Mine Planner

What You’ll Do

Strategic Opportunity Evaluation

• Lead technical mine planning input for project screening, opportunity evaluation, and portfolio-level decision making
• Develop high-level mine concepts, production profiles, and sequencing options to support investment, acquisition, and development decisions
• Partner with geology, metallurgy, and commercial teams to evaluate trade-offs between scale, timing, risk, and value

Long-Range Mine Planning & Optimization

• Own and develop long-range (LOM) mine plans that maximize NPV, operational flexibility, and strategic optionality
• Perform multi-pit optimization, phase sequencing, and cutback strategy development across complex deposits
• Evaluate alternative development strategies, mining rates, and sequencing scenarios to support robust decision making

Enterprise Planning Standards & Governance

• Define and maintain company-wide standards, methodologies, and assumptions for short-, medium-, and long-term mine planning
• Establish consistent approaches to mine design, scheduling, economic evaluation, and scenario analysis across all projects
• Review and challenge mine plans produced by internal teams and external consultants to ensure technical rigor and alignment with company standards

Cross-Functional Integration

• Work closely with geology, geotechnical, processing, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure mine plans are fully integrated and technically sound
• Translate long-range strategic plans into clear planning frameworks that downstream engineering and operations teams can execute against
• Serve as the technical authority for mine planning decisions across the organization

Technical Leadership & Capability Building

• Mentor and guide mine planners and engineers across the company, raising the overall quality and consistency of planning work
• Contribute to the development of internal tools, templates, and workflows that improve planning efficiency and decision quality
• Stay current on industry best practices, software, and optimization techniques, bringing new ideas into the organization

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or a closely related field (Master’s preferred)
• 5+ years of mine planning experience, with a strong emphasis on long-range planning, optimization, and strategic evaluation
• Demonstrated expertise in pit optimization, phase design, sequencing, and economic trade-off analysis
• Strong proficiency with modern mine planning and optimization tools (e.g., Deswik, Whittle, Vulcan, MinePlan, Leapfrog)
• Experience evaluating complex, multi-pit or multi-deposit mining projects
• Ability to think at both the technical and strategic level, connecting mine plans to capital decisions and long-term value creation
• Strong communication skills and confidence operating as a senior technical authority
• Experience working in fast-moving, project-driven or greenfield environments
• Experience supporting early-stage studies (conceptual, PEA, PFS, FS) and corporate-level project evaluations
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng or equivalent), or eligibility