Senior Ground Control Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Ground Control Engineer with experience in Geotechnics and Hydrogeology to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the stability of open pits, waste dumps, and providing essential support to tailings dumps. The role requires technical expertise in slope stability, hydrogeology, dewatering design, and surface water management. This position will offer a dynamic opportunity to participate in a variety of engineering and operations tasks, providing stability to critical mine infrastructure and contributing to the success of ongoing projects.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Mechanics of soils, foundations, and evaluation for dumps for RGM and SM pits.
• Analysis of slope stability, waste dumps, and tailings,
• Deliver slopes and FBA and IRA for dump designs for each pit.
• Stability control of the bench walls, mining phases and final pit, and dumps.
• Monitoring, installation, and interpretation of geotechnical instrumentation.
• Build Geotechnical model, horizontal drilling for geotechnical and hydrogeological purposes (depressurization)with good knowledge of geotechnical standards, and ground control management.
• Organize and execute the technical and economic development of engineering proposals.
• Interact with geotechnical and hydrogeology consultants in geotechnical designs and controls.
• Preparation of geotechnical projects in OPEX and CAPEX for the continuity of the operation.
• Management of geotechnical risks in the tailings dam, open pit and waste dumps.
• Geotechnical and hydrogeological validation of mining plans according to the LOM (Life of Mine) for the short, medium, and long term.
• Disposal of materials in dumps, weekly and monthly sequencing, and supervision of compliance in mine operations.
• Geotechnical instrumentation of the open pit, waste dumps, sedimentation sumps and others.

Job requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering or equivalent.
• Eligible for a professional order registration.
• Post graduate qualification in mining or business-related field is an added advantage.
• +15 years of experience in mine operations (Open Pit) area that include at least 7 years in drilling and blasting departments.
• Strong knowledge of slope stability, surface water management, and dewatering design.
• Experience in conducting hydrogeological assessments and geotechnical modeling.
• Familiarity with geotechnical design software and tools (e.g. mine site).
• Experience in developing and maintaining geotechnical and hydrogeological monitoring programs.

• Willingness to work on a rotational schedule of 14 days of work followed by 7 days break at Rosebel Gold Mines Sites in Brokopondo.

If you have a strong background in geotechnical engineering, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for ensuring safe working environments, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity at Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. Please note that only candidates who meet these requirements will be considered for the Senior Ground Control Engineer role at Rosebel Gold Mines.