Associate Engineer Jobs in Tehachapi, CA (NOW HIRING)

Description

Who We Are

At Andean Precious Metals Corp., we are building the future of responsible mining in the Americas. We are a precious metals producer with operations in Bolivia, the United States, and Canada, committed to creating sustainable value for our employees, communities, investors, and business partners.

Our key assets include the San Bartolome processing plant in Potosi, Bolivia, and the Soledad Mountain project in California, USA. Through Golden Queen Mining Co., LLC, we operate a leading gold and silver operation focused on safety, operational excellence, and environmental responsibility.

What truly sets us apart is our people. We foster a culture built on integrity, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous development. We value ideas, recognize performance, and provide meaningful opportunities for professional growth.

If you are looking to join an organization where your talent is valued and your work makes a meaningful impact, Andean is the place for you.

Who You Are

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Mine Planning Engineer with a strong technical background and extensive experience in large open-pit mining operations. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of seven years of planning experience and proven ability to deliver high-quality technical work in a fast-paced operational environment.

In this role, you will report directly to the Technical Services Manager and play a key part in developing, optimizing, and executing the long, medium, and short-range mine plans that support safe, efficient, and sustainable production.

This is a safety-sensitive position.

What You Do

• Oversee ore and waste delivery to achieve production targets and mine plan objectives. 
• Prepare daily mine plan compliance report to management. 
• Produce periodic reconciliation calculations comparing the reserves block model, ore control model, production models and mining actuals to identify opportunities for improvement.  
• Ensure pit walls and dumps comply with design and regulation permits ensuring safe and profitable operations. 
• Verify the tons and grade extracted from the mine according to the royalty holders agreements. 
• Examine and if needed create daily drill pattern designs and provide feedback to efficiently achieve monthly mine plan goals and design compliance.
• Identify and implement initiatives that improve mine planning, productivity, and equipment utilization and overall cost efficiency.
• Manage database information systems for haulage design, ore dilution tracking, blast hole and exploration drilling projects. 
• Identify opportunities in mining sequence and design to aid in recovery of gold and silver and lower costs.
• Create reports describing processes and results for handling, accounting, estimating, and reconciling mined material. 
• Manage and oversee database reporting for mine production for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly periods. 
• Create and update pit phase designs, waste dump designs and associated schedules to support both medium- and long-term goals. 
• Develop mine plans and waste dump plans at the appropriate level of detail to optimize long-term objectives and meet short term commitments.
• Effectively communicate mine plans, economic evaluations risks, and opportunities to allow management to make the best possible decisions.
• Communicate with management on planning process, design changes, and any special projects.
• Manage and oversee reporting on mine performance against plan, identify deviations, and recommend corrective actions to improve results.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and performance oversight for engineers and survey personnel 
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on production optimization and cost reduction
• Collaborate with geology, operations, survey, process and maintenance teams to ensure alignment between mine planning objectives and business goals 

What You Bring

•  Bachelor's degree in mining engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years of planning experience in large open-pit operations or complex poly-metallic environments.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication abilities.
• Able to work effectively across departments and organizational levels.
• Strong communication skills including preparation of technical reports and presentations to management and peers across the value stream.
• Familiar with methodology for sampling and ore reserve estimation. 
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, MineSight, and Excel, and various mining related softwares.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package, which includes the following:

• 401K with Company Matching
• PPO & HMO Health Insurance Plans
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Vacation Accruals

Notice to recruitment and/or staffing firms:

The Company will not pay any fees for recruitment activities related to the hiring of a candidate for any position unless a services agreement has been entered into between the recruitment and/or staffing firm.

Go to www.goldenqueenllc.com for information on the Company and the Project.