Practice Lead - Geotechnical
Core
Provide technical leadership for geotechnical monitoring, excavation stability, support design, stope design, and risk management in a deep underground zinc-lead-silver mine.
Role type
Senior IC geotechnical engineering manager
Builds
Safe, practical, and value-adding geotechnical outcomes for the George Fisher underground mine operation
Domain
Mining (underground base-metal)
Required skills
underground metalliferous mining experience, ground control, excavation performance, support design, stope design, geotechnical risk assessment, instrumentation, team leadership, mentoring
Preferred skills
strategic thinking, continuous improvement, operational understanding
Technologies
longhole open stoping, TARPs, monitoring systems
Responsibilities
Support the Geotechnical Superintendent in delivering safe, practical and value-adding geotechnical outcomes; lead technical teams and set standards; apply geotechnical analysis to operational decisions; optimize stope design guidelines and manage risk.
Seniority
Manager level, hands-on IC