At Newmont, we’re not just a world-leading gold and metals producer – we’re a team united by our commitment to shaping a more inclusive, sustainable, and responsible mining industry. Joining us means becoming part of a global, diverse workforce where everyone is valued, empowered, and encouraged to grow. Our people are the heart of our success, bringing exceptional skill, integrity, and dedication to everything we do as an organization and we’re dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.
About Brucejack
Our Brucejack Gold Mine, a high-grade underground mine in beautiful northern British Columbia, is located approximately 65 kilometres north of Stewart. Brucejack is a fly-in/fly-out operation with pick-up points across Western Canada, making it easy for people from different places to join us. We work closely with local First Nations communities including the Nisga’a, Tahltan, Gitanyow, and Gitxsan, to build respectful partnerships and celebrate our shared community.
As a member of the Brucejack family, we put your health, comfort, and safety first. You’ll stay in private rooms with individual washrooms, enjoy balanced meals prepared by our exceptional culinary team, and have access to a 24-hour snack and sandwich bar. We also have plenty of ways for you to relax and stay active, with a gym, fitness classes, a golf simulator, and seasonal activities like snowshoeing and hiking. For creative downtime, our music room is a fully equipped space where you can play or listen to music. Our Brucejack Recreation Committee, run by employees on a volunteer basis, organizes activities and events to make camp life fun and bring people together. The committee also plans holiday decorations, charity raffles, and outdoor events, helping create a warm and friendly community.
Purpose
The Mine Surveyor is responsible and accountable for coordinating and executing daily underground survey tasks and related activities to ensure that mining designs are carried out according to established directives while ensuring that the survey quality plan is implemented, and appropriate survey control and integrity of data is maintained in a timely and effective manner.
Essential Duties
Perform the following duties with safety being the number one priority:
- Establish and monitor primary and secondary underground survey controls at the Brucejack mine to include decline, or tunnel grade levelling and maintain respective data collection and documentation of control and closure accuracies and/or adjustments.
- Complete daily survey pickups, provide line and grade control for development crews, produce driving layouts, maintain as-built drawings, complete month end development and production reports.
- Complete drone scans of underground excavations to update as-built models and for reconciliation purposes.
- Conduct survey data analysis and maintain integrity of data of all files in survey database.
- Set out mine design and geological requirements to include plans for staff to utilise.
- Monitor and report on integrity of capital infrastructure, underground openings, surface infrastructure and waste rock dumps, and structural deformations on a required basis for risk assessment analysis.
- Maintain surveying equipment to required standards.
- Collaborate and share survey data with engineering, geology, and contract personnel.
- Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures.
- Carry out initial surveys, risk assessments and environmental impact assessments on potential work locations to assess whether plans are workable.
- Conduct other activities to support the safe, efficient, and successful development of the Brucejack Mine
- Understand and ensure compliance with Brucejack safety policies and governmental safety regulations including Ministry of Mines and WorkSafeBC
Training & Experience
A Degree/Diploma in Mine, Geomatic or Engineering Surveying complimented with one to three (1-3) years of experience in an underground environment.
SKILLS
- Proficient with survey/mining software (i.e., MS Office products, DESWIK CAD/MDM, AutoCAD, etc.)
- Proficient with Trimble Total Stations and GPS
- Proficient with CMS Scanners.
- Drone experience considered an asset.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills (English)
- Leadership, planning, organizational and project coordination skills & experience
- Knowledge of workplace safety requirements and procedures
- Time management and decision-making skills
Working Conditions
- Work at a remote location (camp) on a 13 days on, 13 days off, 2 travel days schedule
- Able to pass a pre-employment medical screening
- Must be able to lift/move up to 50lbs throughout a work shift
- Must be able to wear appropriate respiratory protection
- 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
- Able to work underground in a mine-site setting
- Able to work both dayshift and nightshift.
At Newmont, our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures that everyone can work to their full potential, free from discrimination, while respecting the cultures, religions, and governance of the regions in which we operate. Guided by our values of Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, Responsibility, and Inclusion we are dedicated to creating a culturally rich and supportive environment.
The expected salary range for this role is CA$86,000-$100,000. This range is tied to the British Columbia market for jobs performed in British Columbia. The salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, training, and/or experience. The salary offer will not be based on a candidate’s pay history at other jobs, and by law, Newmont will not seek information about pay history, and candidates should not share such information with Newmont.
For our Brucejack employees, we also offer a competitive and inclusive benefits package to support the physical, mental, financial and emotional wellbeing of employees. This role will be eligible for various benefits, including: medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance; health care spending account; life, accidental death and dismemberment, and critical illness insurance; short-term and long-term disability; DC pension; employee assistance program (EAP); wellbeing reimbursement program; tuition reimbursement; and paid time off. All bonuses and benefits are subject to the applicable eligibility and program/plan terms, and may be modified or terminated at Newmont’s sole discretion.
If you share our values and feel you can make a meaningful contribution, we encourage you to apply – we’d love to hear from you!