Tailings Management Coordinator
About The Position
The Tailings Management Coordinator is accountable for ensuring the tailings management area is aligned with the Tailings Stewardship Strategy of Orla Musselwhite Mine. This work includes project management, performance monitoring, operational reviews, training, and managing outside consultants. Additionally, the Tailings Management Specialist supports operations, manages tailings expansion, and supports closure planning strategies. They provide operational input and support by participating in and contributing to design, drawing reviews, hazard and risk review sessions, life-cycle value assessments (LCVA) studies, process studies, lessons-learned sessions, constructability reviews, and value improving practice reviews.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in civil, geotechnical, mining engineering or comparable professional engineering designation an asset
- 10+ years of related mining industry experience with 5+ years in tailings management role
- Strong technical skills and understanding of tailings facilities including tailings basin operation, water balance, slurry pumping, cyclones, filters, thickeners, dam construction and raising, and monitoring as well as implementation and maintenance of Tailings Management Plans (OMS)
- Strong familiarity with geotechnical principals
- Knowledge of regulations applicable to management of tailings facilities and mine site operations, and familiarity with Canadian Dam Association and Mining Association of Canada guidelines
- Experience in solid liquid separation, tailings material characterization, deposition techniques and related environmental best practice
- Ability to communicate effectively and build relationships
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Responsibilities
- Maintain a high health, safety and environmental awareness
- Monitor own and peers’ adherence to health and safety measures, protocols and standards
- Report any deviation from established health and safety measures and protocols to the technical training coordinator
- Adhere to Orla’s Health, Safety and Environmental standards
- Effective leadership, guidance and support of operation teams at the mine site
- Communicating performance and monitoring issues, emergency actions, support regulatory compliance reporting, and expansion plans for tailings to communities of interest
- Ensure tailings deposition plans are optimized and ensuring accurate tailings pond forecasts
- Verify deposition plan is compliant with monthly reviews of survey results.
- Leading and promoting a safety culture and safe operations within tailings operations
- Identifying training needs, and developing and coordinating training plans at the site level
- Leading the effort to reduce design, construction, operating and closure risks at Musselwhite Mine
- Lead potential initiative for Tailings Expansion if mine life extends beyond current reserves
- Managing internal and external consultants supporting the Tailings projects
- Establishing scope and budget and managing work by external consultants to support tailings operations
- Identification of key performance indicators related to cost, regulatory compliance, and tailings stewardship
- Implementing processes or procedures that comply with Corporate Health & Safety and Environmental Standards
- Continually display diligence to ensure legislative compliance and adherence to safety measures
- Perform other related functions as assigned by technical training coordinator.
- Meet and establish performance expectations set by management.
- Treat all colleagues, business partners, and other stakeholders with respect.
- Participate in capability training per departmental procedure
Benefits
- Annual short term incentive program
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP)
- Automatic 5% employer contribution to DCPP
- Up to an additional 4% employer match on employee contributions to DCPP
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
