Golder Paste Technology Ltd (Golder PasteTec) seeks to employ a Senior Mining Engineer with experience in mining operations to join its team of professionals providing Consulting, Design Engineering and EPCM services to the minerals industry.

Our business prides itself on its technical and commercial excellence in delivery to the client, whether they are small or a large international mining company. We deliver solutions to our clients in the core field of paste and thickened mine tailings providing plant design, surface disposal and backfill engineering and optimisation.

The Senior Mining Engineer will provide technical leadership, project leadership and engineering design for a variety of multi-disciplinary teams on conceptual, feasibility and other consulting work in backfilling and tailings disposal projects. The role explicitly provides technical direction to project engineers, mentoring and development of junior engineering staff, as well the candidate operating as an effective project manager on studies. The preferred candidate will be confortable meeting with clients on mine sites and be competent to act on behalf of the Vice President – Consulting during periods of time.

The Senior Mining Engineer role will be based in Golder PasteTec’s Sudbury office and work primarily with local office staff on projects, but also staff in other offices around the world.

The candidate must have:

• Mining Engineering degree – or appropriate equivalent;
• Possess Professional Engineer status or the equivalent;
• At least 10 years operational / engineering experience in the mining industry (operational and consulting);
• Demonstrated experience and competent knowledge in a range of mining industry commodities, including experience in operational, technical and managerial roles;
• Demonstrate competence to manage project work to meet scope, time and budget;
• Demonstrated ability to provide strong technical report writing skills;
• Be a competent use of MS Office software and other specific software;
• Be prepared to travel to mine sites (for short durations);
• Work in an open and honest fashion with colleague and clients; and
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the delivery of excellence in health, safety, environment and community sustainability.

The preferred candidate will possess:

• Experience in a consulting business;
• Experience as a senior mine planning / design engineer;
• Experience with backfill mining applications and design;
• Experience with surface tailings design and operation;
• A good comprehension and involvement in process optimisation (ie constraints and bottle necks);
• An understanding of the mining process from resource through to smelter;
• An appreciation and understanding of the mineral process engineering of backfill materials;
• Experience with laboratory evaluation and testing of materials for backfill;
• Demonstrate a desire to lead and develop the mining engineering team; and
• Be competent with the application of MS Project

1. This resource is combined with our EPCM group and allows us to provide specialized innovative, cost-effective and reliable paste backfill, paste surface tailings disposal and water treatment consulting engineering that is unsurpassed in the industry.