Onsite Tailings Planning Engineer – Orange NSW

Newmont Corporation; Orange City Council; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Newmont Cadia in New South Wales seeks a Planning and Scheduling Engineer for Tailings to develop integrated plans, schedules and forecasting models supporting safe, efficient operations. Based onsite at Cadia, you will collaborate across Tailings, Operations, Mine Planning, Environmental and Technical Services teams to optimise TSF performance and ensure governance and audits are addressed.

The role emphasises strong planning capability, technical judgement and a drive for continuous

Qualifications

• Develop and maintain short, medium and long‑term tailings deposition schedules aligned to production and operational requirements.
• Forecast tailings storage capacity, deposition performance and water balance outcomes to support informed decision‑making.
• Monitor tailings deposition and operational performance, identifying risks, opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with operations, mine planning, environmental and technical teams to optimise Tailings Storage Facility performance.
• Support compliance, governance, audits and technical reviews relating to tailings management and storage operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain short, medium and long‑term tailings deposition schedules aligned to production and operational requirements.
• Forecast tailings storage capacity, deposition performance and water balance outcomes to support informed decision‑making.
• Monitor tailings deposition and operational performance, identifying risks, opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with operations, mine planning, environmental and technical teams to optimise Tailings Storage Facility performance.
• Support compliance, governance, audits and technical reviews relating to tailings management and storage operations.

Skills

Tailings planning

Forecasting

Schedule development

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Job description

Newmont Cadia in New South Wales seeks a Planning and Scheduling Engineer for Tailings to develop integrated plans, schedules and forecasting models supporting safe, efficient operations. Based onsite at Cadia, you will collaborate across Tailings, Operations, Mine Planning, Environmental and Technical Services teams to optimise TSF performance and ensure governance and audits are addressed.

The role emphasises strong planning capability, technical judgement and a drive for continuous