De Beers GroundProbe Radar Technician / Geotechnical Engineer

About De Beers

Founded in 1888, De Beers is a leading international diamond group whose expertise spans diamond discovery, sourcing, grading and luxury jewellery. With deep roots in southern Africa and a global presence, the group brings together scientific knowledge, technical precision and creative craftsmanship. As an employer, De Beers offers career paths across mining, engineering, gemmology, jewellery design, retail and corporate functions. Its multidisciplinary environment connects the origins of natural diamonds with their transformation into exceptional creations. Professionals join a business where heritage meets innovation, and where provenance, responsible practices and evolving consumer expectations are central to the future of the diamond industry.

Role & Responsibilities

• Promote, support and implement sound safety, health and environmental management practices in line with legislation and mine policies and procedures.
• Deploy, configure and maintain GroundProbe slope stability monitoring radars (SSR) across active mining areas.
• Monitor real-time radar data, deformation trends and atmospheric corrections using GroundProbe’s SSR-Monitor IQ software.
• Establish, optimize and manage critical displacement radar alarm thresholds to safeguard personnel and equipment.
• Perform routine diagnostic checks, hardware troubleshooting and preventative maintenance on radar units in the field.
• Generate daily and weekly slope performance reports, immediately communicating critical displacement trends to operations management.
• Install and manage piezometers and geothermal temperature cables.
• Conduct daily visual and drone inspections, mapping structural features and identifying wall instability.
• Support rockfall assessments and slope stability modelling.
• Regularly inspect open-pit operations to ensure design parameters are met and recommend measures to the operations team to maintain high-wall safety.
• Provide geotechnical input on drill and blast plans and short- to mid-term mine planning.

Qualifications

• Legally permitted to work in Canada.
• Degree in Geotechnical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Hold or be working towards a Professional Engineering designation, with eligibility to register as a Professional Engineer in the Northwest Territories.
• At least three years of relevant mining experience in an open-pit mining environment preferred, with a strong focus on radar monitoring.
• Proven proficiency with GroundProbe SSR hardware and SSR Monitor IQ software highly preferred.
• Familiarity with geotechnical software: Deswik, Rocscience and Rimining.
• Knowledge of identifying geotechnical and hydrogeological risks.
• Experience with geotechnical modelling.
• Ability to manage and communicate effectively in a high-pressure, dynamic geotechnical environment, with safety as the priority.
• Readiness to work in a remote camp setting.

Skills

Experience

At least three years of relevant mining experience in an open-pit mining environment preferred, with a strong focus on radar monitoring.

Education

Degree in Geotechnical Engineering or a closely related discipline.

Culture

De Beers’ workplace culture combines the technical expertise of the diamond industry with the craftsmanship and client focus of luxury jewellery, bringing together diverse disciplines across an international business. Its professional environment emphasises collaboration, safety and responsible sourcing, with a shared commitment to protecting the integrity of natural diamonds from origin to finished creation.

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