Senior Mining Engineer

Description:

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Mining Engineer who can contribute to mine planning in a large, complex, open-cut truck and shovel operation at our Mt Arthur Mine Site in the Hunter Valley Region.

The Specialist Mining Engineer role is a pivotal position within the Short Term Planning team at Mt Arthur as you provide safe and efficient designs, schedules and project management to support the operational and functional teams through execution of the mine plan.

This is a full time role located in the beautiful Hunter Valley. This is your opportunity to have a rewarding career based in a sought after lifestyle location. The role is offered as a Mon-Fri work week.

Your Main Responsibilities
 

• Design safe and efficient excavation and dump designs.
• Support and develop efficient mine schedules.
• Manage different projects related to mine planning and interacting with different stakeholders
• Establish and maintain relationships with different teams throughout Mt Arthur to deliver key schedule and planning objectives.
• Effectively communicate mine planning and project outputs to internal and external stakeholders.
• Pursue continuous improvement opportunities throughout your day-to-day work.
• Complete reconciliations to ensure accuracy in your work.
• Manage risk through the application of geotechnical controls in both design and scheduling.
   

About You

A strong working knowledge and/or experience base across the following aspects is required:
 

• A high level of competence in mining software applications used for planning and scheduling, including Deswik and/or Vulcan (CAD software), SPRY (or equivalent) scheduling software
• SPRY (or equivalent) scheduling software
• Microsoft Office Suite – Excel & Word
• Experience in opencut mining, with drill and blast, mine planning and scheduling exposure. Exposure to through-seam mining highly regarded.
• A high level of competence in mining software applications used for planning and scheduling, with Spry and Deswik highly regarded