Ventilation Engineer

This position will support Hoyle and Borden

• Providing direction and support to the operations group to ensure ventilation systems are designed, installed and maintained in accordance with company policy and regulations.
• Provide mentorship and professional development to the Ventilation team.
• Monitors and initiates repairs to the various auxiliary ventilation systems to ensure that regulatory compliance is maintained.
• Ensures ventilations surveys are conducted to standards with appropriate checks to ensure accurate results in a timely manner.
• Ensures that ventilation model is accurate and up to date.
• Maintains ventilation documents to meet legislative and company requirements.

SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY EXPECTATIONS

• Be familiar with the Fatality Risk Management Program and incorporate the use of critical control verifications during daily work.
• Be proactive with respect to safety and help design and operate a site that is the safest possible, through input and thoughts shared with others.
• Works safely, striving to achieve triple zero.
• Ensure regulatory and inter-company procedural compliance.
• Ensures accurate ventilation surveys are taken and updated.
• Monitors and initiates repairs to the various auxiliary ventilation systems to ensure that regulatory compliance is maintained.

• Oversees and/or designs and schedules installation of auxiliary ventilation systems.
• Oversees and/or design and maintain a ventilation model using current vent modeling software. Including all relevant data.
• Evaluate system efficiencies and communicate recommendations
• Develop and maintain critical infrastructure condition management plan, ensure critical infrastructure in relation to fresh air system remains efficient
• Maintains inventory of fans and ventilation supplies and purchases additional inventory as required to ensure mining plan is achieved.
• Monitors and initiates repairs to the various auxiliary ventilation systems to ensure that regulatory compliance is maintained.
• Develop and implement long term ventilation strategy as part of strategic business plan.
• Manage the implementation of major ventilation system changes
• Implement cost controls for ventilation system expenditures
• Identify and initiate improvements to ventilation system(s)
• Assist Industrial Hygienist with the site Silica and DPM program.
• Assist Industrial Hygienist with the site sound monitoring program regarding ventilation systems.
• Conducts mine ventilation surveys and maintains accurate ventilation plans for use in planning, operations and emergency situations.
• Monitors performance of main ventilation system and gives input into required upgrades to infrastructure.
• Troubleshoots ventilation system issues and implement solutions
• Promotes and help planners make ventilation considerations at the all planning stages in order for ventilation systems to be part of the original design.
• Ensure ventilation system designs and plans are created to support operational requirements
• Oversees and/or provides operations with blast clearing instructions to ensure blast gases are cleared in a timely manner.
• Interact with government agencies from time to time.
  

• Bachelor Degree in Mining Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of mine operation and engineering experience.
• Possess or ability to obtain Professional Engineering designation
• Experience in a leadership role is an asset, not requirement.
• Be technically competent and have a good understanding of U/G mining.
• Have strong communication and people skills.
• Be focused, clear, and decisive.

This is a site based position supporting both Hoyle and Borden operation
Schedule is 4 days on 3 days off
Relocation assistance provided to successful candidate