Tailings & Water Operations Advisor: Safe, Efficient Deposition

Newmont Corporation; Orange City Council; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Residential/DIDO options

Competitive salary

Health and wellbeing programs

Learning and leadership development

Job summary

Newmont Cadia is seeking an Advisor Tailings and Water Operations to support the safe, efficient and compliant operation of Tailings & Water facilities at Cadia. You will drive continuous improvement through risk management, procedure development and performance analysis.

You will collaborate with planning, technical services and safety teams to optimise tailings deposition, water management and coarse sand placement, while promoting continuous improvement and procedural compliance across teams.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated on-site mining and tailings experience.
• Experience developing procedures, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, review and maintain operational procedures, JSEAs, risk assessments and safe systems of work to support Tailings & Water operations.
• Facilitate risk assessments, operational risk workshops and field verifications to strengthen critical controls and reduce operational risk exposure.
• Analyse tailings deposition performance, coarse sand production and operational trends to identify opportunities for improved safety, efficiency and reliability.
• Collaborate with planning and technical teams to ensure deposition strategies and operational plans are practical, efficient and safe to execute.
• Support workforce capability by identifying competency gaps, promoting continuous improvement and assisting with procedural compliance across operational teams.

Skills

On-site mining experience

Procedures & risk assessments

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Tailings facility experience

Job description

Newmont Cadia is seeking an Advisor Tailings and Water Operations to support the safe, efficient and compliant operation of Tailings & Water facilities at Cadia. You will drive continuous improvement through risk management, procedure development and performance analysis.

You will collaborate with planning, technical services and safety teams to optimise tailings deposition, water management and coarse sand placement, while promoting continuous improvement and procedural compliance across teams.