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LAYIQ - Underground Mine Engineer, Apex at Blue Moon Metals

Underground Mine Planning & Design
Develop short- and medium-range underground mine plans, designs, schedules, and production forecasts.
Prepare development layouts, access designs, production sequences, and related underground infrastructure plans.
Incorporate geological, geotechnical, ventilation, equipment, and operational requirements into mine designs.
Waste rock planning and backfill management
Operational Engineering Support
Provide daily technical support to underground Operations and assist with the execution of approved mine plans.
Monitor development and production performance against plan and investigate schedule, productivity, and cost variances.
Conduct regular underground inspections to verify conditions, progress, and alignment with engineering designs.
Drill, Blast & Ground Support
Support the preparation and optimization of development and production drilling and blasting designs.
Coordinate with Geotechnical Engineering and Operations regarding ground-support requirements and changing ground conditions.
Review blast results, excavation performance, overbreak, dilution, and other operating outcomes to identify improvements.
Technical Analysis & Reporting
Complete engineering analyses involving development rates, production capacity, equipment requirements, material movement, and mine infrastructure.
Maintain accurate mine-planning records, production data, drawings, schedules, and technical reports.
Support reconciliation between planned and actual development, production, tonnage, grade, and costs.
Health, Safety & Compliance
Incorporate health, safety, environmental, geotechnical, ventilation, and regulatory requirements into mine plans and designs.
Participate in risk assessments, workplace inspections, design reviews, incident investigations, and change-management processes.
Identify and communicate underground hazards, planning constraints, and conditions requiring corrective action.
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
Coordinate mine-planning requirements with Operations, Geology, Geotechnical Engineering, Survey, Maintenance, Projects, and Health and Safety.
Communicate plans, priorities, technical requirements, and schedule changes to affected stakeholders, ensuring where required collaboration and communication with the corporate mining team.
Identify opportunities to improve safety, productivity, development performance, resource recovery, and operating efficiency.

Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or a related engineering discipline
Professional Engineer licensure in the applicable state, or eligibility to obtain the appropriate designation, is preferred
Minimum 3 years’ underground mine-engineering experience.
Experience with underground mine planning, design, scheduling, and operational support.
Familiarity with underground development, production drilling and blasting, ground support, ventilation, and mine infrastructure.
Experience interpreting geological, survey, and geotechnical information.
Experience using mine-planning and design software.
Valid driver’s license and ability to meet all site-access and underground-work requirements.
Skills & Competencies
Strong knowledge of underground mine-planning, design, and production principles.
Ability to prepare practical mine designs and schedules that reflect field conditions and operational requirements.
Proficiency with relevant mine-planning, design, scheduling, and data-analysis software.
Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving abilities.
Ability to interpret mine plans, survey information, geological models, and geotechnical data.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively with technical and operational teams.
Personal Attributes
Safety-focused and comfortable working in an underground mining environment.
Practical, analytical, and attentive to detail.
Proactive in identifying risks, constraints, and improvement opportunities.
Collaborative and able to build effective relationships with field and technical personnel.
Adaptable and able to respond to changing underground conditions and operational priorities.
Accountable and committed to producing accurate, high-quality engineering work.
Working Conditions
This is a primarily site-based role at the Apex property.
Work involves a combination of office-based engineering and regular underground inspections.
Requires travel through active underground development and production areas.
The position may involve exposure to confined work areas, uneven ground, dust, noise, mobile equipment, reduced lighting, and varying underground conditions.
Required personal protective equipment must be worn in designated areas.

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