Senior Mining Engineer

Mineral Resources; Newman; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness Centre

FIFO from Perth

Job summary

MinRes is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to lead daily mine planning and engineering execution across the Central Pilbara. You will own the 3-Month Mining Plan and the 2-week plan, along with mine development, Blastmaster and Traffic Management designs, ensuring deliverables are actionable for Mining and Production.

The role requires extensive production mining planning experience, strong leadership, and proficiency in Surpac/Vulcan. It starts on an 8D6X roster with FIFO from Perth.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or relevant discipline.
• Extensive experience in a production mining engineering environment including short- and medium-term mine planning.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop Mining Engineers and Engineers-in-Training.
• Structured approach to short- and medium-term mine planning, development and blast design with strong reconciliation reporting.
• Proficient in Surpac or Vulcan and Alastri packages (or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Own and drive engineering planning and design standards across the Central Pilbara operation.
• Own and assure the quality of the 3-Month Mining Plan (3MMP) and the 2-week mining plan.
• Own mine development plans and designs, and Blastmaster and Traffic Management designs.
• Oversee and sign off the daily, drill & blast and short-term engineering work produced by the engineering team.
• Report weekly compliance to plan and prepare monthly planning performance reporting.
• Assure production data accuracy and reconciliation with defensible conclusions.
• Manage relationships with Technical Services, Mining Operations, Supply Chain Schedulers, etc., escalating material risks or variances.
• Drive engineering continuous improvement and uphold safety and MinRes policies.

Skills

Mining Engineering

Mine planning

Leadership

Data reconciliation

Surpac/Vulcan

Education

Mining Engineering degree

Tools

Surpac

Vulcan

Alastri

Wenco

MineMarket

Job description

MinRes can offer you!

• We encourage innovation, the courage to take on the impossible and the passion to make it happen.
• Our people’s well-being is at the forefront of our thinking, and we have an in-house Wellness Centre that includes on-site Mental Health Support.
• Live Your Best Life! Our benefits offer access to deals, support, and discounts to help you unlock the important things in Life—health, Family, Recreation, and Your Future with MinRes.

The Opportunity

MinRes is seeking an experienced Senior Mining Engineer to join our Central Pilbara operation on an 8D6X roster.

Reporting to the Technical Services Superintendent, you will lead daily mine planning and engineering execution across the Central Pilbara operation — spanning the Iron Valley and Lamb Creek mine sites — maintaining system discipline across short- and medium-term planning functions. You will own the 3-Month Mining Plan and 2-week mining plan, mine development, Blastmaster and Traffic Management designs, ensuring engineering deliverables are actionable for Mining and Production whilst protecting crusher throughput and grade delivery to port.

This position commences on an 8D6X roster flying from Perth.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive engineering planning and design standards across the Central Pilbara operation, applying technical judgement and experience to lift consistency in mine plans, designs and schedules and continuously improve how they are delivered.
• Own and assure the quality of the 3-Month Mining Plan (3MMP) and the 2-week mining plan, ensuring both are accurate, achievable and aligned across departments.
• Own mine development plans and designs, and Blastmaster and Traffic Management designs, across the operation.
• Oversee and sign off the daily, drill & blast and short-term engineering work produced by the engineering team.
• Report weekly compliance to plan and prepare monthly compliance and planning performance reporting prior to Superintendent issue.
• Assure production data accuracy and reconciliation, ensuring conclusions are clear, defensible and operationally relevant.
• Manage key relationships with Technical Services, Mining Operations, Supply Chain Schedulers, Resource Development and Exploration, acting as the primary engineering interface, and **escalate material engineering risks or planning variances impacting safety, compliance or crusher throughput.**
• Drive engineering continuous improvement, coach and mentor the engineering team, ensure all activities comply with site safety systems and MinRes policies, and uphold the Safe & Respectful Behaviours and Speak Up standards.

Your Experience and Skills

• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or relevant discipline
• Extensive experience in a production mining engineering environment, including short- and medium-term mine planning
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop Mining Engineers and Engineers-in-Training to strengthen capability and professional standards
• Proven planning discipline — structured approach to short- and medium-term mine planning, development and blast design, with strong reconciliation reporting skills
• Proficient in Surpac or Vulcan and Alastri packages (or equivalent mine planning and design software); experience with Wenco and MineMarket advantageous

About The Central Pilbara Project

MinRes' Central Pilbara iron ore operation produces approximately 10 million tonnes of direct shipping ore annually, delivered to Port Hedland across two active mine sites — Iron Valley (200km from Newman) and Lamb Creek (150km from Newman). Ore from both sites is blended at port to meet customer grade specifications.

With three pits running simultaneously, mine engineering sits at the heart of production performance. The role offers genuine technical breadth, from short- and medium-term mine planning through to mine and blast designs, and reconciliation, with your work directly shaping crusher throughput and grade delivery to market.

About Mineral Resources (MinRes)

MinRes is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in lithium, iron ore, energy and mining services across Western Australia. With a focus on people and innovation, MinRes has become one of the ASX’s best-performing companies since listing in 2006.

At MinRes, the future's bright. Be part of our next chapter.