Mine Engineering Co-Op

Discovery’s Kidd Operations has an exciting opportunity for a Mine Engineering Co-op .

A growing North America Precious Metals Company, Discovery is committed to combining high-quality gold producing assets in Canada with the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposit in Mexico.

Discovery has an experienced team, dedicated to being a highly profitable producer of gold and silver that generates superior returns, delivers substantial social-economic benefits and meets the highest environmental standards.

Located in Timmins, Ontario, Discovery Kidd Creek consists of Mine and Concentrator sites focused on developing and sustaining economic mining plans for its ore body. The mine extends to a depth of 3.01 km (9,889 ft), making Kidd the world’s deepest base-metal mine.

Discovery Kidd Creek is now accepting resumes from students of Mine Engineering for a co-op placement beginning in January 2027. This is for a 12-month duration.

The position offers an excellent opportunity to work closely with experienced Mining Engineers, Technologists and Technicians in an extremely deep and technically challenging mining environment. You will be challenged with work from a variety of engineering disciplines, most significantly Mining Engineering. You will work in an office setting, with some exposure to work in the field and prepare engineering designs and drawings using standard computer techniques for drilling, blasting, and backfill processes. As part of the Engineering team, you will be exposed to the practical aspects of Engineering Design in areas of ventilation, ground control, scheduling, surveying, projects, or mine design.