Underground Geotech Engineer - FIFO Mining

Far Southeast Gold Resources, Inc.; Kambalda East; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6% site allowance

Quarterly bonus up to 10%

5 weeks annual leave

Long service leave after 5 years

Paid parental leave

Internal & external training & $10Kref

Job summary

Gold Fields is seeking a geotechnical engineer to support underground hard rock mining operations at the St Ives Gold Mine. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, efficient and cost-effective mining practices on a FIFO roster from Perth.

Your role focuses on daily geotechnical duties, QA/QC, and delivering recommendations to manage geotechnical risks while supporting ongoing projects and meeting production targets.

Qualifications

• Underground geotechnical engineering experience is required.
• Strong data collection, QA/QC, and analytical skills.
• Ability to coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Execute daily geotechnical duties: review plans, inspect data, monitor conditions, and analyse results.
• Provide geotechnical recommendations and support paste fill design.
• Contribute to short-, medium-, and long-term projects with risk mitigation.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Data collection & QA/QC

Stakeholder communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering

Post-graduate Geomechanics

Tools

Deswik

Datamine

RocScience

Map3D

Microsoft Office

Job description

Gold Fields is seeking a geotechnical engineer to support underground hard rock mining operations at the St Ives Gold Mine. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, efficient and cost-effective mining practices on a FIFO roster from Perth.

Your role focuses on daily geotechnical duties, QA/QC, and delivering recommendations to manage geotechnical risks while supporting ongoing projects and meeting production targets.