Senior Mining Engineer — Central Pilbara Planning Lead

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 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.