Geotechnical Technician - FIFO Mine Site Data & Safety

AngloGold Ashanti Limited; Kalgoorlie; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Annual bonus

WORK180 endorsed employer

Parental leave 26 weeks primary 8 for

Training & development opportunities

Inclusion & Belonging committees

Volunteering leave

Salary sacrifice & novated lease

Job summary

AngloGold Ashanti Australia seeks a Geotechnical Technician for the Tropicana Gold Mine. This full-time, 8/6 FIFO role reports to the Geotechnical Superintendent and supports site geotechnical activities, inspections, data interpretation, and daily/weekly/monthly reporting.

Ideal candidates will have mining experience, hands-on data collection skills, and the ability to work outdoors in a mining environment. A manual C class licence is required, with flights from Perth and Kalgoorlie provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in mining or similar operational environments.
• Experience leading crews, coordinating contractors, or supervising field based activities.
• Experience with monitoring equipment, data collection, or quality assurance systems.

Responsibilities

• Display active safety leadership and hazard identification to ensure worker safety.
• Provide accurate information and awareness of geotechnical hazards at all times.
• Conduct routine inspections and communicate with operators.
• Collect and interpret data from blasting activities.
• Create daily, weekly and monthly monitoring reports and communicate results.
• Supervise wall scaling and prepare scaling plans and documents for final sign-offs (incl. Docusign).
• Input data for the monthly crest loss analysis report.
• Assist engineers with scanline mapping.
• Maintain, deploy and troubleshoot monitoring systems.
• Monitor installation and data capture including groundwater, prism and radar data; report findings.
• Complete approved Geotechnical project work in a timely, thorough manner.

Skills

Mining experience

Crew leadership

Communication skills

Data collection & QA

Microsoft Office

Specialised mining software

Organisational & problem-solving

Outdoors hands-on work

12-hour shifts

Manual C Class Driver's Licence

Tools

Monitoring equipment

Specialised mining software

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

AngloGold Ashanti Australia seeks a Geotechnical Technician for the Tropicana Gold Mine. This full-time, 8/6 FIFO role reports to the Geotechnical Superintendent and supports site geotechnical activities, inspections, data interpretation, and daily/weekly/monthly reporting.

Ideal candidates will have mining experience, hands-on data collection skills, and the ability to work outdoors in a mining environment. A manual C class licence is required, with flights from Perth and Kalgoorlie provided.