Senior Underground Mining Engineer (FIFO/Residential)

Careermine; City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Bonus program

Employee share plans

Parental leave

Salary packaging

Flexible working

Job summary

Northern Star Resources seeks a Senior Mining Engineer for its underground Mt Charlotte operation in Kalgoorlie. You will lead a technical team including scheduling, drill and blast and graduate engineers to drive safe production from the underground workforce.

The role involves coordinating plan execution, stope reconciliation, and vibration monitoring compliance, with exposure to Modified Avoca, Sub Level Open Stoping and other methods as the asset grows.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years UG hard rock mining experience.
• Experience using Deswik CAD, UGDB and Scheduler packages.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate drill & blast and ancillary designs for the mining engineers in line with the weekly plan.
• Provide guidance and coaching to the Scheduling Engineers.
• Be the main point of contact to the Underground Mine Foreman for planning and executing the weekly plan and holding the technical team accountable.
• Responsible for managing stope reconciliation, highlighting areas of risk and opportunities.
• Ensure blast vibration monitoring, recording, and reporting is compliant with site and statutory requirements.
• Support the Underground Manager in facilitating DEMIRS visits, inspections, and investigations.
• Cover Alternate Underground Manager functionality as required and provide statutory guidance to the operation.

Skills

UG mining

Deswik CAD

UGDB

Scheduler

Power BI

Education

Mining Engineering degree

Tools

Deswik CAD

UGDB

Scheduler

Job description

Northern Star Resources seeks a Senior Mining Engineer for its underground Mt Charlotte operation in Kalgoorlie. You will lead a technical team including scheduling, drill and blast and graduate engineers to drive safe production from the underground workforce.

The role involves coordinating plan execution, stope reconciliation, and vibration monitoring compliance, with exposure to Modified Avoca, Sub Level Open Stoping and other methods as the asset grows.