Underground Mining Engineer: Drill & Blast Expert

Nearheal; Western Australia; Hybride; AUD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Company subsidised GU Health Insurance

Quarterly Short-term incentive bonus

5 weeks annual leave for site-based 1

An annual Employee Share Plan Program.

Company paid Salary Continuance 1

Our GoldSTARR rewards program - with

Gold standard parental leave policy.

Salary sacrificing benefits, including

Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Résumé du poste

Northern Star Resources currently has an opportunity for a driven and ambitious Underground Mining Engineer at our Thunderbox operation. Working on an 8:6 FIFO roster ex Perth, this role offers a path to advance your underground mining career within a high-performing technical team.

Responsibilities include directing drilling and blasting activities, developing practical plans, and improving underground productivity while ensuring safety and compliance in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in drill & blast engineering within a hard rock underground mining environment.
• Underground mining experience preferred with practical time completed.
• Deswik UGDB competency is essential.

Responsabilités

• Provide direction and technical guidance to Shift Supervisors and Mine Foremen regarding drilling and blasting schedules, plans and priorities.
• Develop accurate, practical and achievable drill and blast plans to support production targets and operational schedules.
• Monitor underground production activities to identify opportunities to improve mine designs, blasting outcomes and operational productivity.
• Conduct stope performance reviews and back-analysis to drive continuous improvement in drill and blast designs, controls and execution.
• Prepare stope designs for approval by the Senior Production Engineer, maximising the economic extraction of ore bodies within equipment and manpower constraints.
• Complete stope reconciliations and summarise stope performance outcomes upon completion of stoping activities.
• Support ventilation and production engineering activities to ensure safe and efficient underground operations.

Connaissances

Drill & blast engineering

Underground mining

Formation

Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering

Outils

Deswik UGDB

Description du poste

Northern Star Resources currently has an opportunity for a driven and ambitious Underground Mining Engineer at our Thunderbox operation. Working on an 8:6 FIFO roster ex Perth, this role offers a path to advance your underground mining career within a high-performing technical team.

Responsibilities include directing drilling and blasting activities, developing practical plans, and improving underground productivity while ensuring safety and compliance in a dynamic environment.