Senior Mining Engineer

Job Title: Senior Mining Engineer

Status: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: Brossard, QC

Graymont is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer in Brossard, QC. Reporting to the Global Mine Engineering Lead, the Senior Mining Engineer, will focus on managing and optimizing mine planning and operations across multiple quarries in the Central and Eastern Regions. Key responsibilities include developing mine plans and pit designs, overseeing permit applications, conducting efficiency assessments, and ensuring compliance with reclamation and safety standards while supporting quarry automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain mine plans for all quarries in the Central and Eastern Regions, as assigned.

• Create and update pit designs using appropriate internal standards.

• Submit and manage mine permit applications for the regions.

• Review and approve reclamation plans for the region.

• Perform reconciliation to verify reserves and quarry progression.

• Develop efficiency improvement assessments to track operation effectiveness for aspects pertaining to mining engineering to identify areas for potential cost-savings and/or increased efficiencies.

• Provide management for blast optimization and fines reduction studies.

• Support quarry automation.

• Conduct reclamation surety evaluations and coordinate surety posting for mine and reclamation permits.

• Identify and manage consultants for mine planning, reclamation and permitting.

• Provide estimates of reclamation costs for calculation of Graymont’s decommissioning and restoration provision.

• Ensure that all mine/reclamation plans and permit requirement information is maintained within the Mineral Resource Development database for all Graymont quarries in the region.

• Verify and submit reserve volumes annually for each Graymont quarry as required.

• Provide technical assistance and training for quarry supervision including, but not limited to: understanding and following mine plans; survey control; reclamation techniques; and computer applications for mine/reclamation plans.

• Review safety, production, and reclamation performance annually at each facility.

• Audit royalty calculations and payments at quarries.

• Identify and manage consultants as required for mine planning, reclamation and permitting.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

• Professional Experience: A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in mine planning, preferably within open-pit operations. Proven ability to lead technical evaluations and support quarry operations through optimization and automation initiatives.

• Beneficial Experience: Proven ability with project management from concept to completion (budgeting, documentation, support coordination, etc.). Understanding of mining equipment, geology, and mine safety procedures.

• Health and Safety Leadership: Strong commitment to health and safety issues as they relate to the mining industry.

• Technology Requirements: Experience with mine planning and geological software (preferably Surpac), along with a strong understanding of computer-based mine planning principles and processes, is highly advantageous.

• Travel Component: Travel required up to 40% of time, mostly in the Central and Eastern Canada.

• Language Requirements: Bilingual proficiency in English and French is required.

Who We Are

Founded in 1948, Graymont is a trusted global leader in essential calcium-based solutions. Professionally managed and family-owned, we proudly serve a wide range of markets, customers, and communities in North America and Asia Pacific. Graymont is also the strategic partner of Grupo Calidra, the largest lime producer in Latin America.

Graymont’s strategy is anchored in its strong commitment to its core values of integrity, respect, teamwork, innovation, excellence, accountability, and long-term perspective.

Central to our philosophy is a long-term approach to our business, built on a solid commitment to sustainable growth and focus on decarbonization, all of which is embodied in our mission statement: Contributing to a decarbonized world by providing essential lime and limestone solutions.

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