Civil Surveyor - Mining (Residential Otago, NZ)

OceanaGold Corporation; Macraes; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Health & life insurance

Wellbeing allowance

Employee discounts

EAP access

Job summary

OceanaGold Corporation in Otago, NZ, is seeking a Civil Surveyor for the Macraes Open Pit Survey team. This residential role offers drive-in/drive-out options from Dunedin or Oamaru, with Queenstown within a 3-hour drive for days off.

The roster is 5 on/2 off, 4 on/3 off, 6:45am–4:15pm, delivering accurate survey support for mine civil engineering projects. You will perform set-out, as-built, deformation monitoring, and data management, using 3D modelling and UAV surveys, to ensure design

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Surveying preferred.
• Full, clean, current Class 1 drivers' licence, ability to drive manual vehicles is essential.
• Unrestricted work rights / NZ working visa is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Undertake as directed set out and as-built surveys on mine civil engineering projects (e.g., embankment construction; road realignments).
• Undertake design set-out and as-built surveys as required to ensure design compliance and monitor construction performance, including UAV and bathymetric surveys of tailings storage facilities.
• Undertake deformation monitoring surveys as directed to meet compliance and geotechnical schedules
• Maintain survey datasets in a systematic and logical manner.
• Input monitoring data and maintain an accurate database of all data such that it meets internal and external reporting requirements.
• Utilise survey and 3D modelling computer software to process and disseminate survey data as required in the appropriate format (hardcopy and digital).
• Assist when required & absence cover for wider open pit survey team.
• Carry out all other duties that may reasonably be required.

Skills

Surveying

Civil construction

Safety compliance

Data management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Surveying

Diploma in Surveying

Tools

AutoCAD

GIS

3D modelling software

Job description

OceanaGold Corporation in Otago, NZ, is seeking a Civil Surveyor for the Macraes Open Pit Survey team. This residential role offers drive-in/drive-out options from Dunedin or Oamaru, with Queenstown within a 3-hour drive for days off.

The roster is 5 on/2 off, 4 on/3 off, 6:45am–4:15pm, delivering accurate survey support for mine civil engineering projects. You will perform set-out, as-built, deformation monitoring, and data management, using 3D modelling and UAV surveys, to ensure design