About the Job:
We are seeking a Short Range Mine Planning Engineer for our operation. This position will report to the SR Planning Engineer. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and implement the short-range mine plan at the mine site.
This position will require company-supported relocation to Northern Nevada to work a 8 days on, 6 days off schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain a safe, healthy and clean environment by ensuring the company's values and standards are present in all aspects of work execution
- Develop and implement daily / 7-day / 90-day mine plans that maximize production and meet budget / forecast KPI’s
- Maintain a weekly rolling 90-day mine plan that optimizes upon and is in-line with mine’s medium-range plan
- Continually seek to optimize the operation and reduce production bottlenecks over the daily to 90-day planning horizon
- Integrate with and maintain close relationships with teams across the mine site to ensure the plans are informed and executable.
- Ensuring operational management are adequately briefed on technical matters and plans to make appropriate decisions in a timely manner
- Champion continuous improvement and challenge the status quo.
- Reporting of daily, monthly and yearly mine production physicals and site KPIs against established site metrics
- Perform other duties as required
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Ability to work safe and promote safe behavior in others
- Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Mine Engineering or related engineering discipline
- Three to five (3-5) years experience in mine planning at an open-pit mining operation required
- Mine operations/supervision experience preferred
- High level of proficiency in mine planning software (Deswick preferred)
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team effort as well as individually
- Strong verbal, written, analytical and communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees and management