Job Opportunity
Reference Number: 2011-0629-03
Position: Senior Mining Engineer
Location: Schefferville, QC
Levert Executive is the largest recruitment agency in Northern Ontario with offices in North Bay, Sudbury and Timmins. Our client base is made up of small, medium and multinational organizations. We have been successfully serving clients and candidates for over 25 years.
Our client was formed to exploit an Iron Ore mine and concentrator in Schefferville, QC on the border of Newfoundland and Labrador. They are a joint venture ranked in the top 10 steel producers. They employ over 80,000 people in five continents and boasts a revenue in excess of $20 billion for the 2010 fiscal year. The current project consists of upgrading high grade hematite ore with a feasibility study on a much larger project underway. The current project is a fly-in, fly-out operation.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mine Engineering and eligible membership as P. Eng.
- Proficient in scheduling in iron ore, gold or base metals and have exposure to one or more mine planning softwares (i.e. Vulcan, Mine Sight and Surpac)
- 5+ years supervisory experience
- Good understanding of standards of safety
- Strong leadership, communications and organizational skills
- Ideally experience in a start-up environment
- Experience in administration of ISO
- Experience in a remote location and exposure to dealing with aboriginal communities
- Experience in managing staff in a fly-in, fly-out setting and in unionized or non-unionized environments
- Highly developed planning, analytical and problem solving skills
- Bilingualism (English-French) an asset
Expected Roles and Responsibilities:
- Initially will be working with project team & consultants to become familiar with the project and to detail short term/long term mine plans for start-up execution
- Will be involved in the start of the mine operation
- Conduct regular and thorough inspections of all mine areas to ensure compliance with safety and environment standards and regulations
- Monitor mine performances and final product quality and undertake corrective actions, whenever necessary, to adhere to the product specifications
- Promote at high performance culture and lead a team to embrace innovation and continuous improvement
- Oversee preparation and control of the mine’s operating budget, to ensure that cost targets are met
- Develop, maintain and improve mine operating systems, to ensure that all production and OHS performances are as per the budget
- Monitor, through appropriately developed reporting systems, mine performance and recommend, plan and implement future optimization strategies
- Based on the customer specifications, ensure that blended ore is delivered to feed the plant
- Assist the General Manager in developing the overall business strategy, particularly in regard to development and improvements in costs and product quality
- Promote a working environment which ensure that employees and contractors gain new skills and achieve their full potential by developing and implementing effective training and mentoring programs
- Manage an employee performance programme to ensure optimum employee performance
- Promote a Continuous Improvement culture
- Liaise with different government departments
- Be pro-active in all aspects of operational safety, efficient utilization of the resources, Continuous Improvement initiatives and encourage teamwork across the departments.
If you feel that you have the required skills and are interested in joining a stable organization, please complete this simple two-step Candidate Application.
We thank all interested applicants but due to the volume of resumes received only qualified candidates meeting the minimum requirements above will be contacted.
