Purpose

Barrick is looking for a Mine Engineering Lead to join the Technical Services team. In this role, you will provide strategic and long term mine planning support to Barrick’s LATAM-AP operating mine sites, development projects, and growth opportunities. Technical focus of value-add strategic planning is combined with bringing industry leading experience to help continued professional development of site-based teams. Frequent travel (30-50%) required.

 

Key Duties & ResponsibilitiesProvide technical support to site mine engineering teams to deliver high quality life-of-mine plans, forecast, and budgets. Provide mine engineering support for regional project studies, merger and acquisition evaluations, and due diligence. Champion culture of continuous improvement and innovation, optimization, and debottlenecking, with focuses on increased productivity, reduced operating cost, and improved safety.Undertake strategic pit and mine schedule optimization studies. Develop practical long-term mine designs and production schedules. Develop operating and capital cost estimates to support financial modelling of mine plans. Work with site and regional finance teams to complete economic evaluations of projects and alternative scenario plans. Highlight opportunities and risks in the mine plans to help drive corporate strategy. Mentoring and guidance of site-based mine engineering teams. Identification, engagement, and management of consultants where required for mine engineering studies. Review, improve, and synergize long-term mine planning processes, workflows, and systems. Assist and guide the reporting of annual Reserves and Resources to required standards.Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners across regions to promote best practices.

Actively contribute to the region’s ‘Journey to Zero’. 

Role model high standards of professional behaviour and ethics, in accordance with our DNA.

Be accountable for ensuring succession planning activities are proactively managed, with development plans in place for individuals to assume critical positions within the team. 

Undertake and deliver projects and ad hoc work / assignments as required by the business.

Qualifications & Experience

Education 

Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering or related field.

Experience

Minimum 8-10 years of mining engineering experience in metalliferous mines, with a strong background in open pit mine planning. Underground mine planning experience would be highly regarded. 

Experience with first-principles estimation of mining operating and capital costs.

Previous experience in a leadership role or mentoring more junior engineers is highly regarded.

Member of a relevant professional institution.

Skills & Capabilities 

Competency in the use of open pit optimization and design software such as Vulcan, Deswik, Whittle, DeswikGO, or similar.

Strong presentation and communication skills, along with the ability to adapt messaging and communication based on audience.

Experience with financial modelling and evaluation of alternatives.

Highly pragmatic with a strong work ethic and delivery focused.  

Ability to travel regularly, to remote locations and spend time in operations (30%-50% travel).  

Spanish language capabilities highly regarded.

Core Values & Company DNA

Zero Harm Workplace 

Because our people are our greatest asset, safety is of paramount importance. It is inherent in every part of our business and is everyone’s responsibility to adhere to our safety standards. As a business, it is an integral requirement to not only ensure the safety of our employees, but also the communities in which we operate. We aim to mitigate known hazards and target a zero-harm workplace. 

Responsible and Accountable

Act as owners, respect each other as peers and work as a team towards achieving our mission (One team, One Mission). Take initiative. Own up to mistakes and learn from them. Drive change. Lead by example and always look for ways to make things better. 

Partnerships

We foster genuine partnerships and deliver on our commitments to partners. Earn trust and create transparency to build and enhance enduring partnerships between our employees, shareholders, stakeholders and with the countries and local communities in which we operate. 

Build a Sustainable Legacy 

We earn our social license by being a valued member of our host communities by creating economic activity. We manage the impact of our operations and strive to be the industry leader in safety, health and environmental practices.

Results Driven 

We are results-driven through agile decision-making and disciplined execution. Keep it simple and deliver fit-for purpose solutions. 

World-Class People 

Attract and develop strong, world-class people who are informed and involved in the processes of the company. Who act with integrity and are tireless in their pursuit of excellence. 

Be Honest, Transparent, and Act with Integrity

We communicate directly, honestly and transparently. Create platforms to enable employees to feel free to voice their opinions. Act with integrity, always.