Grace Huang, B.Eng. 2017

The Mining Engineering program at McGill University was a wonderful experience. For me, the opportunity to do the co-op work terms, to study at Polytechnique and have intelligent classmates really helped built a solid foundation for my career.

In university, I majored in mining engineering. Because of my passion for mining technology and sustainability, I started my career as a developer and implementation specialist at Promine, where I developed automated mine design functionalities and learned about product management and Agile methodology. Later, I worked at BBA an engineering consulting firm, where I acquired expertise in LOM planning, feasibility studies, and helped stakeholders integrate innovative technologies in their mine planning processes. I am constantly striving to learn about and implement new technologies that will facilitate our industry into the technology revolution that involves, big data, machine learning, integrated operations and AHS.

I joined Teck’s technology business transformation division last September and pivoted my career into technology product ownership. I helped led the execution of technology products such as mobile apps and data science models to enable the mining operations to capture more value and mine in a more sustainable manner. My best advice to current student is to follow your interest, and have the courage to take some risks to experiment and diversify your skillsets early on in your career. This will help you gain exposures to various corporate cultures and build your contacts in and out of the mining industry that will benefit you.