Mine Planning Engineer Location: St Austell – Cornwall
Hours of work: 37.5h Monday -Friday
Contract: Fix term contract for 12 months.
Are you a Mining Engineer or Geologist? Do you have a good understanding of basic Mine planning principles, methodologies and techniques?
As a Mining Planning Engineer, for Imerys you will be involved in defining reserves to access raw material for BA operations. Your role is to provide Mine optimization, analysis, design and mine planning/scheduling across mining sites in Cornwall.
Provide medium to long term planning to support extraction of the mineral assets,
Create long term schedules for waste dumps,
Create pit and dump designs to ensure optimization of operational resource and maintain production and quality targets,
To provide support to mining and production managers and professionals in operations and projects,
To train the sites engineers in short term and mid-term mine planning,
This allows them to tap into their full potential and to take advantage of the wealth of career and development opportunities available.
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
~ Generous Pension Plan
~ Life Assurance
~ Company Sick Pay
~ Car salary sacrifice scheme
~ Discounts on external retailers
~ Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Virtual GP
Flu and Eye care vouchers
Enhance – family friendly policies
Excellent IT skills together with familiarization of one of the major designs and Mine planning software packages; Knowledge of GIS and surveying would be an advantage.
Degree level in Science or Engineering, ideally Mining engineering or Mining Geology.
Direct and relevant experience working in mining environment.
Production experience necessary with a few years relevant experience in mine planning and mine designs in mining environment (Brownfield).
Have the intention to register as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer following professional training and experience.
Full driving license.
IMERYS is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.