Mining Engineer in Toronto

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), an 800+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

Ready to influence how underground mines are designed, optimized, and evaluated around the world? As our new Mining Engineer, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Role

Whether you are at the intermediate, senior, or principal level, you’ll play a key role in the growth of our mining advisory business and team. You’ll focus on all aspects of mine operations life cycle including planning, design, management, closure, and reprocessing.

Responsibilities

• Maintain industry leading standards for mining engineering work
• Working with limited supervision, develop mine designs based on the information gathered or provided, depending upon the needs of the client and the scope of the project assigned
• Underground optimization (using Deswik or similar specialist software) and mine design, life-of-mine scheduling and Mineral Reserve estimation using current mine planning and scheduling software packages
• Estimation of project capital and operating costs and financial modeling and analysis
• Preliminary Economic Assessments, scoping, prefeasibility, and feasibility studies
• Assessment, due diligence and technical auditing/review of mines and projects
• Project management
• Report writing and client presentations
• Support business development across the team and wider business

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Team Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives
• The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $140,000. Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
• Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

Qualifications

• Post‑secondary degree in mining, civil, or geotechnical engineering
• Minimum of five years’ experience at operating mines, with preference given to candidates who have worked in both underground and open pit mines
• Familiar with international and public disclosure and reporting codes, including NI 43-101, JORC, SAMREC, Competent Persons Reports, and Mineral Expert Reports etc.
• Experience with mine planning
• Expert user of at least one industry standard optimization, mine design and scheduling software package such as Datamine, Deswik, Vulcan, and Surpac.
• Registered as a P. Eng (Professional Engineer) in Canada
• Travel will be required, including to international destinations. A valid passport is a requirement.
• Fluency in any of Spanish/French/Portuguese languages would be advantageous.

This job posting is for an existing vacancy. Artificial intelligence is not being used to screen, assess, or select applicants. SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.

We’re Making Sustainability Happen. We don’t have all the answers to the complex sustainability challenges faced by humanity today. But we’re working on it. We are a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries around the world. When you join SLR, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space. We know sustainability starts from within. And no matter how good we are today, we can always do better. We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.