Senior Mine Engineer

By KGHM International Ltd.

Dead Line: August 13, 2021

• Safety is a value at Carlota, and it guides all work that occurs at KGHM International.
• Supervise Technical Services Department: short range mine engineer, mine geologist, lead surveyor, and fully optimize this group’s time and efficiency.
• Develop short and mid-range mine plans utilizing the most current pit designs. Focus will be on 18-Month Forecasts that are updated monthly.
• Coordinate geotechnical monitoring activities for the West Lobe highwall, supervise geotechnical activities on site, and create geotechnical recommendations to allow for safe mining, with the support of corporate geotechnical engineers.
• Manage project deliverables for feasibility of Eder North deposit, including economic valuations of geologic targets, coordinating infill drilling, supervising dump designs and stacking sequence, and designing geotechnical-compliant pits.
• Manage mining contractors for drilling, blasting, stacking, and pioneering pre-stripping, reviewing and approving invoice items on a monthly basis.
• Coordinate technical evaluation planning process and assist in long and short-term projects (i.e. dump design; third party engineering studies for closure; creating and updating SOP’s).
• Coordinate projects related to the safe and sustainable closure of the Carlota Mine site.
• Assist in the creation, refinement, and implementation of the short term mine plan (material sequence; ore delivery; access planning; pit design; shot muck inventory; blast design and planning; dump sequencing) to meet the Life of Mine plan.
• Assist with end of month reporting and surveying.
• Assist Plant department with Acid Plans and inventories.
• Assist in developing accurate metal plans, particularly for budgeting purposes.
• Work directly with Corporate Technical Services group to communicate and document mining and metallurgical progress, as well as geologic information.
• Coordinate with Mine Operations and Plant departments to ensure the mine plan is followed.
• Train and develop junior engineer, geologist, and surveyor for advancement within the Technical Services Department.

• Previous Related Work Experience Required
• Minimum of 5 years of mine engineering experience - open-pit mining operation preferred, but not required.
• Geotechnical experience or previous exposure to mining at geotechnically-challenging operations an asset.
• Mine Operations/Supervision experience would be an asset. 

• A bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or a closely related field is required. 
• Knowledge of mine planning, ore control, surveying, spreadsheets, and drill and blast process is required.

• Excellent analytical, management, organization, communication, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to perform multiple tasks with various levels of responsibility is required.
• The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to work safely and in a team environment and communicate well with others.
• Be a leader and motivator.
• A working knowledge of MineSight or other mine planning software package is preferred.
• Experience with acQuire, JDE, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office is preferred.
• Experience with Reutech monitoring equipment and software an asset.