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Role: Senior Mine Planning Engineer
Job Overview
The Senior Mine Planning Engineer will be based in the Anchorage, Alaska office, leading strategic mine planning functions for one of the world’s largest undeveloped gold mining projects. Reporting to the General Manager, this role is responsible for life-of-mine planning, pit and waste design, mine scheduling, and equipment optimization, and will collaborate with various departments to ensure operational excellence, safety, and efficiency. The position requires expertise in mine planning and reserve estimation, and offers opportunities for professional growth in a world-class, collaborative environment.
Roles And Responsibilities
Job Overview
The Senior Mine Planning Engineer will be based in the Anchorage, Alaska office, leading strategic mine planning functions for one of the world’s largest undeveloped gold mining projects. Reporting to the General Manager, this role is responsible for life-of-mine planning, pit and waste design, mine scheduling, and equipment optimization, and will collaborate with various departments to ensure operational excellence, safety, and efficiency. The position requires expertise in mine planning and reserve estimation, and offers opportunities for professional growth in a world-class, collaborative environment.
Roles And Responsibilities
- Perform strategic mine planning, pit and waste storage facility design, scenario analysis, and scheduling.
- Produce annual detailed Life of Mine plans and schedules.
- Prepare mine designs, optimizing ultimate extents, phasing, mining method selection, and waste storage facility configuration.
- Develop life-of-mine plans and forecasts, addressing all aspects of mine planning, reporting, development, safety, quality projection, volumetrics, sequencing, and environmental considerations.
- Determine optimal fleet requirements and equipment selection based on site-specific production needs and geometrical configurations.
- Assist in preparing site budgets and capital requests as related to mine planning.
- Coordinate with Geology, Processing, Mining, Environmental, and Business senior staff and management.
- Communicate and present mine plans to stakeholders including management, processing, and mine operations teams.
- Determine cut-off grades and stockpiling strategies.
- Perform and report on annual reserve and resource estimations.
- Carry out other duties as assigned by management.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum of 12 years’ mining experience required; 15 years preferred.
- 2–3 years’ experience at an operating mine site (large-scale open pit preferred).
- 2–3 years’ experience in short/medium-term planning; minimum of 2 years’ long-term planning experience.
- Proficient with mine planning software (such as Whittle, Vulcan, Deswik, etc.) and Microsoft Office suite.
- Experience with fleet management systems (Dispatch, MineStar, etc.).
- Strong understanding of mine planning and surveying for large-scale open pit operations.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results on schedule and within budget.
- Commitment to safety and experience working in multicultural and cold-climate environments.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate at all organizational levels.
- Authorized to work in the United States.
- Willingness to travel as required.
- Location: Anchorage, Alaska (office-based with required travel to remote sites)
- Compensation: Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
- Schedule: Full-time, Monday–Friday, with occasional travel as project needs dictate
- Reimbursements: Travel and site visit expenses reimbursed as per company policy
