Cage Tender

From humble beginnings in 2010, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you’ll have a bright future with us.

About Red Lake

Evolution’s star is rising in Red Lake.

At Red Lake, our people have many career and growth opportunities and a bright future. With three underground mines and two processing plants all within the one site, Red Lake is one of the highest-grade gold deposits in Canada. The operational diversity and complexity at Red Lake, along with outstanding exploration potential, opens the door to many career possibilities and highlights working with us.

Located in Northwestern Ontario, we encourage our people to live local in the stunning community of Red Lake, where you can enjoy the outdoor lifestyle and adventures the region is renowned for. It’s very special that our town and operations are all close by, so it really does feel like one big community.

Your Benefits

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future.

Your benefits include:

• Relocation assistance
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• Bonus’ including short term incentives
• Employee referral bonuses
• Recognition and Development program
• Study assistance
• Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Health and Dental Packages
• Free access to Evolution Recreation Centre (swimming pool and weight room).

About the role

The Cage Tender role offers the opportunity for you to be responsible the safe transportation of personnel and supplies and for the conveying of ore/waste from the pass to primary crusher or skip at Evolution Mining’s Red Lake Operations.

This is a local residential role, and the roster will be 7 days on and 7 days off (12 hours).   

Key result areas will include:

• Load cage and transport manpower, materials and equipment to be lowered into mine.
• Assist with snow removal/cleanup.
• Assist with the offloading and loading of surface transport delivery trucks.
• Train and spare as a host operator.
• Transport explosives to underground levels.
• Signal Hoist Operator with bell or buzzer when cage is to be moved.
• Pushes mine cars onto and off mine shaft cage and informs workers when cage is used to carry mine personnel.
• Ensure shaft guide sprinkler systems are working properly at all times.
• Push or pulls loaded cars off cage at surface and replaces with cars that are empty or loaded with supplies.
• Pull empty cars from cage at bottom or intermediate levels of mine and moves onto sidings for distribution and loading.
• Give directions to workers in loading of cage to ensure conformance to safety regulations. 
• Operate forklift / telehandler safely and efficiently. 
• Maintain strict workplace ownership in accordance with Evolution Mining’s Housekeeping standards.
• Work in a healthy work environment with full support, cooperation and commitment to satisfy our operation’s goal of being accident-free.
• Comply with federal and provincial acts and regulations, and legal requirements.
• Adhere to all relevant corporate policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

About you

As a Cage Tender, you will have an Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma and experience in the mining industry including working underground.

It is also important that you have/can demonstrate:

• Solid understanding of automated and semi-automated hoisting procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of company’s accident and fire procedures.
• Sound comprehension of procedures and regulations for transporting explosives.
• Strong decision-making skills
• Good troubleshooting capabilities
• Easily adaptable to constant change
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure
• Effective communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Possesses strong work ethic
• Works well in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Cooperative, flexible team player.

At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation is in our DNA. We want the Evolution experience to be your career highlight. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are focused on keeping our people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Join our bold team to start your next exciting chapter.

Other Important Details

As a condition of employment, successful applicants must complete satisfactory pre-employment requirements, including but not limited to Background Checks, Pre-Employment medical, Employment Verification, Education Verification and mandatory drug and alcohol testing.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you are an internal candidate, please inform your current supervisor if you are applying for this role once you have submitted your application. 

We thank you for taking the time to submit your application. For more information, please contact Susana.Taufaao@evolutionmining.com and to find out more about us and Red Lake, click here https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/.