Lead Engineer, Paste Backfill

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Competitive
Jan 18, 2023
Feb 16, 2023
JOB-13049
Engineering
Permanent
Full Time
English
Our client, a well-known, Toronto-based consulting-engineering firm, is recruiting a Lead Engineer for their Backfill practice.

Responsibilities
  • Function as our client's paste backfill SME in the delivery of underground backfill systems design services.
  • Drive excellence in backfill risk assessments and hazard identifications.
  • Oversee design and implement short-to-long term backfill programs to meet Life of Mine needs and mitigate risks to operations.
  • Provide appropriate guidance and expertise into backfill inputs into the short and long-term mine plans, as well as ongoing mining production.
  • Establish proactive safe-design approaches to backfill risk management.
Experience

  • Professional engineer.
  • Degree in a geomechanics or mechanical-related field with 10 years experience related to paste backfill engineering, including plant operation, hydraulic analysis, and UG backfill stability.
  • Experienced with mining software.