Senior Engineer - Long Term Planning

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Newmont Musselwhite is a fly-in, fly‑out operation on the southern shore of Opapimiskan Lake, located about 480 kilometers (km) north of Thunder Bay in Northwest Ontario. A place where we promote fairness, equity, and non-discrimination through policies and practices that provide equal opportunities for all employees.

Join us and unearth your potential in a global company that is at the forefront of shaping the future of the mining industry.

Location

Musselwhite Site

Purpose

The Long Term Planning Engineer has site-based scope, primarily supporting Musselwhite Mine, but may also be called upon to support other operations in the region. The position reports to the Senior Long Term Planning Lead through the centralized operating model and covers the long term planning functional deliverables and mine planning work packages. This includes long term planning aspects of business planning, support of site-based studies, projects, Full Potential and Strategic Resource Development (SRD) activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible and felt leadership in support of health, safety, security, and S programs.
• Responsible for the generation of timely and accurate long-term planning work packages for the site:
• Reserve and Resource estimation, planning, and annual MRMR reporting.
• Strategic mine plans and options scenarios supporting Life of Asset planning.
• Business plan physicals and associated documentation for the Life of Asset plan, in collaboration with the site mine planning teams and Technical Services Manager.
• Long term supporting facilities (pumping system, UG facilities etc.) design and scheduling.
• Life of Asset infrastructure planning (tails, backfill, ventilation, etc.).
• Support for reclamation and closure planning.
• Conduct economic evaluations on mid to long term development and stoping layouts.
• Execute long term mine planning standard procedures, guidelines, standards, best practices and planning improvement initiatives at the site, including consideration of safety in design.
• Support and collaborate with the site mine planning teams in the generation of the 0 to 2 years portion of the business plan to ensure a single integrated Life of Asset plan for the site.
• Support site projects and studies work and support strategic components of Full Potential and Strategic Resource Development (SRD) work as required.
• Support unit cost development and analysis.
• Build and maintain trust and credibility with key stakeholders including the site Technical Services Manager, Site Business Manager, and site functional teams.
• Draw on experiences in underground mining to ensure the long term deliverables are considering and applying diversified engineering techniques. Experience in open pit mining is a plus.

Requirements

• A B.Sc. Mining Engineering or equivalent is essential, P.Eng. qualification desirable with ability to gain qualification essential.
• Experience in a range of mine planning horizons including long term mine planning, production support, mine operations and design in large and diversified mine sites a plus and with preference for experience in conventional hard rock gold operations.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to influence and a high level of cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, listening).
• Self-starter and strong facilitation and presentation skills.
• Ability to build and maintain a strong communications network with planning peers, Technical Services Manager, Study Directors, and Mine Manager.
• Experience in operations with complex multi-mine, multi-process situations preferable and a knowledge of mine methods, mine design, production scheduling (strategic and tactical), equipment selection, reserve estimation, and economic evaluations.
• High level of competence in the use of mine planning software, including optimization techniques and strong experience in the use of the Deswik software suite.
• Knowledge of unit costing methods for reserve and resource analysis and of cash flow and financial analysis through the use and manipulation of project financial models. Experience with Xeras cost estimating tool a plus.
• Knowledge of exploration methods and resource estimation.
• Strong problem solving and 3D visualization skills.

Working Conditions

• The position is nominally located at Newmont’s Musselwhite Mine Thunder Bay Office with flexible home location working arrangements; regardless of location, employee would be required to travel to site (25-35%).
• The position may require travel nationally and internationally.
• Will be required to access mining and processing areas, rough terrain, or exploration sites.
• Frequent working at a computer/monitor and keyboard.
• Must be sensitive to cultural differences at the operations within the company.
• The work schedule for this position is 5x2.

We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

As an equal opportunity employer, Newmont is committed to diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.