Capstone Copper Pinto Valley ยท 3 months ago
Sr. Engineer Drill & Blast
Miami, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expCapstone Copper Pinto Valley is a mining company seeking a Sr. Drill and Blast Engineer. This role is primarily responsible for drill and blast design and performance, ensuring compliance with safety guidelines and optimizing drilling and blasting operations.
Mining & Metals
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)
Qualification
Required
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
Experience with MineStar or similar fleet management system
Experience with SAP or similar purchasing program
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
Preferred
Knowledge of drill-blast-load-haul open pit mining sequence
Prior experience in a copper operation
Prior exposure to mine planning software (Vulcan, Minesight) is preferred
Prior exposure to blast loading and timing software (ViewShot, Delta E) is preferred
Company
Capstone Copper Pinto Valley
Pinto Valley is a copper-molybdenum open pit mine and the only operating mine located in the historic Globe-Miami mining district of Arizona, one of the oldest and most productive mining districts in the US.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase