Work Experience

Work experience – Steve McKinnon

2020 – present Independent mining geomechanics consultant

Professor Emeritus and Adjunct: Department of Mining Engineering, Queen’s University

Adjunct Professor: Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University

Visiting Professor: Division of Mining and Geotechnical Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden

2019 – 2021 Commission member: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
1998 -2019 Professor: Chair in Mine Design, Department of Mining, Queen’s University

Adjunct Professor: Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University

Visiting Professor: Division of Mining and Geotechnical Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden

1997-1998 Consultant: Itasca Consulting Group Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1995 -1997 Manager: Itasca S.A., Santiago, Chile
1990 -1995 Consultant: Itasca Consulting Group Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1989 -1990 Senior Geotechnical Consultant: JAA AB, Lulea, Sweden
1984 -1989 Head, Mine Design Group: Rock Mechanics Laboratory, Chamber of Mines of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
1979 -1984 Senior Geotechnical Engineer: Golder Associates, Mississauga, Canada