Civil Engineering Fall Co-op Student - Travel & Camp Provided

Make an impact at Canada’s premier mining company.

When you advance your career at New Gold, you are joining a Canadian-focused intermediate gold mining company engaged in the operation, development and exploration of mineral properties. Our mission is be a leading intermediate gold producer, driving responsible and profitable mining in a way that creates sustainable value for our employee, shareholders, the communities in which we live and work and our environment. New Gold would like to acknowledge the lands and resources of the Treaty 3 Territory and respect the traditional values of our First Nation partners. To learn more about New Gold, visit our website at

New Gold attracts and hires highly skilled individuals. By joining our team, you can look forward to:

Rainy River Mine

Situated in beautiful northwestern Ontario, 65 km northwest of Fort Frances, the Rainy River Mine is an open pit and underground, gold and silver producing, residential mine site.

The Rainy River Mine, located adjacent to the Ontario / Minnesota border is 65 Kilometers northwest of Fort Frances, Ontario and is situated half way between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Thunder Bay, Ontario The area is home to more than 130 species of birds and large populations of moose, black bear and deer. If you enjoy outdoor activities including hunting, fishing, winter sports and lake country then this is an area you will love to live and work in.

Applicants who reside in Northwestern Ontario and have experience working in a cross-cultural environment, coupled with knowledge of the unique challenges and opportunities presented to those living in the Northwest Ontario, are assets. Hiring priority will be given to qualified applicants who are beneficiaries of the Impact Benefits Agreement (IBA) and to qualified applicants residing in the Northwest Ontario communities. (Indigenous) Members must clearly identify their status on the online job application and resume if they wish to receive priority consideration.

14 days in x 14 days off - 12-hour days

Capital Projects Superintendent / Supervisor

As a member of the New Gold Capital Projects team, the Civil Engineering Fall Co-Op Student is expected to live by the New Gold values of Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence in their daily work. The successful candidate must demonstrate commitment and compliance with all company and industry Health & Safety, Environmental, and Social Responsibility policies and is responsible for engaging work with the Courage to Care: never compromising on safety, looking out for one another, and stopping work if it is not safe.

The Civil Engineering Fall Co-Op Student will report to the Capital Projects Superintendent or Project Engineer who will direct work assignments in field and office in areas of Tailings Dam Monitoring, Heavy Civil Earthworks, Project Coordination, and Construction Survey. The Civil Engineering Fall Co-Op Student will work from the Construction Office in a multi-disciplinary open office team environment. The scheduled work term will be 4-months from September 2025 to December 2025.

Field and office assignments will include tailings dam inspection, collection of instrumentation geotechnical data (including piezometers, settlement plates, and slope inclinometers), construction survey layout and as-built pick-up, construction project estimating, scheduling, coordination, quality control inspection, administration, and reporting, as well as other duties as assigned. Tasks and assignments will be varied for student exposure across the Capital Projects Department and Rainy River Mine site. Field work may occur in all weather conditions.

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Why New Gold?

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process. New Gold does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a forma contractual arrangement with the Company. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by New Gold will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered.

New Gold is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans’ status, Indigenous status or any other legally protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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