Posted 2 months ago
Engineer in Training - Operations
@ Dumas
Canada
Overview
Dumas Contracting Ltd is hiring a permanent full-time Engineer in Training for Operations in Timmins, Ontario, reporting to the Operation Manager or Area Manager. The role covers project scheduling, budgeting and forecasting, business intelligence reporting, and contract change management for mining projects. The posting states a wage of $27.00 to $33.00 per hour and a comprehensive benefits package.
Pay:
$27–$33 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain project schedules in Microsoft Project or Primavera P6
- Track budgets, analyze cost performance and forecast financial impacts
- Support Power BI reports and KPI data collection
- Issue contract change requests and track contractual risks
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in mining engineering
- Eligible for enrollment with the Professional Engineers of Ontario
- 1-3 years of experience in project scheduling, budgeting or project controls
- Earned Value Management experience is an asset
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-06
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-19
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Mining Engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Wellness, Paid training |
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Dumas
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Your project. Our expertise. Common ground. | A STRACON Group Company
Full company description
Dumas is a leading full-service underground mining contractor providing services to clients throughout the Americas. From concept to completion, our services cover the complete project lifecycle. This includes site development and infrastructure, mine construction, production mining and specialty engineering services. With an extensive fleet of high quality production equipment, Dumas can meet the demands of any project in any location. Underpinning our success is the commitment and expertise of our greatest asset - people. We pride ourselves on an ability to find the common ground in all our relationships: with our clients, partners and suppliers, employees, and government and community groups. That is why we position our company on a message of "Your project. Our expertise. Common ground." Dumas is part of STRACON Group, a leading provider of specialty mining services throughout North, Central, and South America. Our operating companies leverage state-of-the-art processes and technology to enhance outcomes at every stage of the mining life cycle for open pit and underground mines. We are a key component of the mining industry´s contribution to the global energy transition. With corporate offices in Lima, Santiago, and Toronto, STRACON Group is perfectly positioned to serve as a strategic partner to mining clients across the Americas. Our operating companies include STRACON S.A., Dumas, STRACON Tech, AMECO South America, and STRACON Engineering.
- LinkedIn followers
- 27,548
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 711
- Reported office locations
- Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Suite 2301, 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J1, CA
- 865 Mountjoy Street South, Timmins, Ontario P4N 7W7, CA
- 1399 chemin Sullivan, Val d-Or, Quebec J9P 6V6, CA
- Edificio Neptuno, Avenida José Pardo 138, Piso 8, Miraflores, Lima 18, PE
- Periférico de la Juventud #6106, Primer Piso Local 4, Col. Arcadas C.P. 31215, Chihuahua, Chih, MX
- Business categories
- Mining
- Precious Metals
- Insurance
- Other recorded names
- Grupo Minero Dumas Mexico SA de CV
- Dumas
- Dumas Contracting Ltd.
- Specialties
- Mine Construction
- Mining Production
- Mine Development
- Mine Services and Engineering
- Shaft Sinking
- and Lateral Development
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
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Dumas is a leading full-service underground mining contractor providing services to clients throughout the Americas. From concept to completion, our services cover the complete project lifecycle. This includes site development and infrastructure, mine construction, production mining and specialty engineering services. With an extensive fleet of high quality production equipment, Dumas can meet the demands of any…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mining |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1994 |
| Specialties | Mine ConstructionMining ProductionMine DevelopmentMine Services and EngineeringShaft Sinkingand Lateral Development |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 84 |
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Position: Engineer in Training – Operations
Reports To: Operation Manager / Area Manager
Direct Reports: None
Company: Dumas Contracting Ltd
Business Address: 865 Mountjoy Street South, PO Box 1600, Timmins, ON, P4N 7W7
Rotation: TBD
Shift: TBD
Salary: $27.00-$33.00/HR
Employment Terms: Permanent Full-Time
Benefits: Dumas has a comprehensive benefits package offering life insurance, health/dental/vision/fitness provisions, and pension and employee assistance program(s) that support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Screening: All applications are reviewed by the Recruitment Department; Artificial Intelligence is not used during any stage of the hiring process.
Eligibility: To be considered, you must be a Canadian citizen, or authorized in writing to work in Canada under federal immigration requirements, and currently be residing in Canada.
