Engineering Technician

Round Mountain is an open-pit mine located in Nevada, one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world. The mine uses conventional open-pit mining methods and processes ore by mill and heap leach. Kinross began operating the mine in 2003, and it has since become a continuous improvement leader in the Company’s portfolio. Round Mountain poured its 15 millionth ounce in 2018. Round Mountain and the nearby Bald Mountain mine make up Kinross’ Nevada operations.

The Round Mountain mine is an important contributor to the Nye County economy and, working with local stakeholders, has helped achieve significant improvements in healthcare and education in the area.

Job Description

Responsible for coordinating all contract drilling field activities and progress tracking to ensure results are achieved in an optimized and cost-effective manner, while reflecting Kinross’ values.

Job Responsibilities

• • Field supervision of surface and underground drill programs for multiple departments including Geotech, Exploration, Hydrology, and Geology. • Coordinate between the company and drilling contractors to minimize the impact on production. • Train and onboard new business partners for drilling and core shed projects where necessary. • Proactively perform drill site inspections, ensuring all preparation work is complete so that moves between drilling locations occur smoothly both before and after drilling is complete. • Monitor drilling and core shed consumables stock, track consumption by drillers and report consumable needs to supervisor so they can be timely addressed through Supply Chain. • Track execution of drilling scope of work and projects, report any field changes in a timely manner. • Coordinate various contractors with planned activities on each hole, for example drilling, downhole geophysical surveys, piezometer installation. • Accurately track contractor performance by driller as well as drilling costs and consumable use by program, hole and footage. • Work to lower contractor drilling costs as much as possible, and hold contractors accountable to performance, safety and campaign execution as pertains to scopes of work. • Assist in developing and maintaining procedures and disciplines necessary to proficiently perform all tasks. • Generate and distribute reports. • Maintain department specific records, logs, and files. • Ensure the health and safety of all personnel for the Company and involved Business Partners. • Compliance with all company policies and procedures including, but not limited to safety, environmental, confidentiality and code of conduct. • Meets or exceeds established performance expectations set by management. • Consistently exercises discretion and judgment in job performance. • Works without risk or harm to self and others. • Punctuality and regular attendance required. • Helps develop other department personnel to perform duties listed above. • Performs other related functions as assigned by supervisor.