Cortez - Senior Underground Engineer

Position Description:

Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!  Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Senior Engineer at our Cortez underground operations.

At Nevada Gold Mines, our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities.

Responsibilities:

• This role includes both supervisory and technical work supporting mine design, scheduling, backfill planning, continuous improvement projects, ventilation planning, and mine services planning.
• Provide technical and leadership mentorship to junior planning staff and assess their capabilities providing recommendations for development improvements. Seek development opportunities in support of this role.
• Work cross-functionally with operations, planning and projects, vendors and with site and regional leadership teams to develop, implement and continually improve the mine plan. Ensure that utilities are considered in detail, and are scheduled and costed accordingly (ventilation, water, power, communications etc.). Champion the adoption of improved approaches and tools. Obtain cooperation using effective change management and customer relations techniques.
• Improve the mine planning results by fully understanding operational and technical constraints as well as fixed and variable costs and their drivers and applying them to the mine plan. 
• Liaise with other planning horizons to ensure objectives will still be achieved across multiple time periods.
• Use highly developed mine design, planning and scheduling skills in addition to demonstrating a sound knowledge of resource geology, geotechnical engineering, hydrology and ventilation, and financial analysis to support the above. Assemble the results of these analyses into presentations and reports suitable for supporting decision making by senior managers that may be of substantial importance to the company.
• In all works ensure plans, budgets and schedules are sufficiently developed; management systems and processes are adequately applied; and personal attention is appropriately directed to ensure that important deadlines are met, and budget constraints are adhered to.
• Assist with the completion of annual budgets and Reserve and Resource estimates.
• Communicate and interact with all relevant stakeholders throughout the work to ensure that outcomes are satisfactorily delivered, and objectives are met.

Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in Engineering (preferred), or in a minerals related field and minimum 5 years of experience in a specialty area (required)
• Technical communication and presentation skills (required)
• Underground mining experience in both operations and engineering (preferred)
• Underground mine planning for short, mid and /or long-range planning horizons (required)
• Experience with Deswik and Maptek Vulcan CAD software, and XERAS cost modelling software (preferred)
• Knowledge of mine plan optimization tools and methods (preferred)
• Strong mine costing and financial skills, including mine budgeting and strategic planning.
• Knowledge of SAP is beneficial but not required
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills, with the ability to find solutions with a team or independently
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills
• Good oral and written communication skills to effectively convey implications of business evaluation and decisions
• Strong organization and planning skills
• Proactive work ethic with strong analytical skills and a high level of accuracy
• Demonstrated capacity to execute and hold self and others accountable for results
• The ability and willingness to train and develop team members

What We Can Offer You 

• A comprehensive compensation package including a competitive medical, dental, and vision plan with national provider networks, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution, paid time off, company-sponsored medical clinics, company match share purchase progr