JOB DETAILS
Surveyor
CompanyBurgundy Diamond
LocationCanada
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMarch 5, 2026

About The Company
Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited is a premier global diamond company that proudly produces and delivers ethically sourced diamonds from its world-renowned Ekati Diamond Mine in Canada's Northwest Territories to its grading and polishing facilities in Perth, Australia and on to market.
We are always recruiting, and some roles may not be shown on LinkedIn. To view the available jobs please visit our website at https://burgundydiamonds.com/available-jobs/. We have fly pointes from Yellowknife, Calgary and other Northwest Territories fly points for positions based out of Ekati Diamond Mine. We provide travel from these fly points as well as comfortable accommodations, meals, and fully equipped gym at our world-class facility.
Ekati is a significant producer and supplier of premium rough diamond assortments to the global market through its subsidiaries Arctic Canadian Diamond Company and Arctic Canadian Diamond Marketing. Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. ASX:BDM
About the Role
<h2><strong data-start="557" data-end="589">About Burgundy Diamond Mines:</strong></h2><p>Burgundy Diamond Mines is a premier global diamond company that proudly produces and delivers ethically sourced diamonds from mine to market. Tracing diamonds end-to-end from its world-renowned Ekati Diamond Mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories, right through to retail diamond sales, creates unquestionable diamond origin and traceability. Founded in Perth, Western Australia, Burgundy is part of CanadaMark™, a program that assures manufacturers, retailers and customers, that Burgundy Diamonds are sustainably produced and support ethical investment in Canadian Northern Indigenous communities. Burgundy has an office in Calgary, Canada.</p><h2 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #666666;">Position Overview:</span></strong></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #666666;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #666666;">Position Title: Surveyor</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #666666;">Employment Type: Term (1-year)</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">As a member of the Mine Technical Services (MTS) and Projects team, Surveyors will report to the Senior Engineer, Mine Technical Services and work two (2) weeks on, two (2) weeks off rotations at the Ekati mine site (day shifts only). The successful candidate will become a valued member of the MTS team, supporting the underground and surface operations and progressive closure activities as required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Our flight hubs are located in Calgary, AB, Yellowknife, NT, and Hay River, NT. </span></span></p><h2 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #666666;"> </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #666666;">Job Duties/Responsibilities:</span></strong></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"> </p><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Attend daily operations and MTS Line up Meetings</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Complete as-built surveys of underground workings and surface pits / construction</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Mark-up layouts as required to support UG development and production drilling on both surface and UG.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Mark-up diamond drill holes, test and service holes as required</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Issue survey prints to underground operations and development team</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Special projects as required (cave scans, steel set prism surveys) Line and grade, water levels</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Maintain site status maps for all active and inactive surface and underground and surface infrastructure</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Month end survey including stockpile and crushed inventory volumes</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Month end volume calculations as required</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Year end land disturbance survey and reporting</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Update asbuilt Vulcan software layers</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Support UG Vent technician with regular vent surveys as required</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Support Env Tech with instrumentation readings as required</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Ability to work alone with limited direct supervision</span></li></ul><h2 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #666666;">Education/Experience:</span></strong></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"> </p><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Diploma in surveying or geomatics or Tertiary Qualification in Geomatics Engineering or equivalent work experience</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Drone pilots license or experience towards being licensed</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Minimum 2 years of experience in mine surveying and/or equivalent experience in construction surveying</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Experience with Total Stations and GPS</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Class-5 driver’s license</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #767171; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 128; background: white;">Experience with CAD based software (Vulcan), Point Cloud, Agisoft or other drone data processing software.</span></li></ul><h2><strong>What we offer:</strong></h2><p>At Burgundy Diamond Mines, we believe people are our most important asset. This is why we are fully committed to the health, safety and well-being of our employees. We believe in establishing strong lasting and respectful relationships with the people and communities with whom we work.</p><p>We are dedicated to developing our workforce and to creating an environment where people can learn, grow and take on new responsibilities. We build capacity within our workforce by offering leadership training, apprenticeship positions and adult education initiatives.</p><p>We offer a competitive salary, performance bonus and total compensation package, including company paid extended health, dental and vision care, an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP), employer matched pension, generous paid vacation and personal days, as well as a Dependent Scholarship Program and employee discounts. On site we provide accommodations and meals, a fully equipped gym and recreation facilities,</p><h2><strong>Additional Information:</strong></h2><p>The Company provides travel to and from the Ekati mine site out of Calgary, Yellowknife, and other northern fly points.</p><p>Preference will be given to qualified applicants from our Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) Groups.</p><p>Members should clearly identify their IBA status on the online job application and resume to receive priority consideration.</p><p>Visit <a href="http://www.arcticcanadian.ca/">www.burgundydiamonds.com</a><a href="http://www.arcticcanadian.ca/"> </a> to apply and to learn more about our operations.</p><p><strong>To Apply: </strong>Please apply through our careers page and indicate in writing that you are an internal candidate.</p><p><strong>Closing Date:</strong> This is an ongoing posting and resumes will be considered as vacancies become available.</p>
Key Skills
SurveyingGeomaticsMine SurveyingConstruction SurveyingTotal StationsGPSCAD SoftwareVulcanPoint CloudDrone Data ProcessingDrone Pilot LicenseInstrumentation ReadingsVent SurveysAs-Built SurveysVolume CalculationsSite Status Maps
Categories
EngineeringTradesConstructionEnvironmental & Sustainability
Benefits
Health InsuranceDental CareVision CareEmployee Family Assistance ProgramPensionPaid VacationPersonal DaysDependent Scholarship ProgramEmployee Discounts
Job Information
πCore Responsibilities
The Surveyor will support underground and surface operations, including completing as-built surveys and marking up layouts for development and production drilling. They will also maintain site status maps and perform month-end volume calculations.
πJob Type
contractor
πExperience Level
2-5
πΌCompany Size
318
πVisa Sponsorship
No
πΌLanguage
English
π’Working Hours
40 hours
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