Lucky Friday
Chief Ventilation and Refrigeration Engineer
The Chief Ventilation and Refrigeration Engineer, under the direction of the Technical Services Manager, maintains ventilation and heat balance models for the operation. Conducts vent surveys and updates the model and recommends system operating settings changes to achieve desired ventilation and refrigeration parameters. Mentors, trains and develops engineering staff.
Job duties include:
- Design, operation, monitoring, and control of the current ventilation system for the Lucky Friday to satisfy ventilation standards within Hecla, and federal rules and regulations.
- Evaluation and proposal of ventilation systems for mine expansions, and opportunities for system improvements.
- Provide technical and leadership mentoring to engineering team.
- Ensure plans, budgets and schedules are sufficiently developed; management systems and processes are adequately applied; and personal attention is appropriately directed to ensure that important deadlines are met, and budget constraints are adhered to
- Ensure technical deliverables are provided to customers within time and quality expectations.
- Oversee projects, assist in budget preparation and cost estimations, and track costs.
- Plan, organize, and coordinate surveys, tests, or investigations. Collect data points, interpret results, and prepare recommendations. Present executive summaries and cost estimates to all stake holders.
- Apply standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria in making minor adaptations and modifications to established engineering plans or systems.
- Develop and maintain a detailed working knowledge of the mine’s operational issues and apply sound engineering practices to resolve them.
- Provide engineering support and guidance.
Minimum qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent required, with advanced education in Mine Ventilation preferred
- Professional Engineer designation preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in mine ventilation and cooling preferred.
- Knowledge of rotating or turbomachinery such as axial flow and centrifugal fans, thermodynamics, heat transfer, refrigeration, air conditioning, required
- Knowledge of modern computer tools for modeling and design of large ventilation networks, computer fluid dynamics modeling, and computer aided design required
- Supervision experience or experience directing the work of others preferred.
ABOUT HECLA MINING COMPANY AND THE LUCKY FRIDAY MINE
Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) is the largest silver producer in the United States. In addition to operating mines in Alaska (Greens Creek), Idaho (Lucky Friday), and Quebec, Canada (Casa Berardi) the Company owns a number of exploration properties and pre-development projects in world-class silver and gold mining districts throughout North America.
Established in 1891, Hecla is headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and has a sister office in Vancouver, B.C. The Company’s common stock has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange for over 50 years.
The Lucky Friday is a deep underground silver, lead, and zinc mine located in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District in northern Idaho. The mine began operating in 1942 and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2017. Thanks to the #4 Shaft project which is now complete and operational, the mine is expected to have another 20-30 years of mine life. Lucky Friday is located one mile east of Mullan, Idaho, and is adjacent to U.S. Interstate 90.
Hecla Limited, Lucky Friday Mine is pleased to offer competitive compensation commensurate with education and experience, and a comprehensive benefits program.
Interested candidates must possess or be able to obtain authorization to work in the United States. Applications and/or resumes may be sent via e-mail to resume@hecla-mining.com or faxed to 208.545.3327.
Hecla Limited, Lucky Friday Mine is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Visit our website at www.hecla.com for more information about Hecla and the Lucky Friday Mine.
To apply for this job email your details to resume@hecla-mining.com
