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Position and Responsibilities

Working with the McArthur River team, you will be responsible for providing mine engineering knowledge and expertise. Core responsibilities include underground ventilation; with other assigned duties relating to production stope design, planning and scheduling, ground control, backfill, surveying and other activities to support production in a geo-technically challenging environment.

With safety as your core value, you will focus on high quality results and provide monitoring and clear direction/designs to ensure that ventilation targets are met, and production mining targets are achieved.
Education and Qualifications Requirements of the position:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in mine (or related) engineering
• Eligible for registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS)
• Strong communication, planning and organizational skills
• Work a rotational schedule and commute to site by aircraft

Assets:

• Previous experience in an underground mining environment
• Mine ventilation experience
• Underground mine design and production blast hole stope design experience

Applicants will be considered for a level within the job progression which is appropriate to their qualifications.
Preference will be given to Residents of Saskatchewan\xe2\x80\x99s North.
Req ID #: 38733 Posted: March 30, 2023 Posting end date: April 20, 2023
Safety Sensitive Site
The McArthur River operation is located in northern Saskatchewan and operates on a two week on/two week off rotational schedule. Employees commute to the site by aircraft from designated locations in Saskatchewan. The physical and psychological safety of our employee\xe2\x80\x99s is a top priority at Cameco. We invite candidates to voluntarily disclose accommodation requirements, if contacted in relation to a job opportunity. Information received will be addressed confidentially and Cameco\xe2\x80\x99s Workplace Inclusion and Accommodation Program document is available upon request. Successful candidates for all positions that will work at Safety Sensitive Sites or Safety Sensitive Positions must take and pass a Substance Test, which includes marijuana, as a condition of employment. Marijuana remains in a user\xe2\x80\x99s system for about 30 days, so applicants who recently used marijuana recreationally should not expect to pass a substance test. Cameco requires all Canadian employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.