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Senior Mine Engineer

Job in Kamloops, BC, Canada
Listing for: New Gold Inc.
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-13
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Environmental Engineer, Civil Engineering, Engineering Design & Technologists
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 124000 - 140000 CAD Yearly CAD 124000.00 140000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Make an impact at an all-North American precious metals producer. New Gold is now part of Coeur Mining. Visit Coeur Mining attracts and hires highly skilled individuals. By joining our team, you can look forward to:

  • A stimulating values-based work environment
  • A culture of collaboration and inclusion
  • Inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
  • Career development opportunities
  • A deeply rooted commitment to responsible mining, health and safety and community engagement
  • A competitive total compensation program
  • A comprehensive benefits package including a retirement savings plan
About Coeur Mining

Coeur Mining is a growing, all-North American precious metals producer with seven operations: the Las Chispas silver-gold mine and Palmarejo gold-silver complex in Mexico, the Rochester silver-gold mine in Nevada, the Kensington gold mine in Alaska, the Wharf gold mine in South Dakota, the Rainy River gold mine in Ontario, Canada, and the New Afton copper-gold mine in British Columbia, Canada.

In addition, Coeur owns the Silvertip silver-zinc-lead exploration project in British Columbia.

New Afton

Situated 10 kilometers west of Kamloops, British Columbia, the New Afton mine is an underground gold and copper producing site. Kamloops is a city of 105,000 people, located 350 kilometers east of Vancouver. The area provides the opportunity to live and work in a vibrant community with its own university and within easy reach of world class ski resorts, championship golf courses, mountain biking trails, popular recreational lakes and award-winning vineyards.

About

The Role

Schedule:

5x2 (Monday-Friday) or 4x3 (Mon-Thurs or Tues-Fri)

Position

Reports To:

Technical Services Superintendent

Position Overview

The Senior Mine Engineer provides technical oversight, supervision, and structured mentoring of the Technical Services planning team, typically encompassing production planning, development planning, ventilation, survey, and drill & blast. The role supports Mine Operations through planning, scheduling, and resolution of technical issues, while setting priorities and collaborating with other technical and operations stakeholders to develop optimized life-of-mine plans, budgets, and forecasts aligned with safe, efficient production in a block caving environment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Responsible for oversight and optimization of mid-term and short-term plans for mine production, development and construction, and ventilation planning
  • Develop and optimize detailed underground mine designs, including production levels, access ramps, and infrastructure
  • Establish monthly priorities for the mine planning team and ensure deliverables meet timeline and quality requirements
  • Creation of budget and forecast mine physicals for delivery to the processing and finance teams
Cave Management & Monitoring
  • Responsible for oversight of year-end production model updates, reserve production model runs, and delivery of annual reserves update and report
  • Responsible for oversight of ongoing model and grade reconciliation work, coordination with Operations and other technical groups to ensure the plan is executed
  • Work closely with the geotechnical team to assess cave propagation, seismic and instrumentation activity, and fragmentation
  • Manage the draw control strategy, incorporating technical and operational constraints into daily and weekly draw instructions for the operations team
Technical Leadership & Mentoring
  • Provide guidance and technical mentorship to Engineers in Training (EITs) and technicians, supporting progression towards professional registration
  • Review and approve engineering designs, layouts, and cost estimates
  • Lead continuous improvement projects
  • Supervision, mentorship, and performance management of:
    • Short range planners (EITs/GITs) and ventilation EITs/technicians
    • Mine planning & production engineers
    • Surveyors
Safety & Compliance
  • Ensure all designs and engineering activities comply with all applicable mining codes and regulations, management plans, and EGBC requirements
  • Incorporate “Safety by Design” principles into all layouts and plans
  • Maintain regular underground field presence to validate conditions, confirm plan practicality, and strengthen…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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