Sr. Engineer Drill & Blast

Location: Miami

Job Title:

Sr. Drill and Blast Engineer

POSITION PURPOSE

Reporting to the Mine Operations Superintendent, the Sr. Drill and Blast Engineer is primarily responsible for drill and blast design and performance.

REPORTING TO:

Mine Operations Superintendent

COLLABORATING WITH

(Key departments, External Groups):

Internal:

* Work primarily with Mine Technical Services, Mine Operations, Crushing Operations.

External:

* Drilling Contractors

* Blasting Contractors

PEOPLE REPORTING TO THIS POSITION

(Name of Position):

* Drill and Blast Technicians

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

* Manage and ensure all employees and contractors are working in compliance with all Pinto Valley Mine and MSHA safety guidelines and procedures.

* Ensure all activities are compliant with Company policies and procedures, federal and state regulations as well as local regulatory agencies.

* Strong collaboration and communication of plans and designs with various stakeholders.

* Supervise and control the design of the drilling platforms, ensuring compliance with safety and operation standards.

* Control the Blasting Protocol, evacuation plans, schedules, generation of meetings and attendees at blasting meetings.

* Control compliance by the contractors and vendors which PV is interacting in D&B matters.

* Control the development of the drilling patterns designs according to the technical definition in each blasting unit. (diameter, depth, etc.)

* Ensure the optimal fragmentation of the different materials destined for the processes established in our operation (leach, concentrator, waste, waste for buttress purpose, etc.).

* Control and optimize the usage of drilling consumables.

* Manage teams overseeing blasting and production drilling operations.

* Ensure the execution of the blasting warning and communication system.

* Manage the annual budget process of the resources for drilling and blasting services of the mine.

* Comply and respect the operating, risk prevention, environmental management and quality standards defined in the mine department.

* Manage assigned contracts by monitoring safety activities, expenses and service delivered.

* Ensure the QAQC of drilling and blasting.

* Manage the concept of continuous improvement by measuring and controlling management indicators, such as:
Drilling effectiveness (ton/feet), blasting powder factor (gr/ton), utilizations and productivity of drilling fleets, over drilling, supplies expenditures, useful life and expenses on assigned contracts.

* Perform tests that allow us to improve our processes.

* Generate and control the budget and short-term budget.

* Develop technical studies to ensure high performance of drill and blast process in a sustainable way, considering fragmentation, fines percentages, vibration analysis and damage criteria as PPV critical, pre-split filter, among others.

* Connecting with Geotechnical engineer to develop modeling blasting units in the ore deposit.

* Participate actively in the mine sequence review in different scope of mine planning process, ensuring feasibility and acceptable achievable level of this sequence, considering:

* Different types of blast (trim, production, secondary and pre-split),

* Typical stages of the D&B process to mine properly (Patter dimensions, timing to generate patterns, timing to drill patterns, blasting and loading interaction).

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge

* 5 to 10 years of mining experience.

* Mine Engineering or similar degree.

* Knowledge of drill-blast-load-haul open pit mining sequence is preferred.

* Prior experience in a copper operation strongly preferred.

Key Competencies / Skills

* Experience with Mine Star or similar fleet management system.

* Experience with SAP or similar purchasing program.

* Prior exposure to mine planning software (Vulcan, Minesight) is preferred.

* Prior exposure to blast loading and timing software (View Shot, Delta

E) is preferred.

* Strong computer skills with Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)

* Strong attention to detail.

* Quick learner with proactive mindset.

* Proven ability to identify problems and devise solutions.

* Excellent communication, analytical, management and problem-solving skills are required.

* Ability to speak, comprehend, read, and write English fluently.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

* This role is generally 50% office environment and 50% field environment.

* Must have ability to stand and walk for short durations, including walking up and down stairs and across uneven surfaces.

* Must have ability to kneel, crawl, stoop, and squat, occasionally in confined spaces.