Underground Mining Engineer

Job Title Underground Mining Engineer

Vacancy No VN4494

Employment Type Permanent

Contract Type Full-Time

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• Open to applicants at the intermediate, senior, and principal levels
• Post-secondary degree in mining, civil, or geotechnical engineering
• Professional status or eligibility for professional status in Canada or internationally
• Valid passport, and willingness to travel internationally as required
• Opportunity for innovative, cutting-edge work in a collaborative and engaged “One Team” environment
• Challenging career opportunities, along with personal and professional advancement
  
  
  

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), team of 550+ environmental/regulatory professionals across 18 office locations in Canada. We are a leading consulting firm delivering over 30 technical disciplines helping our clients reach their environmental and sustainability goals. With over 25 years of experience, we are a recognized leader in environmental and advisory solutions.

As our new Mining Engineer, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Job Description

Whether you are at the intermediate, senior, or principal level, you’ll play a key role in the growth of our mining advisory business and team. You’ll focus on all aspects of underground operations life cycle including design, management, closure, and reprocessing. We’ll look to you to bring experience and understanding of current industry trends and guidelines on design, estimation, planning, as well as interest in working collaboratively to find solutions to complex and interesting problems.

Success in this role will require exceptional written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work independently and effectively with co-workers, clients, and contractors, and a “safety-first” attitude.

Key Responsibilities

Specifically, you will:

• Maintain industry leading standards for mining engineering work
• Working with limited supervision, develop mine designs based on the information gathered or provided, depending upon the needs of the client and the scope of the project assigned
• Underground optimization (using Deswik or similar software) and mine design, life-of-mine scheduling and Mineral Reserve estimation using current mine planning and scheduling software packages
• Estimation of project capital and operating costs and financial modeling and analysis
• Preliminary Economic Assessments, scoping, prefeasibility, and feasibility studies
• Assessment, due diligence and technical auditing/review of mines and projects
• Project management
• Report writing and client presentations
• Support business development across the team and wider business
  
  
  

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

• The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $140,000+. Final agreed-upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
• Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in mining, civil, or geotechnical engineering
• Minimum of five years operational experience at operating underground mines
• Familiar with international and public disclosure and reporting codes, including NI 43-101, JORC, SAMREC, Competent Persons Reports, and Mineral Expert Reports etc.
• Experience with mine planning at an operational mine
• Expert user of at least one industry standard optimization, mine design and scheduling software package such as Datamine, Deswik, Vulcan, Surpac
• Familiarity with the CRISCO reporting codes
• Registered or qualified for registration as a Professional Engineer in Canada or the equivalent in the USA, UK, Australia, or South Africa
• Competent to act as Qualified and Competent Person for public disclosure of Mineral and Ore Reserve estimation in a range of commodities under Canadian reporting codes, or the equivalent in Australia and Europe
• Frequent international travel will be required - extended periods is not the norm but may be required on occasion. Short term travel, often at short notice will likely be a frequent occurrence
• Fluency in any of Spanish/French/Portuguese languages would be advantageous
  
  
  

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQ+, veterans, and people with disabilities.

Country Canada

Office Calgary; Toronto; Vancouver; Victoria