Posted 23 days ago
Principal Mining Engineer
@ Equinox Gold Corp.
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Overview
Equinox Gold Corp. is hiring a Principal Mining Engineer (Underground) to support its technical services team across underground and open-pit operations. The role covers site audits, continuous improvement, mining method and equipment trade-off studies, and technical advice, reporting to the SVP Technical Services. Salary is $173,100 to $207,700 annually, full-time.
Responsibilities:
- Identify value-adding opportunities during site audits
- Deliver continuous improvement initiatives across operations
- Undertake equipment trade-off studies and cost estimation
- Provide advice on underground mining best practices
Requirements summary:
- 10+ years in mining engineering, primarily operational
- Underground production, superintendent or manager experience
- Ground support design and mine planning experience
- Ventilation, refrigeration and mine services design experience
- Bachelor's in mining engineering or related discipline
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng. or equivalent)
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-22
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-15
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-15
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Plant or factory, Office, Outdoors |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | Spanish |
| Licences & certifications | P.Eng. |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Mining Engineering |
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Equinox Gold Corp.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 30 |
Job description
Equinox Gold is a growth-focused Canadian mining company with four operating gold mines, and a clear path to achieve more than one million ounces of annual gold production from a pipeline of development and expansion projects.
Job Summary
Reporting to the SVP Technical Services, the Principal Mining Engineer (Underground) supports Equinox Gold’s technical services team by applying operational expertise across the company’s underground and, to a lesser extent, open-pit operations. The role focuses on improvement initiatives, site support, and technical advisory across operations.
Key Responsibilities
Job Summary
Reporting to the SVP Technical Services, the Principal Mining Engineer (Underground) supports Equinox Gold’s technical services team by applying operational expertise across the company’s underground and, to a lesser extent, open-pit operations. The role focuses on improvement initiatives, site support, and technical advisory across operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify value-adding opportunities during site audits.
- Deliver continuous improvement initiatives across operations.
- Ensure safety and regulatory compliance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve production targets.
- Benchmark operations internally and against industry peers.
- Undertake equipment trade-off studies and cost estimation.
- Support mining method trade-off studies, including open-pit exposure.
- Provide advice on underground mining best practices.
- 10+ years of experience in mining engineering, primarily in operational roles.
- Experience in underground mining (production engineer, superintendent, or manager roles).
- Exposure to open-pit operations is an asset.
- Experience with underground mining methods (longhole stoping, cut and fill, sublevel caving).
- Experience in ground support design.
- Exposure to underground automation and tele-remote systems (e.g., LHDs, trucks, drills).
- Experience with equipment and mining method trade-offs.
- Experience in ventilation, refrigeration, and mine services design and optimization.
- Experience in mine planning.
- Experience across commodities, preferably gold.
- Continuous improvement experience is an asset.
- Underground drill and blast experience (development and production).
- Strong communication skills with a range of stakeholders, including senior management, technical teams, and operations.
- Fluency in Spanish is an asset.
- Self-motivated with track record of successfully working independently.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng. or equivalent).
- Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or related discipline.
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