Job Summary The Mine Planning Engineer is responsible for designing, scheduling, and optimizing mining sequences to ensure safe, sustainable, and profitable mineral extraction. This role bridges the gap between long-term strategic life-of-mine (LOM) goals and daily pit or underground operations. The ideal candidate uses advanced spatial modeling and scheduling software to balance ore quality, equipment utilization, and waste management.

Location: Challis, Idaho, United States (2x2 rotation)

Key Responsibilities

- Mine Design & Layout: Develop and optimize detailed pit phases, pushbacks, stopes, haul roads, waste dumps, and stockpile layouts using specialized industry software.
- Production Scheduling: Prepare rolling short-to-medium-term mine plans and production schedules (ranging from weekly targets to 24-month forecasts) to meet extraction and processing goals.
- Reconciliation & Variance Analysis: Track, analyze, and report on actual daily production versus the established mine plan. Identify deviations, analyze root causes, and implement corrective action plans.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate directly with Geology, Geotechnical, Survey,



and Daily Operations to integrate physical constraints, regulatory conditions, and safety measures into executable mine plans.
- Economic Optimization: Run evaluation scenarios to maximize resource recovery, ensure appropriate ore blending, minimize haulage cycle times, and lower cost-per-tonne metrics.

Package Details

Required Qualifications

- Education: Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- Experience: 3 to 7+ years of progressive engineering experience working directly on-site in a surface or underground mining operation.

Technical Skills & Attributes

- Software Proficiency: Advanced hands-on experience with standard mine design and sequencing platforms, such as Deswik, Vulcan
- Data Analytics: Robust analytical skills using Excel, Power BI, or coding languages (VBA/Python) to model fleet logic and production metrics.
- Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills to clearly communicate complex spatial plans and operational variations to both on-site crews and executive leadership.

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