Senior Mining Engineer

AWF New Zealand; Dunedin; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Accommodation allowance

Company bus transport

Job summary

Snowy River Gold Mine near Reefton, West Coast, is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer to join the Technical Services team. This role offers essential input to mine planning, scheduling, and performance in a growing New Zealand operation.

You will lead development of plans, oversee underground designs, and collaborate with geology, survey, and operations to optimise safety and productivity while delivering on production targets.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Mining Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years' underground mining experience.
• Experience in narrow vein underground mining operations.
• Strong mine planning and scheduling capability.
• Experience using Deswik or similar mine planning software.
• Ability to analyse production data and communicate findings clearly.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of underground mining practices and risk management.
• Commitment to health, safety, and environmental excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering expertise to support safe, productive underground mining operations.
• Produce development and stope designs that maximise ore recovery, productivity, and safety.
• Develop practical mine plans aligned with geological, geotechnical, and operational requirements.
• Identify and mitigate risks during planning.
• Maintain mine design records and documentation.
• Deliver plans to support operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain production schedules (weekly, monthly, 3-month).
• Monitor activities against plan and provide variance analyses and recommendations.
• Provide technical guidance to operations to meet targets safely and efficiently.

Skills

Mine planning

Scheduling

Underground mining

Deswik

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Safety leadership

Geotechnical coordination

Education

Mining Engineering degree

Tools

Deswik

Job description

Snowy River Gold Mine | Reefton, West Coast

Competitive Salary + Private Health Insurance + Accommodation Allowance

Select Recruitment is proud to be recruiting for a Senior Mining Engineer to join the team at the growing Snowy River Gold Mine near Reefton on the West Coast.

This is a rare opportunity to join a growing mine as it enters a significant phase of production, offering the chance to influence mine planning, optimise performance, and play a key role in the long-term success of a new New Zealand mining operation.

If you're looking for a role that combines technical expertise, operational involvement, and genuine career progression, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for!

What's on Offer

• Competitive remuneration package
• Full private health insurance
• Accommodation allowance
• 8 on / 6 off roster (or similar variation)
• Company bus transport from Reefton and Greymouth to site
• Career progression opportunities within a growing operation
• Opportunity to help shape a growing mining operation from the ground

What You'll Be Doing

As a key member of the Technical Services team, you'll provide engineering expertise that supports safe, productive, and efficient underground mining operations.

Key responsibilities include:

Mine Planning & Design

• Produce development and stope designs that maximise ore recovery, productivity, and safety
• Develop practical mine plans aligned with geological, geotechnical, and operational requirements
• Identify and mitigate risks during the planning process
• Maintain mine design records and engineering documentation
• Ensure timely delivery of plans to support operational requirements

Mine Scheduling & Performance

• Develop and maintain weekly, monthly, and rolling three-month production schedules
• Monitor mining activities against plan and provide variance analysis and recommendations
• Support operations with technical guidance to achieve production targets safely and efficiently
• Communicate scheduling risks and mitigation strategies to stakeholders
• Produce daily and weekly performance reports
• Analyse production data and identify opportunities for continuous improvement

Technical Leadership

• Work closely with geology, geotechnical, survey, and operations teams
• Provide practical engineering advice to site leadership
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Support the implementation of best-practice underground mining methods

What You Need

To succeed in this role, you'll bring a combination of strong technical capability and practical underground mining experience.

Essential requirements:

• Degree qualification in Mining Engineering or related discipline
• Minimum 2 years' underground mining experience
• Experience in narrow vein underground mining operations
• Strong mine planning and scheduling capability
• Experience using Deswik or similar mine planning software
• Ability to analyse production data and communicate findings clearly
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Strong understanding of underground mining practices and risk management
• Commitment to health, safety, and environmental excellence

Highly regarded:

• Previous experience in a production-focused underground gold operation
• Leadership or supervisory experience
• Exposure to start-up or expanding mining operations

If you're ready to combine technical excellence with genuine career progression in one of New Zealand's most exciting mining projects, we'd love to hear from you.

IMPORTANT:

• Applicants must have the current right to work in New Zealand (no visa sponsorship available).
• As per our standard recruitment process, all applicants will undergo Pre-employment Reference Checks, Drug and Alcohol screening, along with a Ministry of Justice Criminal Record Check to determine employment suitability.