Description
Newmont has recently acquired Newcrest Mining creating the world’s leading gold mining company.
With operations around the world, our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities where we operate. We aim to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and supported to bring their whole unique self to work. We bring out the best in each other, inspiring performance, and a shared belief that what we do matters.
Our Brucejack operation is now recruiting for a Mine Technician with a competitive base salary between $75,000-$95,000 dependent on experience, skills, and qualifications with an additional short-term incentive of 10%. The offered base salary will be determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and competencies with consideration to internal equity.
Purpose
The purpose of the position is to support the Technical Services group with various QAQC tasks, preparation of weekly packages and supporting various departments with underground inspections or tasks. The successful candidate will be able to work with supervision and produce required timelines, designs, and operational inputs. The role will require multi-disciplinary cooperation and understanding across the different mining groups.
Essential Duties
Perform the following duties with safety being the number one priority:
- Assist short term planners with producing and distributing level maps, weekly plan packages and compliance reports
- Assist Drill and Blast Engineers with Drill packages and sign offs
- Underground inspections of current, future and completed drill locations, providing required feedback to planning team as needed
- Perform underground vent surveys as directed by the ventilation group, and preparing the vent survey package for review by the ventilation team or Senior Engineer
- Underground inspections and documentation of underground infrastructure including air, water, paste and electrical.
- Data collection for drill and blast activities, including but not limited to borehole survey monitoring, CMS scans, blast accelerometer (dyno shot+) installs and collection
- Data entry for drill reports, MDM databases, or relevant ventilation and Geotech activities
- Assist Mid Range Engineering team with updating of service line work for electrical, air and water as required
- Using prepared templates, prepare monthly budget updates for Projects group including monthly updates on current projects and future spend
- Assist Glacier group with data collection as needed. May involve Glacier survey duties and processing
- Assist Geotechnical group as required with paste fill package preparation or supervised paste backfill barricade markups
- Maintain position as department contact for SAP related entries for scheduling and purchasing related orders
Training & Experience
Position requirements include but are not limited to:
- Mine technician qualification or equivalent. Preference will be given to candidates with experience working in underground mines.
- Advanced computer skills (i.e. AutoCAD, Deswik, Vulcan, Microsoft Office etc.)
- Strong interpersonal skills and team player to work with coworkers and contractors.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills (English)
- Ability to liaise effectively with management teams and deal with complex problems
- Strong knowledge of Federal and Provincial mining & safety legislation and regulations.
Working Conditions
- Work at remote location (Brucejack Site) on a 13 days on/13 days off rotation
- Able to pass a pre-employment medical screening.
- Must be able to lift/move up to 50lbs throughout a work shift.
- Be able to maintain high levels of performance over 12-hour shifts.
- Able to work in areas of extreme weather conditions.
- Able to work in close quarters with the team.
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 through the below link.
Link to apply:Mine Technician in Canada | Other at Newmont Corporation