Voids Technician
Job Description
Who Are We?
SSR Mining Inc. is an intermediate gold company with five producing assets located in the USA, Turkey, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, and Canada.
SSR’s commitment to safety, collaboration, and excellence allows us to continue building upon our already strong foundation. With an industry-leading pipeline of projects, strong financial positioning, and talented employees, we look forward to our bright future!
Job Description:
The Voids Technician plays a critical role in supporting risk management and mitigation within open pit mining operations. This position focuses on identifying, analyzing, and safely mitigating historic underground workings (voids) throughout the Cripple Creek & Victor Mine. The successful candidate will help ensure safe and efficient mining operations by planning and executing strategies to manage subsurface risks.
Day to Day:
Plan, schedule, and coordinate drilling campaigns to map out and analyze underground workings within the property
Build work plans within the mine plan and operations to either collapse, backfill, or mine around the voids
Communicate to mine operations and mine dispatch the plan and provide access around voids for both light vehicles and heavy equipment
Update mapped and scanned areas in mine planning CAD software
Apply standard practices and techniques in specific situations, adjust and correlate data, recognize discrepancies in results and follow SOP
Develop and evaluate plans and criteria for a variety of projects and activities. Devise new approaches to problems encountered. Work requires originality and judgment in the independent evaluation and resolution of problems associated with the interception of underground workings.
Understanding of 3-D underground model
Work and support the geotechnical team as needed
Is This You??
Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent relevant experience
Minimum of 3+ years of experience in a mining environment
No prior specialty experience required—training provided
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel)
Strong general computer skills
Experience with Leapfrog, Point Studio, AutoCAD, MinePlan, or similar software preferred
Ability to analyze data and make timely, informed recommendations
Working Conditions & Environment:
Role is based at the Cripple Creek & Victor Mine, located in Teller County, Colorado.
The Cripple Creek & Victor (CC&V) Mine site is located at elevations ranging from approximately 9,400 ft. to 10,600 ft. above sea level. Workers in this position are routinely exposed to conditions at various work sites throughout this range of elevations and must be physically capable of working at this altitude.
Weather conditions can and do change frequently and can become severe at times.
The summary provided is a basic outline of duties for the Voids Technician position and is not all-inclusive. For applicants residing in CO the salary range for this position starts at $75,000 to $85,000. Benefits: 401(k); medical/dental/vision insurance; employee share purchase plan, PTO, and STI.
SSR Mining does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to SSR Mining in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where SSR Mining has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of SSR Mining and SSR Mining will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
SSR Mining Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.