Mine Engineer, Senior

Who Are We?

SSR Mining Inc. is an intermediate gold company with five producing assets located in the USA, Turkey, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, and Canada.

SSR’s commitment to safety, collaboration, and excellence allows us to continue building upon our already strong foundation. With an industry-leading pipeline of projects, strong financial positioning, and talented employees, we look forward to our bright future!

Job Description:

General Objectives:

The Senior Mine Engineer will be a key member of the Technical Services team and as required by the development cycle of the team or in consideration of their own development may be assigned duties in any aspect of mine engineering for a period of time. This may include Mine Design, Strategic Planning, Reserve Optimization, Forecast and Budget Scheduling, Drill and Blast Engineering, Business Improvement and Fleet Management System – Dispatch. The Senior Mine Engineer is expected to leverage their experience in assisting with the development of the less experience team members through either direct supervision when assigned or as a coach and mentor within the team. The Senior will liaise with a wide variety of persons and groups to obtain the pertinent data needed for each project as we support the various business needs across the mine site. The Senior Mine Engineer is expected to communicate clearly, appropriately, and accurately with all levels within the organization

Key Areas of Responsibilities & Duties:

The key responsibilities of the Senior Mine Engineer include, but are not limited to the following:

- Maintain a safe, healthy, and clean environment by ensuring that Marigold’s safety values are present in all aspects of work execution.

- Manage and implement mine planning and mine design process to maximize production efficiency and resources.

- Ability carryout pit optimization studies, create life of mine pit, leach pad & waste rock dump designs.

- Create and update long-term mine plans and schedules in line with the mine’s approved resources and strategy.

- Ability to carry out cost analysis to establish unit mining cost and cut of grades.

- Complete the end of month reconciliation and reporting process.

- Collaborate in development of short and medium range plans.

- Engaging with production team to ensure plans are being executed as per design.

- Compile reports on a regular basis in line with internal and external requirements.

- Providing training, coaching, and mentoring for junior engineers.

- Driving continuous improvement in assigned area of responsibility.

- Working closely with Safety, Environmental, Process and Production team to ensure safe production.

- Performs other duties as required.

Required Skills:

- Proficient in the use of standard office software applications

- Advanced skills in drill and blast, mine planning, design, and scheduling.

- A high level of proficiency in Hexagon MineSight mine planning software or related Mining Planning software with knowledge of AutoCAD software is essential.

- Knowledge of Modular Dispatch Fleet Management System or similar system will be advantageous.

- Good understanding of financial modeling is preferred.

- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent behavioral, time management, analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.

- Leadership and Supervision capabilities.

Required Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Mine Engineering or related engineering discipline

- 5-10 years of experience as a planning engineer in open-pit, hard rock mine required.

SSR Mining Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.