Ground Control Specialist/Engineer

Job Opportunity
Alamos Gold Inc. Young-Davidson is currently recruiting the following challenging position to join our operations team:
Ground Control Specialist/Engineer
Alamos Gold’s Young-Davidson is a low-cost, long-life operation and one of Canada’s largest underground gold mines. It is located near the town of Matachewan centrally located between Timmins, Kirkland Lake, North Bay and Sudbury, Ontario. The recent completion of a highly automated lower mine expansion has resulted in Young-Davidson increasing production as well as strong free cash flow generation. With a large Mineral Reserve base, it will serve as Alamos’ foundation for growth for many years to come. This is a very exciting time at Young-Davidson, and we are searching for highly motivated and committed people to join our team!
If you are willing to be part of a team that is dedicated to growth, high performance and a culture of safety and accountability, we would like to hear from you!
Reporting to the Senior Ground Control Engineer, the successful candidate will be responsible for the implementation and management of the ground control program.
Primary Responsibilities

• Conduct analysis and install different types of geotechnical instrumentation, including lidar, pressure cells, piezometer sensors, and seismic sensors;
• Excavation rehabilitation after blast damage, equipment damage and seismic damage;
• Stoping sequence recommendations;
• Re-entry analysis for seismic events and stoping;
• Rock mass characterisation and classification;
• Other duties, as assigned.
• QAQC of shotcrete, ground support installation, grouting, ground support auditing and paste fill;
• Underground kinematic analysis;
• Document inspections of underground stoping and development;
• Seismic processing and seismic analysis;
• Review engineering designs; and
• Identify hazardous areas pre-mining and prescribe suitable ground support standards;
• Stability assessments of underground development, pillars and stope shapes;
• Drillhole logging and structure mapping in pit, underground and shaft environments;
• Map3d, Unwedge, Dips and Roclab modelling and model interpretation;

Qualifications And Experience

• Strong safety conscious with a positive attitude;
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• B.Sc. Geotechnical Engineering or other relevant degree; B.Sc. Geological Engineering or Mining Engineering;
• Strong interpersonal, communications, and analytical skills; and
• Accreditation in U/G Common Core modules is an asset;
• Prior experience in underground mining operation working in Ground Control preferred;
• Experience with microseismic systems;
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Vulcan, or other mine planning software is an asset;
• Affiliation (or eligibility to register) with a Professional Engineering Organization;

Schedule: 8 days on, 6 days off
Young Davidson offers competitive salaries and benefits packages with opportunities for both personal and professional advancement.
Qualified candidates are invited to visit our website, www.alamosgold.com and apply online under the careers’ sections.
Alamos Gold Inc. is committed to an environment that is barrier free. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please inform us in advance so that we can arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation.
We sincerely appreciate the interest of all applicants however; only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.