Leading Hand – Projects Crew (FIFO to PNG)

New Porgera Limited; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

New Porgera Limited invites applications for the Leading Hand – Projects Crew (FIFO to PNG). The role focuses on coordinating underground service crew tasks and project work, ensuring safety, quality, and timely completion across paste reticulation, walls, vent doors, pumps, and rising mains.

Ideal candidates have hands-on underground experience, strong teamwork, and the ability to lead by example in a demanding, safety-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in underground service crew tasks and projects.
• Hands-on leader with safety-focused approach.
• Able to coordinate daily crew activities and communicate requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate safe, efficient delivery of underground service crew tasks and projects.
• Lead hands-on guidance to crew and ensure work aligns with plan.
• Oversee paste reticulation, paste walls, vent doors, pump station installs and rising mains.
• Contribute to concreting for raisebore and other underground infrastructure, including escapeways.

Skills

Underground mining

Paste reticulation

Concrete works

Vent doors

Rising mains

Escapeway installation

IT awareness

Working at heights

Tools

IT systems

LV systems

Job description

Leading Hand – Projects Crew (FIFO to PNG)

New Porgera Limited (NPL) is a company incorporated in Papua New Guinea and owns the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province. NPL is a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corporation, Zijin Mining, and the Papua New Guinea Government, combining global mining expertise with a shared commitment to responsible resource development and long-term value creation for Papua New Guinea.

The Porgera Gold Mine will employ nearly 3,000 Papua New Guineans at full production and, over its 30-year operating history, has contributed approximately 10% of Papua New Guinea's total annual exports, making it one of the country's most significant economic assets.

About the role

As Leading Hand – Projects Crew, you will coordinate and support the safe, efficient delivery of underground service crew activities and project work. The role will suit an experienced underground operator with strong service crew, paste and projects experience, who can provide hands‑on guidance to the crew and help ensure work is completed safely, efficiently and to plan.

The work will cover a broad range of underground infrastructure activities, including daily service crew tasks, paste reticulation and paste walls, vent doors, pump station installations and rising main installations. You will also be involved in concreting for raisebore works and other underground infrastructure, as well as escapeway installations.

You will help coordinate the day‑to‑day work, communicate job requirements to the crew, and maintain a strong focus on safe work practices, quality and timely completion. A practical, proactive approach and the ability to work effectively with the wider underground team will be important to success in this role.

You will lead by example underground, promoting safe work practices and ensuring tasks are completed in accordance with site procedures and instructions. The successful applicant will be comfortable working in a hands‑on environment and contributing across a variety of underground projects and service crew activities.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have previous underground mining experience, including service crew work, with demonstrated exposure to paste and underground projects. You will bring a practical, safety‑focused approach, good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team while helping coordinate daily activities.

Experience with paste reticulation and walls, vent doors, pump stations, rising mains, concreting for raisebore and other underground infrastructure, and escapeway installations will be highly regarded. Experience with IT, LV and working at heights is beneficial, as is airleg experience.

You will be a hands‑on and reliable team member who takes pride in completing quality work, supports your crew and contributes to a safe, productive underground operation.

Why New Porgera

In return, you will be joining a world‑class mining operation with the opportunity to impact the development and upskilling of our predominantly local workforce, combined with a team keen to learn and absorb knowledge. This offers a unique opportunity to further shape the department and improve NPL’s social performance and people knowledge.

You will be joining an operation that prioritises safety, leading a team toward best‑in‑class safety practices while contributing to the development of a highly capable national workforce - making a lasting impact on the industry.

This role is offered on a FIFO basis either from Papua New Guinea, Australia/New Zealand with a 28/28 roster on a contract basis with a highly competitive remuneration package.

This advert will close on 24 November.