Senior Mining Engineer: Safety-Driven Field & Design Lead

Macmahon; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Macmahon is seeking a capable professional to contribute to safety leadership and engineering support across mining operations in Townsville. The role emphasizes identifying hazards, enforcing high safety standards, and empowering teams to halt work when risks arise.

You will also deliver technical engineering services, data analysis, and commercial efficiency improvements, while coordinating with site staff to meet schedules and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Identify risks and hazards within work area and notify supervisor
• Actively advocate and motivate others to demand high standards of safety performance
• Stop the job if an unsafe act or condition is observed and empower subordinates to do the same
• Comply with Macmahon incident management procedures especially ensuring notification, reporting and investigation timeframes are achieved
• Undertake field safety interactions (SAO and PTO), demonstrating a safety leadership culture
• Perform applications to determine methods, equipment selection, facilities, costs, and staff requirements
• Provision of all aspects of engineering work (e.g. Drill & Blast, design, scheduling, equipment selection and the like) as required
• Provision of technical engineering support and analysis to site staff as required
• Daily Reporting collation, analysis, distribution and review with production team
• Assist with the management of survey data and checks, including formulation and finalisation of the Monthly Progress Claim (incl variations & dayworks)
• Analysis of empirical fiscal returns, and the drivers impacting those returns
• Assist in the development of, and ongoing engagement in, commercial based efficiency improvement projects.
• Monitor, control and ensure that all work is conducted in a manner that ensures that the required quality is achieved within budget and timeframe
• Interpret blast designs, mining schedules and other technical data
• Review and liaise with site technical teams on client schedules, equipment allocation and expected costs and revenue
• Identify and advise on all contractual and commercial claims related to works
• Assist the Project Manager to develop and mon
• Provide engineering, technical and contract support and assistance to the Commercial & Engineering Manager and mining team as required

Job description

Macmahon is seeking a capable professional to contribute to safety leadership and engineering support across mining operations in Townsville. The role emphasizes identifying hazards, enforcing high safety standards, and empowering teams to halt work when risks arise.

You will also deliver technical engineering services, data analysis, and commercial efficiency improvements, while coordinating with site staff to meet schedules and budgets.