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Reporting to the Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer shall work with mine planning and mine operations assure continued safe production of all employees and contractors Pinto Valley mine.

REPORTING TO:

Senior Geotechnical Engineer

COLLABORATING WITH

(Key departments, External Groups):

Internal:

• Work with Geology, Surveying, Mine Operations, Drill & Blast, Survey and Tailings

External:

• Work with contractors

PEOPLE REPORTING TO THIS POSITION

(Name of Position):

• None

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate safety leadership and safety consciousness.
• Ensure standard procedures/guidelines and work instruction are followed so the required geotechnical data is collected, analyzed, interpreted, and the results are adequality communicated such that they are applied to develop recommendation to Mine Planning team.
• Utilize collected monitoring data to optimize TARP thresholds
• Ensure geotechnical monitoring systems and equipment is operational and validate data being collected.
• Ensure that all significant slope instability related incidents within the areas for which the Geotechnical Engineer is assigned are properly inspected, evaluated, and reported to key stakeholders. Furthermore, that input, and recommendations are provided to Mine Planners and Mine Operations for safely working around and/or remediating the slope instability
• Ensure that necessary geotechnical reports and documentation are produced and distributed to key stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Ensure that the necessary geotechnical reviews of mine designs that investigate for all relevant slope failure mechanisms are conducted for the areas for which the Geotechnical Engineer is assigned, and the results and any potential risks are communicated to key stakeholders.
• Ensure that updates are incorporated into the Ground Control Management Plan (such that has relevant information that is communicated to all mine personnel.)
• Seismograph layout, collection, and vibration analysis.
• Work with vendors to assure equipment is running optimally.
• Plan, develop and implement slope monitoring systems.
• Ability to do basic 2D slope stability analysis.
• Manage, conduct, and communicate the results of inspection of the open pit.
• Develop, plan, and manage geotechnical based projects such as piezometer drilling and installation, core drill and, vertical dewatering wells.
• Must be willing to be on-call over some weekends, including checking emails regularly during the on-call period.
• Independently preform work which involved visual inspection of the mining activities to identify ground hazards and provide recommendation.
• Performs other duties as required

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors in Mining Engineer, Geotechnical Engineering, Geological Engineering or similar.
• Experience with Guardian, MonitorIQ, Rocscience, Sensemetrics, Geomos, Vulcan and other geotechnical/engineering software.
• Able to use a variety of computer software applications, especially Microsoft Office
• Ability to lift/handle/load/stack up to fifty (50) pounds.
• 1-3 years mining experience. Open Pit preferred.
• Ability to work outdoors and in ambient weather conditions
• Well organized and self-motivated
• Valid State Driver\'s License
• Able to speak, comprehend, read, and write English

WORK ENVIRONMENT

75% of the Geotechnical Engineer time will be spent in the office while the remaining 25% will be spent in the field.