Senior Mining Engineer

Job Information

Date Opened

04/09/2026

Job Type

Full time

Job Opening Status

Open

Work Experience

7 Plus Years

Industry

Mining

City

Yanqul

State/Province

Masqat

Country

Sultanate of Oman

Zip/Postal Code

0000

Senior Mining Engineer will be responsible for the development and rollout of efficient mining plans, schedules, and excavate/dump designs. This role requires to provide designs and schedules to support the execution of the drilling, blasting and mine production plan.

• Organize Implementation and monitoring of the long and short-term mine planning and mine designing process for open pit operations.
  
• Overview/ preparation for approval of the detailed schedules and layouts.
  
• Overview/ preparation for approval of the open pit production plans.
  
• Overview/preparation for approval of the mine engineering budgets.
  
• Mining studies management using in-house and third-party skills (consultants).
  
• Provide consultancy and expert advice on mining and mineral extraction projects.
  
• Establish production targets and monitor their achievement; ensure that monthly progress plans are completed in a timely manner and are available.
  
• Work alongside with the Geological Department to optimize grade control and minimize dilution through mine designs and mine plans.
  
• Ensure designs and applications are consistent with regulatory and company policies and procedures.
  
• Provide assistance and advice to the operating units, ensuring maximum production and operational planning; ensure correct and up-to-date plans and information, and accurately measure key mining performance indicators.
  
• Ensure that a monthly digest of relevant KPIs, progress measurements and reports is available.
  
• Evaluate new and innovative products, techniques, and procedures.
  
• Recognize options and advise on actions to adopt best practices for mine engineering.
  
• Advice, implement, assist and control mine improvement projects.
  
• Tracking actual progress against planned production.
  
• Manage the drilling and blasting activities to improve blasting optimization.
  
• Regular coordination with Operations, Geology, and Survey groups to implement the weekly and monthly plan. In addition to the creation of forecasts to achieve monthly and yearly budget targets.
  
• Work with Maintenance and Purchasing departments to provide engineering expertise and improve cost optimization.
  
• Provide technical expertise to support the assumptions in mining reserve updates.
  
• Comply with all technical, legal and safety measures.
  
• Liaise with all mining operations and technical teams.

Requirements

• BSc. in Mining Engineering
  

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  Minimum of seven (7) years of open pit mine production/planning experience.
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  Experience in managing a mining department.

• Knowledge and awareness in HSE.
  
• To use the latest mining software.
  
• Advanced computer skills.
  
• Drilling and blasting experience.
  
• Aware of geotechnical studies in mine design.
  

• Problem solving.
  
• Good interpersonal skill with having respect to Omani culture.
  
• Good management and organizational abilities
  

• Certificates for at least one of the mine design software like Deswik, Datamine, Surpac or Micromine