Surveyor
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Job Location:
Yellowknife - Canada
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Burgundy Diamond Mines:
Burgundy Diamond Mines is a premier global diamond company that proudly produces and delivers ethically sourced diamonds from mine to market. Tracing diamonds end-to-end from its world-renowned Ekati Diamond Mine in Canadas Northwest Territories right through to retail diamond sales creates unquestionable diamond origin and in Perth Western Australia Burgundy is part of CanadaMark a program that assures manufacturers retailers and customers that Burgundy Diamonds are sustainably produced and support ethical investment in Canadian Northern Indigenous has an office in Calgary Canada.
Position Overview:
Position Title: Surveyor
Employment Type: Term (1-year)
As a member of the Mine Technical Services (MTS) and Projects team Surveyors will report to the Senior Engineer Mine Technical Services and work two (2) weeks on two (2) weeks off rotations at the Ekati mine site (day shifts only). The successful candidate will become a valued member of the MTS team supporting the underground and surface operations and progressive closure activities as required. Our flight hubs are located in Calgary AB Yellowknife NT and Hay River NT.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Attend daily operations and MTS Line up Meetings
- Complete as-built surveys of underground workings and surface pits / construction
- Mark-up layouts as required to support UG development and production drilling on both surface and UG.
- Mark-up diamond drill holes test and service holes as required
- Issue survey prints to underground operations and development team
- Special projects as required (cave scans steel set prism surveys) Line and grade water levels
- Maintain site status maps for all active and inactive surface and underground and surface infrastructure
- Month end survey including stockpile and crushed inventory volumes
- Month end volume calculations as required
- Year end land disturbance survey and reporting
- Update asbuilt Vulcan software layers
- Support UG Vent technician with regular vent surveys as required
- Support Env Tech with instrumentation readings as required
- Ability to work alone with limited direct supervision
Education/Experience:
- Diploma in surveying or geomatics or Tertiary Qualification in Geomatics Engineering or equivalent work experience
- Drone pilots license or experience towards being licensed
- Minimum 2 years of experience in mine surveying and/or equivalent experience in construction surveying
- Experience with Total Stations and GPS
- Class-5 drivers license
- Experience with CAD based software (Vulcan) Point Cloud Agisoft or other drone data processing software.
What we offer:
At Burgundy Diamond Mines we believe people are our most important asset. This is why we are fully committed to the health safety and well-being of our employees. We believe in establishing strong lasting and respectful relationships with the people and communities with whom we work.
We are dedicated to developing our workforce and to creating an environment where people can learn grow and take on new responsibilities. We build capacity within our workforce by offering leadership training apprenticeship positions and adult education initiatives.
We offer a competitive salary performance bonus and total compensation package including company paid extended health dental and vision care an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP) employer matched pension generous paid vacation and personal days as well as a Dependent Scholarship Program and employee discounts. On site we provide accommodations and meals a fully equipped gym and recreation facilities
Additional Information:
The Company provides travel to and from the Ekati mine site out of Calgary Yellowknife and other northern fly points.
Preference will be given to qualified applicants from our Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) Groups.
Members should clearly identify their IBA status on the online job application and resume to receive priority consideration.
Visit to apply and to learn more about our operations.
To Apply: Please apply through our careers page and indicate in writing that you are an internal candidate.
Closing Date:This is an ongoing posting and resumes will be considered as vacancies become available.
Key Skills
- GIS
- Microstation
- Bartending
- Construction Experience
- Data Collection
- Land Surveying
- CAD
- Autocad
- Carlson
- Geometry
- Oil & Gas Experience
- Contracts
