Job Description

Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!

Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer with our Underground Engineering department at our Goldrush operations. The successful candidate will Independently perform work that involves visual inspections of the underground mining activities to identify rock hazards, provide recommendations, and monitor excavation performance.

At Nevada Gold Mines, our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are committed to a safe work environment, sending every person home safely and healthy daily and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities.

Responsibilities:

• Independently perform work that involves visual inspections of underground mining activities to identify rock hazards, provide recommendations, and monitor excavation performance.
• Ensure adherence to the Ground Control standards and maintain the ground support QA/QC program, such as rockbolt pull-testing and UCS of shotcrete and backfill.
• Utilize rock mechanics properties to design ground support as needed.
• Collect, analyze and report on geotechnical monitoring data and maintain databases.
• Review and advise on mine and stope designs.
• Assist with ground control safety training programs.
• Supervision of consultants and contractors, as necessary.
• The candidate will also periodically assist with geotechnical mapping underground and geotechnical core logging for specific drill programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Minimum requirement: Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, or Geology is necessary.
• Geotechnical Experience: 5-7 years of underground experience and Geotechnical Design Work is required.
• Experience with rock mass classification systems, geotechnical analysis, structural mapping, ground support designs, and underground mining QA/QC programs is necessary.
• It is preferred to be familiar with various geotechnical software packages.
• Requires team leadership, problem-solving skills, and excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Flexibility in work hours for on-call and call-outs is required.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, as well as independently is preferred
  

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