Apply: Website Employment Opportunities, or via email at [email protected].
About Dumas:
Dumas is a leading full-service mining contractor operating in the Americas. The company’s client list includes some of the world’s largest and most respected mining companies. Dumas is the contractor of choice for the most technically challenging underground projects, including mine construction, full-scale mine development, production mining, mine services and engineering.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
Business Intelligence
- Engage departments to collaboratively review processes to record, monitor, control and communicate key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Review each KPI’s data collection, storage, manipulation and transformation methods and processes.
- Ensure data is collected in a standardized, validated, structured fashion for continuous, live, self-serve reporting.
- Identify opportunities to automate tasks, eliminate duplication of effort, reduce non-value-added tasks, communicate and distribute information.
- Implement changes required to properly collect and store the data and capture any identified opportunities to bring each KPI process to its entitlement.
- Support the development and maintenance of Power BI reports for project dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Work with the Business Analyst to ensure accurate data collection and validation for Power BI dashboards.
- Assist in reporting project schedule, cost, and performance metrics in Power BI. Track compliance and usage of the revised processes, standards and guidelines and reporting applications.
Scheduling
- Develop and maintain project schedules using Microsoft Project or Primavera P6, ensuring alignment with project work breakdown structures (WBS).
- Engage project leadership and project reporting to understand the progress of work on site.
- Update and analyze project schedules to track progress, identify potential delays, and communicate schedule risks to project teams. Assist in critical path analysis and resource allocation to improve project scheduling efficiency.
- Support integration of cost and schedule data to enhance Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting.
- Report on Schedule Metrics including Earned Value, Schedule Variance, Cost Variance, % Complete, S-Curves for work items and identification of critical paths.
- Identify and communicate risks to schedule and off-plan performance.
- Publish and distribute updated Gantt schedules and metrics on a periodic basis.
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Establish and maintain a code of accounts that align with project work breakdown structures for project accounting.
- Collaborate with site leadership, estimating and finance to build quarterly long-term financial forecasts for projects.
- Assist in tracking project budgets, analyzing cost performance, and forecasting short-term and long-term financial impacts. Support cost variance analysis and provide recommendations for budget adjustments.
- Assist in maintaining and improving financial models for project cost forecasting.
- Identify and communicate financial risks and off-plan performance.
- Utilize financial modelling tools to forecast expected variances, risk, and rates of return.
Contract Management
- Understand contractual requirements for project controls, change management, and project execution.
- Engage project leadership and project reporting to understand the progress of work on site.
- Develop and issue contract change requests to communicate changes in the work or contract.
- Ensure systems are in place to facilitate communication and reporting that support a timely contract change management process.
- Identify and communicate contractual risks and contractual changes.
Competencies, Skills, Knowledge:
Technical Competencies
- Advanced Proficiency in:
- Microsoft Office 365 Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Data Gathering and Analysis.
- Intermediate Proficiency in:
- Microsoft Project, Primavera P6.
- Budget Formulation, Forecasting and Reconciliation.
- Power BI (reporting, visualization, data modeling).
- Basic understanding of Power Query M language is an asset.
- Risk Analysis.
- Technical Writing.
- Project Management and Work Planning.
- Occupational Health and Safety.
- Contract Management.
- Novice Proficiency in:
- ERP Software.
- CMMS Software.
- Contracts
Work Experience and Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering.
- Eligible for enrollment in the Professional Engineers of Ontario Association.
- 1-3 years of experience in project scheduling, budgeting, or project controls within construction, engineering, or mining industries.
- Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) is an asset.
Why Join Us?
- Commitment to a healthy and safe working environment.
- Excellent compensation and comprehensive benefits.
- Performance-based financial rewards.
- Training and career development.
- Global opportunities.
To Apply...
Send us your resume and transcripts via our website, www.dumasmining.com. There is a spot on the Careers page to upload your paperwork.
- Dumas Contracting Ltd. 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 really appreciate the interest of all applicants; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
- At Dumas Mining, our core strength is our people. Our unique identity is derived from the impact of many individuals on one team, with one purpose. We greatly appreciate your interest in career opportunities with Dumas. To be considered for employment in Canada, applicants must be a Canadian citizen, or have written authorization to work in Canada, under federal immigration requirements.
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