Senior Mining Engineer

Yanqul, Sultanate of Oman | Posted on 04/09/2026

Senior Mining Engineer will be responsible for the development and rollout of efficient mining plans, schedules, and excavate/dump designs. This role requires providing designs and schedules to support the execution of the drilling, blasting and mine production plan.

• Organize implementation and monitoring of the long and short-term mine planning and mine designing process for open pit operations.
• Overview/preparation for approval of the detailed schedules and layouts.
• Overview/preparation for approval of the open pit production plans.
• Overview/preparation for approval of the mine engineering budgets.
• Mining studies management using in-house and third-party skills (consultants).
• Provide consultancy and expert advice on mining and mineral extraction projects.
• Establish production targets and monitor their achievement; ensure that monthly progress plans are completed in a timely manner and are available.
• Work alongside with the Geological Department to optimize grade control and minimize dilution through mine designs and mine plans.
• Ensure designs and applications are consistent with regulatory and company policies and procedures.
• Provide assistance and advice to the operating units, ensuring maximum production and operational planning; ensure correct and up-to-date plans and information, and accurately measure key mining performance indicators.
• Ensure that a monthly digest of relevant KPIs, progress measurements and reports is available.
• Evaluate new and innovative products, techniques, and procedures.
• Recognize options and advise on actions to adopt best practices for mine engineering.
• Advise, implement, assist and control mine improvement projects.
• Track actual progress against planned production.
• Manage the drilling and blasting activities to improve blasting optimization.
• Regular coordination with Operations, Geology, and Survey groups to implement the weekly and monthly plan. In addition to the creation of forecasts to achieve monthly and yearly budget targets.
• Work with Maintenance and Purchasing departments to provide engineering expertise and improve cost optimization.
• Provide technical expertise to support the assumptions in mining reserve updates.
• Comply with all technical, legal and safety measures.
• liaise with all mining operations and technical teams.

Education

Experience

• Minimum of seven (7) years of open pit mine production/planning experience.
• Experience in managing a mining department.

Technical Skills

• Knowledge and awareness in HSE.
• To use the latest mining software.
• Drilling and blasting experience.
• Aware of geotechnical studies in mine design.

Soft Skills

• Problem solving.
• Good interpersonal skill with having respect to Omani culture.
• Good management and organizational abilities.

Preferred Training

• Certificates for at least one of the mine design software like Deswik, Datamine, Surpac or Micromine.