Mine Engineering Superintendent

Jerritt Canyon • Elko, NV

91d

About The Position

The Mine Engineering Superintendent is a high-impact leadership role supporting the evaluation and planning of Jerritt Canyon, a Nevada gold property preparing for a potential future restart. The role leads technical services functions for safe, disciplined, and cost-effective underground mine planning and execution. Areas of responsibility include mine planning and design, ventilation, drill and blast, surveying, technical reporting, and cross-functional operational support. The successful candidate will provide strong technical and team leadership and develop practical systems, standards, and processes that support operational readiness.

Jerritt Canyon operations were suspended in May 2023 to prioritize exploration and technical studies. The position will provide technical guidance for restart planning, operational readiness, capital planning, and long-term value creation while maintaining high standards for engineering documentation, data integrity, technical reviews, regulatory compliance, and communication of risks and opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• At least 10 years of underground mining experience, including progressively responsible technical services, mine planning, and operational support experience.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience supervising, coaching, and developing engineering, planning, surveying, or technical teams.
• Advanced working knowledge of Deswik mine design and scheduling software.
• Strong underground ventilation experience, including planning, modeling, optimization, monitoring, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated experience developing and integrating short-range, medium-range, long-range, and life-of-mine plans in an underground mining environment.
• Strong understanding of underground mining methods, ground control principles, development sequencing, production processes, and cost drivers.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams, communicate technical information clearly, and make sound decisions in a fast-paced operating environment.

Nice To Haves

• Professional registration or eligibility.
• Experience building practical mine planning systems and workflows.
• Experience supporting mine restart, ramp-up, operational readiness, or major improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering and surveying team, emphasizing safety, accountability, technical excellence, and succession planning.
• Independently lead priorities, resolve issues, and advance work with limited direction and sound judgment.
• Develop team members through coaching, clear expectations, accountability, feedback, and opportunities to build technical capability and leadership depth.
• Conduct difficult and constructive conversations professionally and maintain trust, accountability, and forward momentum.
• Promote a high-performance culture grounded in safe work practices, operational discipline, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
• Partner with operations, geology, maintenance, environmental, processing, safety, and senior leadership to align technical work with site priorities and business objectives.
• Collaborate across departments to support shared accountability, remove barriers, and advance business objectives.
• Direct short-range, medium-range, and long-range mine planning for production readiness, infrastructure planning, development sequencing, and life-of-mine strategy.
• Apply industry best practices in mine design, scheduling, plan compliance, and resource optimization to improve safety, productivity, cost performance, and execution reliability.
• Establish planning controls, reporting routines, and performance metrics to track plan compliance, development progress, production readiness, and technical risks.
• Lead ventilation planning, monitoring, modeling, and improvement initiatives for safe and compliant underground operations.
• Oversee drill and blast engineering standards, designs, performance tracking, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical guidance and recommendations for mine restart planning, operational readiness, capital planning, and long-term value creation.
• Maintain standards for engineering documentation, data integrity, technical reviews, regulatory compliance, and communication of key risks and opportunities.

Benefits

• Opportunity to play a key leadership role in evaluating and preparing a significant Nevada gold asset for a potential future restart.
• High-visibility technical leadership role with meaningful influence over planning systems, standards, team development, and operational readiness.
• Collaborative environment with the ability to partner across operations, geology, maintenance, processing, safety, and senior leadership.
• Competitive opportunity for a proven underground mining professional seeking a challenging, career-building role in an established North American mining jurisdiction.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior