Long Range Mine Planning Engineer

Origin Mining Company•Golden Valley, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Long Range Mine Planning Engineer will be responsible for the Long range mine planning for the Mineral Park (MP) project near Kingman, Arizona. This will be a key support role to the Mine Operations Manager. Duties and Responsibilities: · Creating daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly mine plans based on the life of mine design and schedule. · Monitor the mining progress to ensure adherence to the mine plan and quality of the mining process. · Create a leach pad stacking plan to accommodate all the ore mined on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis. · Create a waste dump plan for all waste tons mined on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis. · Monitor the waste placement on the waste dump to ensure adherence to the provided plans. · Monitor the ore placement on the leach pad to ensure adherence to the stacking plan. · Collect data from the Geotechnical monitoring system and report results on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis. · Assist, as needed, with survey activities. · Work in conjunction with other departments to ensure that safety and quality standards are met during the mining process. · Cross train on the duties of the grade control geologist to ensure adequate coverage of both job requirements

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in mining engineering or similar.
3-5 years’ experience with 3D CAD software (Vulcan or similar).
3-5 years’ experience in an open pit Copper mining project.
3-5 years’ experience in dill & blast planning.
Ability to perform field work with a demonstrated focus on safety.
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

Creating daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly mine plans based on the life of mine design and schedule.
Monitor the mining progress to ensure adherence to the mine plan and quality of the mining process.
Create a leach pad stacking plan to accommodate all the ore mined on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
Create a waste dump plan for all waste tons mined on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
Monitor the waste placement on the waste dump to ensure adherence to the provided plans.
Monitor the ore placement on the leach pad to ensure adherence to the stacking plan.
Collect data from the Geotechnical monitoring system and report results on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
Assist, as needed, with survey activities.
Work in conjunction with other departments to ensure that safety and quality standards are met during the mining process.
Cross train on the duties of the grade control geologist to ensure adequate coverage of both job requirements