Senior Engineer – Underground Mining

Challenge yourself with us

Newcrest is one of the world's largest gold mining companies. As a global business, we aim to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, valued and supported to bring their whole unique self to work.

We recognise that our different backgrounds and perspectives help us find better ways to: solve problems; attract and retain the best people; explore, develop and produce more gold safely and profitably; and help make Newcrest a better place to work.

At Newcrest, we hold core values that focus on caring about people, working together and achieving a high-performance culture through innovation and problem solving.

Operations near and far

In the Great Sandy Desert in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia, our Telfer gold-copper mine is our fly-in-fly-out operation, comprising both open pits and an underground mine. While at site Telfer offers a diverse range of recreational activities including a gym, swimming pool, driving range, movie room and refurbished communal eatery.

Who we’re looking for

Reporting into the Superintendent – Mine Underground, the primary purpose of this position is to lead the Mining Engineering team to ensure all work is carried out in a safe, structured, agreed and timely manner. Ensure absolute compliance with legal requirements and company objectives and provide support to develop, coach and mentor team members to continuously improve their knowledge and skills and relationship interactions.

Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Demonstrate absolute commitment and leadership in providing a safe working environment
• Ensuring absolute compliance with the applicable mines regulations
• Participating in site safety initiatives and support the NewSafe behaviours in the team
• Demonstrate technical and conceptual excellence in anticipating problems and guiding the team to deliver on section goals
• Ensuring technical outputs are fit for purpose and in accordance with site standards
• Effective and timely communication to ensure all team members understand the daily tasks and their importance
• Ensures a team based culture between employees, departments and contractors

To succeed in this role, you will be safety focused, self-motivated and have strong time management skills.  You will have expert technical and operational capability combined with highly developed written and verbal communication skills.

Our ideal candidate will have a tertiary engineering qualification (Mining or similar) and have preferably been in a senior and/or lead level position previously. Underground hard rock experience will be highly advantageous.

 Ideally you will also have;

• Demonstrated experience working alongside and/or leading underground contractors as well as all aspects of an underground mine
• Exposure to contract management
• The ability to think strategically and effectively collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Current C Class drivers’ licence

We are looking for a strong communicator and influencer and someone who is familiar with working in a highly collaborative environment with a strong emphasis on innovation and best practise. 

Please note: This is a permanent role that will work on a FIFO (8D/6), flying out of Perth.

Our commitment to you

Ownership is part of how we work. You will be part of a high-performance culture that is building our future. While structure and processes guide how we work, we continue to find opportunities to be nimble and collaborative.

Newcrest is also committed to building a diverse workforce. Our strategic focus is on diversity to reflect the communities in which we operate. Creating an inclusive culture will enable us to leverage the richness of cultures across our workforce and the capability of our diverse employees to get better business outcomes.

If you are seeking a new career challenge, where you can transfer your existing skills, into a positive and empowering team environment, we’d love to hear from you!

 At this stage, we are not accepting any external agency CVs for the opportunity.

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