Mining Engineer - Open Pit
Perth - Residential
The organisation
Our client owns numerous mines and is an established gold producer, next to no debt and a well-known and visible leadership team, both impressive and stable. A great future, with impressive financial fundamentals and solid expansion plans in place. The vast majority of times I recruit for this organisation is due to internal promotions.
Regarded as one of the best networked people consultant teams in Australia, Highgrade Professional brings together recruitment and industry experts to deliver outstanding outcomes for transport infrastructure, technical, engineering, construction and mining operations. With operations stretching from Perth, through our base in Kalgoorlie and across to Newcastle, all Highgrade Professional associates are industry specific professionals, with experience recruiting premium talent throughout Australia and beyond.
A nice place to call home with great camp life to boot, this mine has a super long life with significant resources and mine reserves. It’s a high volume operation producing circa 200koz gold pa and is now moving to a high grades phase, plus has a very low cost (AISC running amazingly just over $800.) There are operational pits, higher grade satellites and underground potential operations. Grades are increasing at depth and 50% increases in mill capacity is planned over the next few years.
Promotions within the wider business & ongoing expansion plans of this open pit operation have now dictated the need for an experienced mining engineer to join the operations at Mid to Senior Level, with a package $150,000 - $215,000 depend upon your skillset. A Quarry Manager’s ticket will be very, very well regarded.
The position
As there is some flexibility with the wider operations, and this role is open from a mid to senior, your final role will depend upon your skillset. Your tasks will comprise of a number of the following –
You will have the opportunity to make a difference and your individual efforts recognised and rewarded.
- Acting as leader / mentor, unearthing the skills and interests of mining personnel in order to develop career paths
- De-risk the strategic mine plan
- Undertaking the daily oversight and co-ordination, prioritisation and scheduling of surface mining activities of 4+ diggers & 2+ Dump Trucks
- Pit optimisation and development of short and medium term mine plans
- Perform or oversee Drill and blast planning and scheduling
- Deliver the required production plan tonnages, quality, safety requirements.
- Review and approve Weekly Schedules, Monthly Plans, Quarterly Forecasts and Annual Budgets; and providing technical assistance, supervising and lead the Production Engineering team
- Reconciliation of 3 months plan against 2 years plan
- Support Technical Services team to deliver accurate, safe and cost-effective MOP and Life of Mine Plan
- Ensuring financial objectives are achieved
- Embrace the ideation and review of ideas that will lead to business improvement
- Monitoring of the dewatering team
About You
This role, FIFO from Perth, is for a mining engineer with a few years of Australian hardrock surface experience under your belt with sound production & reconciliation skills. You will be relevant degree qualified though more importantly, you will be experienced enough to undertake a number of these tasks without supervision, with positive work references from your previous mining manager / senior mining engineer to attest.
You will need to have experience conducting drill & blast, truck and excavator planning and scheduling, plus using software such as Surpac or Deswik and have Australian open pit mining experience.
The reward
Our client is well aware of the factors that drive a motivated and engaged employee, and those factors include but also demand more than a solid salary.
Whilst you will be offered a salary well above industry average, you will also be provided significant family and career package enhancements. You will be offered substantial career development mentoring, training and industry involvement and engagement.
Please apply now or call Jeremy on 0478 644 655 to discuss further. I can be emailed at Jeremy.Symes@Highgrade.net.au