Engineer - Mining

OceanaGold Corporation; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Residential role in Otago NZ

Relocation assistance

Free healthcare & life insurance

Long service recognition

Study assistance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Supportive working environment

Job summary

OceanaGold Corporation in Otago, NZ is seeking an experienced Underground Mining Engineer to join the Technical Services team in a residential role. The position supports production targets by providing a professional production engineering service within a modern underground mine environment.

You will deliver drill and blast designs, develop detailed stope designs, and coordinate with planning to optimise ore extraction while maintaining safety standards and cross-department collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months experience in underground mining.
• Full and current driver licence; ability to drive manual vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality drill and blast designs to operations to support mining plan.
• Perform regular stope reviews and reconciliations.
• Create detailed stope designs from conceptual designs and current geological models to maximise resource extraction.
• Produce drill designs and charge plans to meet monthly planning requirements.
• Ensure designs comply with OceanaGold standards and industry best practices.
• Maintain design stocks to minimise production disruption.

Skills

Underground mining experience

Driver licence

Education

Mining Engineering degree

Job description

OceanaGold is aglobal intermediate gold and copper producer with more than 35 years of exploration, development and operating experience.We have four operating mines – Haile in the USA, Macraes and Waihi in New Zealand, and Didipio in the Philippines and aglobal workforce of ~ 5 , 400 employees and contractors.

Our people, assets, and strategy are core to our success. Guided by our values—Care, Respect, Integrity, Performance, and Teamwork,we strive to be atrusted company people want to work for, partner with, supply and invest in, to create value.We are committed to safe and responsible mining that generates strong returns and contributes to sustainable development in the regions where we operate. OceanaGold is listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges (TSX: OGC; NYSE:OGC).

Job Description

Ditch the FIFO lifestyle or working in remote mining towns and come to the ultimate residential gold mine location of Macraes in the stunning region of Otago, NZ. Enjoy the outdoors lifestyle, with unspoilt beaches, walking and biking trails all on your doorstep.We are seeking an experienced Underground Mining Engineer to join the Technical Services team. This role provide the team with aprofessional production engineering service to enable production targets to beachieved.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Deliver quality drill and blast designs to operations in support of the miningplan.
• Continuous improvement through regular stoping reviews and reconciliations.
• Create detailed stope designs based on conceptual designs, development as-builts and current geological block models, that maximise extraction of the availableresource.
• Produce drill designs and charge plans to meet the requirements of the monthlyplan.
• Drill designs and charge plans to comply with documented OGL standards where available and industry bestpractice.
• Sufficient design stocks to be maintained to ensure minimal disruption and delays to the productioncycle.
• Provision of design tonnes and grades to the planning department no later than 24 hours prior to commencement of the weekly planningcycle.
• Perform regular stope inspections (minimum of twice weekly or as directed) and document observations clearly.
• Provision of current brow positions and blasted stocks to planning function on aweekly basis or as otherwise directed to assist with timely delivery of monthlyforecast.
• Communicate issues identified with technical tool and software across the Macraes Underground technical service department, including use cases andsolutions.
• Work with other OGL departments to ensure production at Macraes Underground ismaximised.
• All work to be performed in accordance with OGL safety standards, and all work directions issued to operations to be planned and comply with those same safetystandards.

Qualifications

A recognised degree in Engineering (Mining)

Full and Current Driver Licence, ability to drive manual vehicles isessential

A minimum of 12 months experience in underground mining

Additional Information

WHAT’S ONOFFER:

• Residential role, live and work in the stunning region of Otago,NZ
• 8 / 6 dayshift onlyroster
• Competitive salary + short-term and long-term bonus +relocation assistance
• Free Southern Cross Healthcare and LifeInsurance
• Long service recognition
• Living Our Values recoginition program
• Study assistance
• Access to OceanaGold Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Exceptional working environment where people are valued andrespected
  

YOU MATTER:OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. We believeavariety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success.