The Senior Mine Engineer performs long and short term mine production planning and scheduling, construction, development, and infrastructure design and project planning and scheduling, mine ventilation design, ground control design, surveying, production quantity calculations and month end mine production reporting.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.
• Performs short-range mine planning including development design; drift & fill, UCB and long-hole stope design; backfill design; scheduling development, construction, production, and backfill; surveying; reconciliation of the schedule and plan with actual; and coordination with long-range mine planning, geology, survey, and mine operations.
• Oversees projects, assists in budget preparation and cost estimations, and tracks costs.
• Works with mine services including power, ventilation, compressed air, and water; assists with design and implementation of ground control and related ground support engineering including various rock bolting methods and shotcrete; optimizes techniques for explosives utilization and storage; ensures technical deliverables are provided to customers within time and quality expectations.
• Plan, organize, and coordinate surveys, tests, or investigations. Collect data points, interpret results, and prepare recommendations. Present executive summaries and cost estimates to senior staff.
• Apply standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria in making minor adaptations and modifications to established engineering plans or systems.
• Develop and maintain a detailed working knowledge of the mine's operational issues and apply sound engineering practices to resolve them.
• Provide engineering guidance.
• Develop practical long-term mine plans, budgets and schedules, including the following:

o Complete mine design options for accessing economic reserves.

o Identify and analyze resource growth opportunities.

o Review and evaluate practical and conceptual mine plans which allow for orderly development and exploitation of economically mineable ore reserves, resources, and inventory.

o Integrate geology, engineering and operations planning into a cohesive process.

o Track mining actuals and costs vs budget.

o Integrate long term infrastructure construction and maintenance projects into mine plan.

o Evaluate the benefits of available technology in optimizing conceptual plans.

o Conduct studies on projects and prepare reports that satisfy the established criteria for Scoping and Prefeasibility Studies.

o Provide technical support to operations in achieving the mine plan.

o Provide information and guidance as to potential areas of concern in regard to the

short-term plan.

o Assist junior engineers with ground control and plans, ventilation system management plans and maps, and drill and blast design.

o Perform mining, stockpile, and block model reconciliation.

o Assist with end of year reserve reporting.

o Provide support for underground dewater system design, power distribution design, and construction projects.
• Work independently and as a member of the team effectively.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree in Mine Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years' experience in mining engineering.
• Professional Engineers licensure preferred
• Prior experience in an underground, narrow vein hard rock mining environment preferred.
• Experience with 3d mine planning software, including Deswik Cad and Sched, Ventsim, Shotplus
• Ventilation modeling software experience preferred.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Willing and able to work in a dynamic and changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
• Must be a self-starter and be able to work independently, taking ownership of projects.
• Ability to demonstrate safety leadership required.
• Must be able to work as a member of a team.
• Must have flexibility with scheduling and be willing to work early mornings, nights, and weekends as needed.
• Ability to organize and write procedures in a logical/methodical manner.
• Good time management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.