Staff Mining Engineer

The role

You will lead short- and medium-term mine planning and support daily production execution. This role connects mine planning with field execution to ensure designs and production schedules translate into safe and efficient mining activities.

What you will do

• Lead safety and uphold standards.
• Develop mine plans and schedules.
• Turn plans into executable operations.
• Design practical mining layouts.
• Plan ore and waste movement.
• Optimize drilling and blasting.
• Improve equipment productivity.
• Monitor execution and reconcile performance.
• Optimize mining performance.
• Collaborate and develop others.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in the mining industry, including substantial hands-on experience in hard-rock open pit mining operations.
• Expert proficiency in Deswik for mine design, mine planning, and production scheduling.
• Strong experience in short- and medium-term planning, operational mine design, production scheduling, and mine plan execution.
• Demonstrated experience in drill-and-blast optimization and ore and waste planning.
• Strong practical understanding of mining equipment, production rates, haulage, operational delays, and the interaction between planning, operations, and maintenance.
• Proven safety leadership and commitment to high mining industry standards and sound engineering practice.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with heap-leach operations, leach-pad planning, stacking sequences, and coordination between mining and leaching.
• Experience with autonomous mining equipment, operational data systems, or automation of mine planning and production workflows.

About the company

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company. They aim to supply critical minerals for energy, AI, and defense technologies by combining industry expertise with software and automation.