Carlin - Dewatering Engineer II

We are seeking a Dewatering Engineer to join the People’s division at Nevada Gold Mines.

This role involves planning, scheduling, and coordinating engineering work for moderate‑scope mining and processing infrastructure projects within a major project or a total project of moderate scope.

• Assist and lead project definition, scoping, costing, approval, design, permitting and construction activities of mining and processing infrastructure projects
• Execution of some aspects of small and medium sized projects, including planning, justification, engineering, and design
• Forecasting project costs
• Assist in providing design input to engineering consultants
• Assist in coordinating efforts internally within Nevada Gold Mines during planning, design, construction, and commissioning of wells
• Initiate regular communication with operations, environmental, safety, project sponsor and stakeholders
• Assist in procurement of equipment, supplies, and contracts
• Ensure projects are designed and constructed with safety being the highest priority
• Provide input into the Annual Environmental Report which goes to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP)
• Formulate project parameters, and assist in monitoring progress to address constraints
• Act as primary liaison between the project execution team and the design engineering team
• Support project execution through project controls, cost forecasting, scheduling, quantity surveying and reconciliation and earned value management
• Water pump sizing and selection
• AC Transformer sizing and selection
• Water pipeline design
• Pumping data collection and reporting
• Assist with wireless communication infrastructure and automation projects

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering required
• Knowledge of standard project delivery models and methods, including PMI’s PMBOK knowledge areas, basic stage gate project steps (scoping/concept/feasibility/implementation/closeout), project controls/tracking, estimating, etc. preferred
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of DROM (Design for Reliability, Operability, and Maintainability) and OR (Operational Readiness) principles preferred
• Project Management knowledge is preferred
• Experience with managing contractors and contract management is preferred
• Competence in MS Office is required
• Proficiency in Autodesk AutoCAD/Civil 3D and Inventor is preferred
• Familiarity with wireless data transfer and communications; installation, data collection/output
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of this job is required

Nevada Gold Mines is a joint venture between Barrick and Newmont, focused on gold mining operations across Nevada.