Charge Up Operator

Evolution Mining; Mungari; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly performance bonuses

Employee share scheme

Relocation support

Salary packaging (car leasing)

Job summary

Evolution Mining is seeking a Charge Up Operator for underground blasting at Mungari, Western Australia. You will safely prepare and charge blasts, comply with legislative and site procedures, and maintain magazine control while supporting the underground mining team.

The role requires a WA Shot Firer’s Ticket, a WA C Class Driver’s Licence, a Dangerous Goods Security Card and at least two years of underground mining experience. Hypercharge/IKON experience is valued.

Qualifications

• Current WA Shot Firer's Ticket.
• Current WA C Class Manual Driver's Licence.
• Dangerous Goods Security Card.
• Experience working with emulsion charging systems.
• A minimum of two years' underground mining experience.
• Strong commitment to safe work practices and operational compliance.
• Experience with Hypercharge and IKON systems will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Keep underground production on track by safely preparing and charging blasts in development headings and stopes.
• Ensure all shot firing and explosive handling activities are completed in accordance with legislative requirements, site procedures and best practice standards.
• Maintain effective control of explosive magazines and support compliance with re-entry and blasting protocols.
• Assist with hole casing and provide support across the underground mining team as required.
• Contribute to a strong safety culture by identifying, reporting and managing operational and environmental risks.
• Work closely with Underground Foremen, Technical Services, Survey and Maintenance teams to help deliver safe and efficient underground mining outcomes.

Skills

Underground mining experience

Safety-focused

Teamwork

Tools

Hypercharge

IKON systems

Emulsion charging systems

Job description

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We’re a bold team with a bright future; and we’re looking for people who want to be part of it.

Evolution Mining is a premier global gold company operating six mines across Australia and Canada. We’re transforming mines and uplifting careers. We’ve extended the mine life of our Ernest Henry Operations to 2040 and doubled its ore reserves. We took our Cowal Gold Operations underground in just seven years. We’re transforming our Red Lake Operations, restoring it as a premier Canadian gold mine. That kind of ambition creates careers, not just jobs.

When we asked our people what they enjoy most about working at Evolution, two things came up across every site: career growth and the quality of the people. Here, you’ll work alongside people who care, who push one another to be better, with leaders who arethere to support you.

What’s the opportunity?

Play a critical role in keeping our underground operation moving safely and efficiently. As a Charge Up Operator at Mungari, you'll be responsible for the safe handling and charging of explosives across development and production areas, ensuring blast activities are completed to the highest standards. Working alongside experienced mining professionals, you'll contribute directly to production outcomes while maintaining a strong focus on safety, compliance and teamwork.

Based at our Mungari Operations and reporting to the Mining Shift Supervisor, you'll:

• Keep underground production on track by safely preparing and charging blasts in development headings and stopes.
• Ensure all shot firing and explosive handling activities are completed in accordance with legislative requirements, site procedures and best practice standards.
• Maintain effective control of explosive magazines and support compliance with re-entry and blasting protocols.
• Assist with hole casing and provide support across the underground mining team as required.
• Contribute to a strong safety culture by identifying, reporting and managing operational and environmental risks.

You'll work closely with Underground Foremen, Technical Services, Survey and Maintenance teams to help deliver safe and efficient underground mining outcomes.

This position is offered on a 7:7 roster working 12-hour shifts, with FIFO from Perth or residential opportunities in Kalgoorlie.

Why Mungari Operations?

Mungari is a cornerstone asset in our portfolio, with a mine life to at least 2038. It’s operationally diverse, with opportunities to work on the surface or underground and a great team of people who care. Our recent expansion of the processing plant has more than doubled processing capacity from 2 million to 4.2 million tonnes per year. With open pit and processing all on one site, the operational diversity is ideal for uplifting careers.

What suits your lifestyle best? We offer drive-in, drive-out (DIDO) and fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) rosters at Mungari. You choose. Live local in the world-class mining community and enjoy our competitive live-local incentives and allowances. Or choose FIFO and enjoy the camaraderie and benefits that village life offers.

The future here is bright; you could be part of it.

What we offer you

We support, develop and reward you to ensure you have a bright future. Here’s how we back that up:

• Quarterly performance bonuses
• Employee share scheme – have a real stake in the company’s success
• Attractive rosters
• Competitive live-local incentives and allowances for employees who choose to live locally
• Relocation support
• Salary packaging (e.g. novated car leasing, remote area housing)
• Life insurance and income protection
• Attractive parental leave benefits (18 weeks)
• Discounted health insurance

Does this sound like you?

• Current WA Shot Firer's Ticket.
• Current WA C Class Manual Driver's Licence.
• Dangerous Goods Security Card.
• Experience working with emulsion charging systems.
• A minimum of two years' underground mining experience.
• Strong commitment to safe work practices and operational compliance.
• Experience with Hypercharge and IKON systems will be highly regarded.

Ready to create your career highlight with us?

As our name suggests, change and evolution are in our DNA. If you’d like to work with a team that turns challenges into opportunities and delivers on its bold ambitions, we want to hear from you.

Find out more about us at our Careers site.