Responsible for strategy and direction for infrastructure system designs, modeling, technical compliance, technology application and best practice, and provides specialist oversight of Front-End Load (FEL) studies, long range packages, system operation and troubleshooting to achieve efficient, cost effective and reliable operation adhering to legal requirements and regulations. Responsible for selection of technology and establish strategy for long range designs and provide direction to operating sites on best practice and solutioning to ensure quality of systems for all mines and may act as a technical authority. Provide expert technical support to the business, studies, operations and/or maintenance teams, to ensure reliable operation of systems, controls and equipment. Develops scopes of work and participates in project specification development, design adherence, reviews, signoffs, system start-up and commissioning activities. Contributes to creation of ‘How to' manuals and technical standards/procedures. Bachelors in Mining or Mechanical Engineering P.Eng is required Scope: recognized master in their professional discipline; national business expert in their field; keeps informed of new developments and requirements affecting the organization for the purpose of recommending changes; technically supervises the most complex work; contributes to development of industry standards; provides strategic guidance to the business unit in their field of expertise; communicates with Senior Levels of Leadership in their work; contributes to occasional publications; acts as a company advocate on national code/policy committees; initiates and maintains extensive contacts with key engineers and officials or other organizations and companies. Problem Solving: problems are complex and multidimensional; develops new and novel approaches for solving problems; involved in problem solving for both short-term and long-term solutions; applies expertise to resolve crucial issues and/or unique conditions Technology management: contributes to direction on adoption or development of new technology at the plant level. Potentially leading the development of new technologies. Autonomy: limited direction; leads development of technical guidelines. Direction provided: direction to more junior engineers, EITs. Acts as technical authority.
