Mid Range Mine Engineer
About The Position
Solidus Resources, a U.S.-based gold development company backed by Waterton Mining, is seeking a Mid Range Mine Engineer for its Spring Valley Gold Project. This large-scale open pit gold heap leach operation, located in the prolific Humboldt Range, boasts a >10 year mine life and an annual production profile exceeding 300,000 oz. The project utilizes 300-ton class autonomous mining haul trucks and hydraulic shovels, with a sophisticated crushing and conveying system for higher-grade ore and direct stacking for low-grade ore. The operation includes a segregated heap leach pad, an ADR facility for gold processing into dore bars, and extensive site infrastructure. The Mid Range Mine Engineer will be responsible for developing and delivering executable mine plans aligned with the Life of Mine (LoM) strategy and annual budgets, ensuring optimal production, cost efficiency, and consistent ore feed to the leach facility. This role is key in advancing a digitally enabled, autonomous mining environment through data-driven planning, system integration, and cross-functional collaboration.
Requirements
- Degree in Mining Engineering or related discipline
- 5–7+ years of experience in open pit hard-rock mine planning
- Strong experience with mine planning software (e.g., Vulcan, Deswik, Whittle, NPV Scheduler)
- Proven track record in implementing planning systems and processes
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data management skills
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities
- Eligibility for PE registration
Nice To Haves
- Experience in autonomous or digitally enabled mining environments advantageous
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage quarterly and annual mine plans aligned with LoM strategy
- Prepare production forecasts, budgets, and reconciliations
- Optimize mine sequencing, haulage, and waste dump design
- Deliver stockpile, leach, and dump plans with supporting economic analysis
- Design pit phases considering geotechnical, operational, and autonomous constraints
- Support ore reserve estimation and annual plan reviews
- Evaluate planning software, systems, and emerging technologies
- Contribute to continuous improvement of planning methodologies
- Ensure planning outputs integrate with fleet management and autonomous systems (AHS/ADS)
- Support implementation of Short Interval Control (SIC) and data-driven workflows
- Maintain accurate data flows to support operational execution and performance tracking
- Partner with operations, maintenance, processing, and technical teams
- Provide planning inputs for production, equipment, and infrastructure decisions
- Communicate plans, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders up to GM level
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, and environmental standards (MSHA, Nevada)
- Apply structured planning and governance methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2)
- Produce technical reports, KPIs, and value tracking outputs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
