Senior Mine Planning Engineer Pit & Underground Startup

Central Tanami Project Joint Venture (CTP JV Pty Ltd); Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Tanami Project Joint Venture (CTPJV) in Western Australia seeks a Senior Mine Planning Engineer to lead integrated open pit and underground mine plans, delivering optimised designs, schedules and cost estimates to support studies and future operations.

Based in West Perth, this role coordinates multidisciplinary inputs, manages external consultants and contributes to scoping, feasibility and execution as the project moves into construction and restart.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering.
• Substantial experience in open pit and underground metalliferous mining.
• Strong expertise in mine planning, including optimisation, design and scheduling.
• Experience contributing to feasibility studies or project development activities.
• Demonstrated ability to design and plan mining infrastructure requirements.
• Proficiency in Deswik (or similar mine planning software suite).
• Strong understanding of mining methods, geotechnical constraints and operational considerations.
• Experience managing consultants and coordinating technical inputs.
• C Class Driver’s Licence.
• Experience in project start-ups (highly regarded).

Responsibilities

• Lead long-term mine planning across scoping, PFS and FS stages.
• Deliver open pit and underground optimisations, designs and Life of Mine (LOM) schedules.
• Integrate geological, geotechnical, hydrogeological and operational inputs into practical mine plans.
• Support exploration decline planning, including layouts, schedules and budgets.
• Develop mining infrastructure concepts (ventilation, dewatering, power, haulage, backfill).
• Prepare capital and operating cost estimates and contribute to economic evaluations.
• Support resource-to-reserve conversion and ore reserve reporting.
• Manage consultants and technical studies to ensure quality, timeliness and budget alignment.
• Contribute to approvals, permitting and closure planning processes.

Skills

Mine planning

Open pit mining

Underground mining

Scheduling

Feasibility studies

Deswik

Stakeholder engagement

Vendor management

Education

Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering

Tools

Deswik

Job description

Central Tanami Project Joint Venture (CTPJV) in Western Australia seeks a Senior Mine Planning Engineer to lead integrated open pit and underground mine plans, delivering optimised designs, schedules and cost estimates to support studies and future operations.

Based in West Perth, this role coordinates multidisciplinary inputs, manages external consultants and contributes to scoping, feasibility and execution as the project moves into construction and restart.