Company Description
RESPEC, an internationally recognized engineering consulting company, seeks an experienced mining engineer located in our Reno, Nevada office.
Job Description
The responsibilities for this position include evaluating geologic and resource models, complete mine pit or stope optimizations, create open pit or underground designs and development, waste dump and road designs. Additional responsibilities include estimating equipment and personnel requirements, estimating capital and operating costs for projects, project economic evaluation, preparing technical reports, business development and project management. The successful candidate will work with junior engineering staff to manage mining-related projects. Domestic travel may be required for visits to client mine sites as well as for client and corporate meetings.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following:
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in mining, geological or civil engineering
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in mining engineering including mine planning and resource optimization with at least 3 years of experience in operations
- Registered professional engineer or ability to obtain upon hire
- Experience in mine planning software (e.g., Surpac, Vulcan, Minesched, Carlson and GIS)
- Experience in pit optimization software
- Production planning and scheduling experience required (preference to Deswik or MineSched)
- Excellent interpersonal and effective oral and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications: In addition to the required qualifications, the following education and skill set are preferred:
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- Underground and open pit experience
- Proficient in programming skills preferred (e.g. TCL, Lisp, Visual Basic, and other programming languages)
- Project management experience.
Additional Information
Compensation: Salary depends on experience and expertise, salary range for this position is $115k-$130k. Compensation includes a comprehensive fringe-benefits package. RESPEC is a 100% employee-owned company and employees are eligible for participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) after a qualifying period.
Featured benefits include:
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401(k) & ESOP (with company match up to 4%)
- Professional Development and Training
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
What We Do
In a world where one superhero can handle almost any problem, our entire team of award-winning technology experts is on a mission to make your business better.
With extra vision to see solutions that others can’t and vast knowledge to bridge the gaps that others don’t, we’re transformers with the know-how to solve the world’s hardest problems. At RESPEC, we thrive on technology and making our clients successful. This is why we do what we do.
From the depths of a cavern to the heights of a volcano, from an antiquated computer system to a business in dire need of re-engineering, our technical and business experts find solutions for extreme situations... like the time we cleansed and migrated 100 million rows of legacy data or the time we protected Mt. Rushmore.
Know-How is Everything.
We use our resourcefulness and vast experience to solve problems. It’s called know-how. And when you have it, problems aren’t problems at all. Know-how defines the core of who we are. It is how our clients see us. Know-how speaks to ingenuity, aptitude, and skill—it is not merely knowledge; it is knowledge on how to get things done. Imagine having access to a think tank with hundreds of diversely talented engineers, scientists, programmers, and developers under one roof—that’s RESPEC. Each team member is highly trained and skilled in understanding and applying the laws of a specific universe to solve any kind of problem. That’s why we have to talk about our team in terms of superheroes.
