Senior Engineer, Planning & Infrastructure

Vale • Greater Sudbury, ON

21h • Onsite

About The Position

We are currently seeking a Senior Engineer, Planning & Infrastructure to join our Mines Technical Services team at Coleman Mine in Sudbury. This is a permanent position. As a Senior Engineer, you will work with mine operations and technical disciplines to make sure mining operations are planned, developed, and operated in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering.
• Professional Engineering Designation (P.Eng.) is required.
• A minimum of 4 years of mine production planning and mining engineering experience is required.
• Underground mine design, mining engineering, scheduling, and a high level of understanding of underground mining activities.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and familiar with spreadsheet manipulation in Excel.
• Be creative, not only use past practices but promote new ways of doing things in order to maximize the value of our mineral resources.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of engineering planning software (Deswik) is an asset.
• Knowledge of cash flow modeling techniques and mineral economics is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide mining engineering expertise to a multidisciplinary team that includes geologists, mining engineers, and geotechnical engineers, ensuring integrated and effective underground mine planning and operations.
• Participate in the design and evaluation of underground mining operations, contributing to the development of safe, efficient, and cost-effective mining methods.
• Develop detailed designs for both development and production activities. This includes stope and excavation design work in coordination with relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment with operational goals.
• Design backfill strategies using sand fill and development rock that meet engineering standards for ground support.
• Create blasting designs aimed at maximizing ore recovery while maintaining safety and minimizing dilution.
• Maintain a strong focus on safety in all engineering activities, aligning with the MTS Safety Plan. Proactively identify and implement opportunities for improving safety, productivity, and cost-efficiency.
• Maintain and update level and section prints for critical mine infrastructure, including drainage, pumping systems, backfill, compressed air, and LTE networks across multiple levels and orebodies.
• Initiate and validate engineering requests for new level infrastructure, including the design and placement of sumps, electrical stations, and sandfill stations.
• Update and manage documentation related to the mine’s Water Management Program. Provide technical support for incident investigations involving water management issues.
• Complete and review development layouts, service borehole layouts, and conduct site visits as required. Perform QA/QC on miscellaneous boreholes, ensuring accurate records, as-built documentation, and updates to the drill database.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including a variable annual incentive plan
• Participation in a competitive Defined Contribution Pension package
• Comprehensive benefits package (company paid core coverage, health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans and optional insurances)
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, personal, sick, parental)
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Virtual Healthcare online
• Online training and career development opportunities

What This Job Offers

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