Superintendent Mine Planning, Fifo or Reside - Toronto, Canada - Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Superintendent Mine Planning
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Make an impact and contribute to the development of a world-class project within a pioneering organization:

Diverse & challenging projects with our Underground operations team:

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Bring out the best in everyone

We are looking for a
Superintendent Mine Planning to lead several teams of engineers to the develop the LOM and medium range mine planning forecasts as well as fit for purpose services and mine design release to support those forecasts.

This role is a great opportunity to hone your leadership skills while focusing on integration between mine designs, plans, and schedules.

Working 4 weeks on and 2 weeks off international FIFO roster or residential in Ulaanbaatar and FIFO to site Monday to Friday and reporting to the Manager Mine Technical Services, you will:

Lead the mining engineering team that develops the Long, Medium and Short Term mine forecasts for UG operations
Collaborate within internal Technical Services team plus other teams including Mine Coordination, Underground Construction and Mining teams to ensure successful delivery of mining plan
Lead a design team for effective and timely delivery of approved mine design
Building systems and processes that simplify the mine planning process to deliver mine plans that are accurate
Communicate about and managing significant risks associated with the development and implementation of the mine plan including geotechnical plan
Cooperate with offsite teams for transition or responsibilities to site teams
Execute effective stakeholder management skills to ensure mine planning parameters are accurate with inputs from the various stakeholders on site

What you will bring

Degree in Mining Engineering or other relevant disciplines
5+ years of progressive mine engineering/ operations/ planning experience
Deswik mine planning software experience is required
Ability to work in crossfunctional and multidisciplinary teams to ensure mine plans are integrated across ore body knowledge and the business
Prior leadership experience of technical teams
Ability to manage conflicting priorities and timeframes of work

It will also be beneficial if you have:

Preferably in block cave mining environments
Experience in multiple mines
Experience in large scale multibilliondollar projects, preferably in remote site
Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills along with computer literacy including exposure to Microsoft Word and Excel
Commercial acumen to build mine plan that optimise system value

About us

Joining the Rio Tinto Oyu Tolgoi Underground Project team is a great opportunity to be part of one of the most exciting developments in copper and gold mining for several decades.

The mine contains reserves and resources that make it one of the world's largest copper-gold deposits.

This mega project is expected to be a major contributor to Mongolia's development.

As part of the Rio Tinto Oyu Tolgoi Underground Project team, you have the ability to contribute to something significant and learn and develop both personally and professionally.

We offer a collaborative, high performing environment where success is achieved by working together.

Discover more about Mongolia and Oyu Tolgoi
Mongolia is increasingly becoming a destination for tourism and expatriate residents. As a rapidly developing city, Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar is seen as a comfortable, yet exciting place to live.

With an array of cultural and social activities available and a growing network of international schools, housing options, and leisure facilities, its home to a growing community of international expatriates.

Located in the South Gobi Desert, just 80 kilometres from the Chinese border, the Oyu Tolgoi open pit mine and camp is a large, well-run and comfortable site with multiple amenities including recreational and sports facilities, a cinema, shops, restaurants and bars catered to a growing community.

For more information about OT site, please check out this video.

Where you'll be working
Oyu Tolgoi is an operating Copper / Gold open pit mine with a brownfields underground mining project. The site is located in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia.

The reserves case for the underground project is in the order of 0.5 billion tonnes of ore to be mined from the 95,000 tonnes per day Hugo North Lift 1 (HNL1) panel cave mine with a 20-year operations life.

There is also the potential for 3 further block cave districts to increase mine life beyond 100 years.

Every Voice Matters
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves.

We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome - they are essential to our success.

We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation