As our Mine Engineer, you will perform daily engineering functions and special projects in an underground hard rock mining operation to keep our production going and our profitability up. You'll start every day organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing work activities to ensure timely completion of projects, programs, and objectives. You will be called upon to coordinate with geology, survey, and the mine operations group. To thrive in this role, you will use mine costing and financial analysis techniques to explain variances, evaluate projects and prioritize allocation of resources.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

•Complying with all necessary requirements put in place to prevent incidents, injuries or losses

•Ensuring the safety and health of themselves and others in the workplace by being responsible for their actions and taking due care while performing their work

•Identifying, eliminating, and reporting hazards as soon as practicable

•Reporting incidents and accidents as soon as practicable

•Disclosing all information regarding incidents and cooperating in incident investigations

•Assisting in the resolution of health and safety matters in a positive and timely manner

•Using and maintaining PPE

•Providing suggestions for improving work processes

•Assisting Management by supporting change to achieve desired targets

•Ensuring that plant and equipment operate within their safe working limits

•Ensuring that correct equipment is used for the job

•Participating in risk assessment methodology

•Participating in safety initiatives

•Receiving training and instruction as required

•Maintaining good housekeeping standards

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - Other duties may be assigned at a Mine Engineer I level, technical functions are executed at a basic level of capability with the guidance and input of the supervisor and other engineering staff.

Technical functions for the role may include:

•Mine planning:

o Performs short-range mine planning including development design, drift & fill and long-hole stope design, and backfill design;

o Schedules development, production, and backfill;

o Performs surveying duties in the absence of the mine surveyor;

o Reports mining progress and KPIs; reconciles the schedule and plan with actual;

o Performs life-of-mine planning and reserves determination;

o Coordinates with geology, survey, and mine operations groups.

•Mine utilities, projects, and ventilation:

o Plans and troubleshoots mine services including power, ventilation, compressed air, and water;

o optimizes techniques for explosives utilization and storage; provides project management and project controls for underground construction activities.

o Creates AFE (authorization for expenditure) documents for capital projects and purchases.

•Geotechnical Specialist Role:

o Designs, implements and provides QA/QC for all ground control practices including various rock bolting methods, shotcrete, and backfill.

o Identifies and mitigates potential geotechnical hazards related to current activities and future mining plans through inspections, monitoring, and modeling.

•Mine Automation & Technology Specialist Role:

o Designs, implements and troubleshoots the hardware and software related to mine technology systems

o Systems within the scope of the role include autonomous and teleremote-operated equipment, underground WiFi networks, personnel tracking sensors, proximity detection, centralized blasting, distributed control systems, and other mine technologies which may not yet exist. In addition to the technical functions above, the following behavioral functions are a key element of the role:

•Problem solving: identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully

•Interpersonal Skills: maintains confidentiality, remains open to others' ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things. Cross-trains with other roles in order to expand skillset of self and others.

•Oral communication: speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills and conducts meetings.

•Written Communication: edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively and is able to read and interpret written information.

•Planning/organizing: prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.

•Quality control: demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality. Ensures technical deliverables are provided to customers within time and quality expectations.

•Adaptability: adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.

•Dependability: consistently at work, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.

•Safety and security: actively promotes and personally observes safety and security procedures, and uses equipment and materials properly.

QUALIFICATIONS Education and Experience Requirements

•B.S. in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, or equivalent degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Other degrees such as electromechanical engineering, electrical/electronics engineering, or mechanical engineering for Mine Automation Engineer specialist role.

•0-2 years of engineering experience required