Senior Mining Engineer

2 weeks ago


Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ML6 Full time
The Opportunity:
Our client, an international mining company, is looking for a Snr Mining Engineer (Underground) to join their team on their underground mine in Namibia.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on, underground mine engineer well-versed with Long Hole Open Stoping. They will have sound skills and proven experience in ALL facets of underground mine engineering - short, medium and long term planning, scheduling, ventilation modelling, drill & blast design, stope and development designingProvide mine engineering and planning support to the underground operation to ensure optimal production and backfilling operations.

They will also have confidence and capacity to conduct financial analyses, e.g. conduct a trade-off study, calculate the NPV of expansion projects, and determine the break-even cut of grade from first principles.

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Design and optimise stopes based on drilling results and economic, operational, and geotechnical factors for optimum reserve extraction.
  • Design development and auxiliary infrastructure that supports optimum operations.
  • Develop and update ore and waste rock dump designs.
  • Plan, schedule, track, and coordinate long-term production schedules incorporating all related underground mining and support activities, including diamond drilling, blast schedules, advance rates, equipment availability, utilisation, backfill, dewatering, ground support, ventilation, and construction.
  • Identify and drive operational efficiencies.
  • Guide Mine Planning Engineer on developing Short- and Medium-Term production schedules.
  • Act as an owner's representative in the management of the underground mine development contractor.
  • Guide contractor to achieve contractual and budget operations and safety targets, including leading and conducting compliance inspections. What You'll Need to Be Successful:
    • Minimum Degree in Mining Engineering (B. Eng.) NQF level 7
    • A minimum of 7+ years of experience as a mechanized hard-rock underground mine engineer, with at least three years of supervisory experience
    • Strong knowledge, expertise and understanding of underground mine design, mine and production optimisation, production planning and ventilation design
    • Valid Code BE driver's license
    • Excellent knowledge of mine design and scheduling software: MineSight, Deswik, Vulcan, Mine 2-4d, EPS Scheduler, etc.


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