Steven Blanchette

Senior Mining Engineer at Canadian Royalties (2025-04 – Present)

Senior mining engineer responsible for planning, organizing, designing, and monitoring underground and surface mining operations.

• Plan, organize, design, and monitor underground and surface mining operations
• Provide technical support and coordination across the entire mining engineering department
• Lead medium- and long-term mine design for underground projects
• Develop medium- and long-term underground ventilation models
• Review quarterly mine plans prepared by mining engineers
• Develop and implement optimization projects for mining operations
• Act as a mentor to junior mining engineers
• Validate weekly and monthly operational progress reports
• Track consumables and plan procurement required for operations

Production Engineer at Canadian Royalties (2022-07 – 2025-04)

Production engineer supervising planning and surveying teams while developing and improving mining cycles.

• Supervise planning and surveying teams and ensure data quality
• Develop and continuously improve mining cycles
• Perform short- and medium-term mine planning and scheduling according to plans and specifications
• Coordinate interactions between engineering, mining operations, environmental, and other departments
• Establish short-term production targets aligned with the Life of Mine (LOM)
• Prepare weekly and monthly operational progress reports
• Monitor inventory and plan procurement of operational consumables

Mine Planner at Canadian Royalties (2021-11 – 2022-07)

Mine planner producing drawings and performing short-term planning for underground and open-pit mining operations.

• Produce all drawings required for underground and open-pit mining operations
• Perform short-term planning for underground and open-pit mines
• Plan underground infrastructure
• Provide surveyors with required data for field operations
• Develop optimization projects for mining operations
• Conduct ventilation surveys
• Process, verify, validate, and compile operational data
• Prepare daily activity reports

General Mine Foreman at Sitec North America (2019-06 – 2021-11)

General mine foreman organizing work assignments and ensuring worker safety while performing mine planning.

• Organize and coordinate work assignments for multiple teams
• Ensure worker safety across the site
• Perform short- and medium-term mine planning
• Create 2D and 3D models for mechanical projects
• Prepare production reports

Bachelor's Degree in Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering – Université Laval (2015 – 2019)