Mine Planning Engineer

Cliffs Natural Resources • Ishpeming, MI

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About The Position

Cleveland-Cliffs, Michigan Operations, has an immediate opportunity for a Mine Planning Engineer at our Tilden Mine site. This individual will be primarily responsible for drill and blast design, infrastructure and project planning, reconciliation, and operations support engineering.

Requirements

• Minimum B.S. Mining Engineering or equivalent degree required.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering (or similar) experience in an open pit mining environment.
• High degree of computer literacy, including proficiency with mine design software.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Vulcan preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design blast patterns for efficient fragmentation.
• Engineer and design pit infrastructure including roads, pumping, and electrical distribution.
• Perform reconciliation and reporting/analysis of actual performance to plan, including for drilling and blasting activities.
• Support mine operations department with engineering and design of various projects, as needed.
• Consider mine safety, quality, environmental, equipment constraints, and scheduling in designs and plans.
• Work with mine operations to understand operational constraints or limitations and recommend best practices.
• Work with other team members to understand workflows and priorities and provide required designs/plans for safe and efficient plan execution.
• Identify opportunities for improvements in the department and operation overall, in existing plans and designs, execution, systems, tools, etc.
• Other related duties as assigned by management.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with variable compensation opportunity.
• Health insurance.
• Retirement.
• Paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Mining (except Oil and Gas)
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree