Description

The Gold Bar Mine is located within the Battle Mountain-Eureka-Cortez gold trend of Eureka County, Central Nevada. The property has seen historic mining from 1990 to 1994 by Atlas Precious Metals Inc. The nearest mine is Waterton Global’s Ruby Hill Mine at approximately 25 miles to the Southeast. Starting from 50 miles North and Northwest of Gold Bar is the Barrick Nevada operation, with a 2017 cumulative production of 2.3 million ounces of gold from its Cortez and Gold strike mines.

Job Description

This position reports to the Senior Mining Engineer and works closely with the Ore processing teams, and other staff to develop short-range stacking of ROM and crusher ores on the leach pad to meet production and recovery targets. Designs and develops processes, practices and methodologies in engineering. Lead the execution of the strategy and ensure alignment with the organization’s long-term strategy. Initiate and undertake projects to optimize performance within engineering and to ensure adherence to industry regulations and organizational standards. This is an extremely exciting time to be joining McEwen Mining as we continue to increase production capabilities. This is an immediate opportunity for an outstanding Junior Mine Engineer.

Some of the day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Develop short-term stacking plans for ROM and crusher ores, employing multiple approaches to achieve production and recovery goals

• Collaborate with Mid/Long Range Planners to align short-term stacking plans with long-range objectives

• Present stacking and leach cycle plans to site and contractor clients

• Provide crest and toe lines to Survey for field staking purposes

• Update and distribute the "Weekly Stack Plan Map" as required

• Support additional tasks as assigned by the Senior Mining Engineer

• Support for operational and development activities in other areas

  Qualifications

  Ideal candidate will have conducted operational and technical roles within a best-in-class mining organization.

• 2 or more years of related mining engineering work experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, Geological Engineering or related Engineering

• Applied experience using mine engineering technologies for mine mapping and modeling such as Data Mine(preferred), Vulcan-Maptek, iGantt-Minemax, Carlson Mining, BIMS, Supac-Gemcom and others, to create mine and ore models, ore optimization schedules, and mine plans

• Basic knowledge of mining and milling operations.

• Expertise of open pit (and other) mining, different products including gold, silver, copper

• A self-starter, agile and decisive, with an outstanding track record of success and the ability to champion change and lead the business to unprecedented levels of production performance

• Strong Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, database and AutoCAD-Civil 3D software

• Ability to perform field work in natural and uneven terrain; walking, bending, reaching, lifting and moving gear or equipment

• Ability to work at high elevation

  Benefits/Culture

  Here at McEwen Mining Inc. our employees are what keep our business going. Part of how we keep our employees going are by offering some of the best benefits in the industry. Some of them are outlined below:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision

• 401k with company match

• Life Insurance

• PTO