical aspects of Pit wall, dump and haul road designs, supply field info to and work closely with planning engineers on the design work.
• Ensure drill & blasts activities are following proper practices and design through field inspection and supply feedback to D&B engineers.
• Provide recommendations to engineering team on the planning and designing to ensure that operations can carry out the work safely and productively.
• Forward looking shipping requirements, maintenance of equipment requirements, and environmental concerns to ensure that volumes moved will meet the planned coal release over the next 3 to 6 months. Identify problem areas in the plans further out and provide feedback to engineering team for plans updating.
• Monitoring the plan execution and supply improvement opportunities/solutions for operating efficiencies and productivities.
• Understand the Provincial regulations regarding engineering and communicate these requirements to all departments.
• Support operations on technical issues and optimum mining to maximize production and reduce cost.
• Manage improvement projects recommended by engineering team.

LEADERSHIP AND PROBLEM-SOLVING CAPABILITY

• Having strong motivation.
• Lead by example to maintain high standards of conduct at workplace.
• Demonstrate a dedication to the position and the organization.
• Be consistent and fair in decision making process.
• Proven conflict management skills

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize projects and manage time.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Mine Planning Software.
• Well versed in statutory mining regulations and regulatory agency structures.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build strong working relationships, internally.
• Quick learner and adaptable to an ever-changing environment.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Sc. Mining Engineering.
• P. Eng. or on track towards P. Eng.
• Minimum 1-5 years of progressive experience in mine design, operations and engineering in an operating mine environment.

Wage and Benefits

Conuma Resources provides competitive wages and benefits. Benefits include paid vacation, 7% RRSP matching and extended health and dental care.

Work Location / Travel

Employee bus transportation is available from Tumbler Ridge (Brule Mine and Wolverine Mine), Chetwynd (Brule Mine and Willow Creek Mine), and Mackenzie (Willow Creek Mine).

Please be advised that Conuma Resources does not offer camp accommodations or Fly-In Fly-Out opportunities. Conuma believes in supporting our local communities by promoting them as a place for our employees to call home.

Company Information

Conuma is a leading Canadian producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry. Products from our three mine operations in Northeastern BC, Brule, Willow Creek and Wolverine, leave us well-positioned to serve customers in South America, Europe and Asia.

Five time winner of the Edward Prior Mine Safety Award for the lowest injury frequency rate in British Columbia, Conuma continues to lead the industry with multi-million-dollar investments in the latest collision avoidance and fatigue monitoring safety technologies for the protection of our employees. Safety is not a goal to be achieved, it is our standard of expectation.

Conuma is much more than metallurgical coal. Conuma and its employees are embedded in our communities. The company's Pay It Forward program began in 2017 and since then has raised over $425,000 in support The Children's Foundation. Locally, Conuma's employee winter hockey matches ensure much-needed donations to the Food Bank, while in the summer, our employees get together to assist the local high school teams as they prepare their go-karts for the Conuma Challenge.

Our local communities in Northeastern British Columbia are amongst some of the most beautiful surroundings in North America. At the Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark, employees can enjoy almost limitless hiking amongst some of Canada's biggest waterfalls, ride through ATV and snowmobile trails, explore 97 million-year-old dinosaur footprints, ski cross-country trails, play ice-hockey, swim indoors and out, cycle, and enjoy the sense of community only a small town provides. An hour and a quarter away, Chetwynd is famous for its chainsaw wood carvings and offers a range of kayaking, snowmobiling and rock-climbing opportunities. Regarded as a wonderful place to raise a family, with affordable costs of living, Northeast British Columbia is the outdoor paradise our employees are proud to call home.

Conuma Resources is an equal opportunity employer.