Senior Mine Technician

Make an impact at Canada’s premier mining company. Company Overview When you advance your career at New Gold, you are joining a Canadian-focused intermediate gold mining company engaged in the operation, development and exploration of mineral properties. Our mission is to be a leading intermediate gold producer, driving responsible and profitable mining in a way that creates sustainable value for our employees, shareholders, the communities in which we live and work and our environment. New Gold acknowledges the lands and resources of the Treaty 3 Territory and respects the traditional values of our First Nation partners. Location Situated in beautiful northwestern Ontario, 65 km northwest of Fort Frances, the Rainy River Mine is an open‑pit, gold and silver‑producing residential mine site, located adjacent to the Ontario/Minnesota border and halfway between Winnipeg and Thunder Bay. About The Role Schedule: 14 on/14 off – 12‑hour days Position Reports To: Chief Engineer Position Overview The Senior Underground Mine Technician is responsible for leading the site’s ventilation and survey team, ensuring the safe, efficient, and accurate collection and maintenance of mine survey and ventilation data. The role provides technical leadership, oversees day‑to‑day field activities of technicians, maintains ventilation models, and ensures all regulatory and operational requirements are met. The incumbent mentors technical staff, maintains data integrity, and supports mine planning and engineering functions. Key Responsibilities Maintain mine site Ventsim models, complete ventilation design packages, and troubleshoot ventilation system issues. Develop the 24‑month mine ventilation plan and include required construction in the mine plan to reduce potential impact to production. Support Life‑of‑Mine planning work through data collection and identification of KPIs, trends and risks within the ventilation systems. Train ventilation staff and underground supervisors on correct use, care and calibration of measurement tools and data collection techniques. Accompany ventilation planners executing regulatory ventilation data collection, per recommended schedule, to monitor procedures and quality of collection. Perform quarterly data collection and analysis to understand ventilation system efficiency and changes. Develop scopes of work that support changes to ventilation systems and other varying projects. Ensure daily and weekly survey pickups are completed accurately and uploaded in a timely manner. Coordinate and review month‑end survey activities, ensuring accurate reporting of mine progress and alignment with engineering and production records. Maintain survey databases, control networks, instrument calibration and maintenance. Assist the Project Lead with engineering and project management on varying underground projects. Liaise with consultants to generate engineering design drawings. Qualifications Preferably 5–7 years of experience working in an underground mine. Knowledge of underground mine ventilation systems, mine design and a high‑level understanding of underground mining activities. Knowledge and ability to use standard computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite, VentSim and VNetPC. Experience with 3D mine design software (Deswik preferred). Project experience is considered an asset. Strong analytical, problem‑solving, organizational and decision‑making abilities. Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. Post‑secondary diploma in Mining Technology. Possess an Ontario Underground Common Core certification. Why New Gold? Highly competitive base salary and a quarterly incentive program. Extended health & dental benefit. Short‑term and long‑term disability insurance benefit. Defined match contribution to group registered retirement savings account. Travel and camp provided. Inclusion, Equal Opportunity, Accessibility New Gold is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, Indigenous status or any other legally protected factor. Disability‑related accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request. Additional Information Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their application online. All other recruitment activities are solely conducted through the official New Gold website. #J-18808-Ljbffr