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Senior Mining Engineer
Mining Resources Energy
💰 Salary Not shared
📊 Market A$12,500–A$18,333/mo (A$150,000–A$219,996/yr)
About the Company
Join the team helping shape the future of the Sunday Creek Project, one of Victoria's most exciting emerging gold-antimony discoveries. Located just 60km from Melbourne, this is a rare opportunity to help develop a new underground mining operation while enjoying a lifestyle that allows you to be home every night. Avoid FIFO travel, enjoy access to excellent local communities and schools, and work on a technically challenging project with significant long-term growth potential. As Sunday Creek advances toward production, you'll have the opportunity to play a key role in its future. For the right candidate, strong performance and project growth are expected to create a pathway into a Superintendent position. Sunday Creek is one of Australia's most exciting emerging gold and antimony discoveries, and it's moving rapidly toward production. We back our people with a supportive, safety-focused culture and provide genuine ownership over the plans, projects and decisions that will help shape the future of the operation. This is an opportunity to join the project at a pivotal stage and help build the technical foundations that will support a successful long-life underground mine.
About the Role
You will lead long-term mine planning activities, including life-of-mine planning, annual and quarterly scheduling, mine design and technical studies. You will provide leadership within the Technical Services team and contribute directly to the safe and successful development of Sunday Creek into a producing underground mine. Long-term mine planning, scheduling and technical studies Development of annual, quarterly and life-of-mine mine plans Support for PFS and FS-level studies Mine design and production optimisation initiatives Drill and blast design, performance monitoring and continuous improvement Technical input into ventilation and mine infrastructure planning Budgeting, forecasting and reconciliation activities Collaboration with geology, geotechnical, survey, environmental and operations teams Communication of plans, risks and opportunities to key stakeholders Technical mentoring and development of Mining Engineers and future graduate engineers Participation in site inspections, hazard identification and safety initiatives
Requirements
- ● You're an experienced underground mining professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and influencing the long-term success of an operation.
- ● You can confidently move between strategic planning and operational realities, communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders and provide the technical leadership required to build a high-performing underground mine.
- ● Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or a related discipline
- ● Extensive underground hard rock mining experience, ideally in sub-level stoping operations
- ● Demonstrated experience in long-term planning, life-of-mine scheduling and technical studies
- ● High proficiency in Deswik or equivalent mine planning software
- ● Experience with ventilation and/or paste-fill design considerations (desirable)
- ● Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills
- ● Effective planning, organisation and time-management abilities
- ● Experience mentoring or providing technical guidance to junior engineers
- ● Location: Clonbinane, VIC
- ● Roster: Monday-Friday, 5:2
- ● Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
- ● Reports To: Underground Development Manager
- ● Field-based medical
- ● Right to work and qualifications verification
- ● National Police Check
- ● Current manual driver's licence
- ● SXGC is committed to creating a workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply if you believe you can make a strong contribution.
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