Senior / Principal Engineer – Life of Mine Planning

• Underground Hard Rock Mining
• Canada
• Semi-Remote

You know how to think beyond the next quarter.

You are the kind of Engineer who looks at an orebody and sees 10, 20, 30 years ahead, not just the next stope.

If you have built your career in underground hard rock operations and moved, or wish to move into long-term or Life of Mine planning, this is a role where your thinking will help shape the future direction of a significant asset.

This is a senior technical position with genuine influence. You will work across a complex underground mining environment where long-term planning matters, and where your work will inform strategy, capital decisions and the long-term value of the operation.

What you will be doing
You will lead and support long-term planning across a substantial underground operation, with scope well beyond short-term scheduling.

Your work will include:

• leading and coaching others
• developing and refining Life of Mine plans that balance technical, operational and economic realities
• working closely with geology, processing and operations to ensure plans are integrated, practical and executable
• contributing to strategic decisions around sequencing, cut-off grades, capital development and optimisation
• using modern planning tools such as Deswik, Datamine, Vulcan or similar to test scenarios and support decision-making
• engaging with senior stakeholders and translating technical outputs into clear, useful recommendations

This is big-picture planning with visible impact.

What you will bring
You are likely already working in long-term planning, or you are moving naturally in that direction from a strong technical mining foundation.

You will bring:

• a Mining Engineering background, or adjacent civil or geotechnical, or similar experience with strong mining exposure
• solid underground hard rock experience
• exposure to long-term, strategic or Life of Mine planning, or at least mid-term, rather than only short-term scheduling
• an understanding of how planning decisions connect to production, processing and overall asset value
• the ability to work across functions and influence decisions at a senior level

Exposure to integrated operations, from mine through processing and beyond, will be well regarded.

What the role offers
This role offers the opportunity to step into a position where your work has visibility, influence and long-term consequence.

You will have the chance to:

• help shape the future direction of a significant underground assets
• work alongside experienced technical and operational leaders
• deepen your exposure to strategic planning and asset optimisation
• be part of a business operating at scale, with complex and genuinely interesting challenges
• build a role and lifestyle in a semi-remote Canadian setting suited to people who value substance, community and proximity to the operation over a major city base

This position will appeal to those genuinely open to relocating for the right mining opportunity and lifestyle.
If you are ready to move from doing planning work to influencing the future direction of an operation, this is worth a conversation.

Apply via the link or contact David Brock on +61 7 3305 5817 (please note I am currently in a GMT +10 time zone).