Mid Range Planning Engineer

West Red Lake Gold Mines•Red Lake, ON

3d•CA$110,000 - CA$135,000•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Senior Mine Engineer, the successful candidate will work 14:14 rotation to provide supervisory leadership for mid range and short term planning deliverables within the engineering team to support the safe development of the mine to achieve and surpass production targets while adding value to West Red Lake Gold mine. The Mid-Range Planner for an underground mining operation is responsible for developing and maintaining mine plans that support production objectives. The Mid-Range Planner works closely with operations, technical services, and site leadership to identify risks, evaluate opportunities, and adjust plans to meet changing business needs. Success in this role requires strong mine planning software skills, analytical problem-solving abilities, and effective cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

A B.Sc Mining Engineering and a certified P.Eng. or ability to gain P.Eng.
Experience in short range planning executing tasks such as long hole designs, blasting letters generation, generation of weekly forecast
Self-starter, strong collaboration skills and effective presentation skills
Ability to maintain strong communication network between engineering and other department heads
2 to 5 years of experience with demonstrated experience on conventional and mechanized underground mining methods such as long hole open stoping, conventional and modified Avoca, underhand and overhand cut and fill with exposure to paste fills, consolidated rock fill and unconsolidated rock fill backfilling strategies
Advanced competence in the use of Deswik mine planning software to generate optimized mine designs and schedules
Strong knowledge of exploration methods and resource estimation
Smart problem-solving techniques and 3D visualization skills are essential
Valid driving license
Must be willing to complete a criminal background check, pre-employment physical and drug and alcohol test

Nice To Haves

Ontario Underground common core modules training and certification is an asset

Responsibilities

Adhere to safe working practices and contribute to the safety culture of the engineering team and the general mine site
Support the generation of rolling 3 months plans, Quarterly Forecasts and Annual Budgets
Collaborate with Geology to plan definition infill drilling programs based on geological confidence of material and mining sequence depletion strategy to support a steady production profile for the annual budget and Life of Mine Plan
Maintain essential link between the strategic planning horizon to the short term planning horizon to promote budget execution compliance to plan
Collaborate with all stakeholders to generate block mining conceptual and ensure the timely approval to guide efficient stope extraction on the mine
Design mining block capital development and capital infrastructures needed and ensure their timely approval through conceptual presentations to guide the development of the mine
Generate Stope reconciliation analysis and present to stakeholders to inform improvement initiatives and actions with respect to long hole designs and blasting designs to continuously improve these processes and reduce cost
Provide timely support to the long hole planners to ensure designs are generated on the short term in compliance to approved stope depletion conceptual
Generate and update all needed Planning Standards and Procedures within the mid range planning of the engineering department
Support the generation of stope mucking and stope backfilling prints, ensures their timely approval and issue to the operations team to guide the safe and efficient mucking and backfilling of stopes
Update the water management plan of the mine annually to support the efficient management of water on the mine
Generate historical mining KPI trend analysis and present to the engineering and operations teams to inform the teams of the installed resources capacities and recommend mitigations to improve performance
Participate in the weekly engineering team underground tours and presite inspections for all ongoing engineering tasks
Perform all other tasks as required and assigned by the Chief Mine Engineer