Oceanagold

Oceanagold

Underground Mine Planner

Kershaw, SC, United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
CollaborationGeotechnical Engineering

About the role

  • OceanaGold is a global intermediate gold and copper producer with more than 35 years of exploration, development and operating experience.
  • We have four operating mines - Haile in the USA, Macraes and Waihi in New Zealand, and Didipio in the Philippines and a global workforce of ~5,400 employees and contractors.
  • Our people, assets, and strategy are core to our success.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and facilitate the weekly pre-planning workshop with operations, maintenance, geology, geotechnical, ventilation, and services to resolve constraints and define the critical path.
  • Develop and publish the weekly mine plan (development, production, ground support, projects, and backfill), ensuring full alignment with the 3-month rolling plan/forecast and operational targets.
  • Support plan compliance monitoring, preparing conformance reports and identifying opportunities for improvement.
  • Create OPEX development centerlines and solids for executable cut-sheets in Deswik MDM for review and approval.
  • Create short-range stope shapes via Deswik MDM considering most recent as-builts, grade optimization, and practical drilling & blasting requirements; submit for technical review.

Requirements

  • 4-year degree in Mining Engineering
  • Experience in mine planning using DESWIK.sched or other scheduling software's (previous experience with DESWIK.sched will be highly regarded).
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs, talk, hear and see.
  • Must be able to work shift work with 12-hour shifts.
  • Must be able to climb 25' vertical ladder sections unaided.
  • Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects (up to 50 pounds) during the workday.

Benefits

  • Provide short-term coverage for the Drill & Blast Engineer during planned or unplanned absences, including creating and peer reviewing drill, blast and timing plans.

Company info

  • Living Our Values recognition program
  • Guided by our values-Care, Respect, Integrity, Performance, and Teamwork-we strive to be a trusted company people want to work for, partner with, supply and invest in, to create value.
  • We are committed to safe and responsible mining that generates strong returns and contributes to sustainable development in the regions where we operate.

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