Surveyor

Macmahon is a leading Australian contract mining company with projects throughout Australia and Southeast Asia. Delivering a comprehensive range of surface and underground mining, civil design and construction, performance enhancement, and mine site maintenance and rehabilitation services to the resources sector.

 Macmahon has an opportunity for a Mine Surveyor to support our Dawson South Mining team on an 8:6 roster.

Some of your duties will include but not limited to:

•    Primary accountability is to provide survey set out, pickup, reconciliation and reporting to serve the mining contract at Dawson South
•    Constant liaison and collaboration with client survey teams and production crews
•    Weekly and monthly survey volumes/calculations for topsoil removal, waste excavation, coal mining and rehandle quantities.
•    Stake out of excavation, dump limits and maintenance of machine guidance system.
•    Ensure survey of coal interfaces is correctly picked up to ensure strip reconciliations are reliable and meaningful.
•    In conjunction with the Senior Geologist, provision of monthly reconciliation of overburden removal, coal exposed and coal loss surveys.
•    Daily updates of waste and coal movements into client’s Minvu system.
•    Comply with the site systems of progress recording, site diaries and photographic recording
•    Provision of actual to design compliance plans.
•    Provision of strip/seam reconciliations and calculation of contract KPI’s.
•    Calculation of ROM Factor (density) and interim weekly truck load volumes (including rise/run metrics).
•    Ongoing participation in project improvement initiatives.
•    Provide smooth handover and continuity with the other Surveyor working back to back.
•    Coach and mentor junior members of the technical team.
•    Actively contribute to risk assessment and development of Hazard Plans for operational areas.
•    Adhere and promote a zero-harm work environment

To be successful in this position, you would ideally have: 

•    Tertiary qualifications in surveying or equivalent
•    Minimum of 2 years surveying in coal mines
•    Experience in utilising and maintaining survey hardware (ie GPS, Total Station and scanner technology)
•    Experience in 3D CAD software such as Vulcan and Deswik essential.
•    Excellent data management control and post-processing of pick up data
•    Ability to clearly set out and articulate survey calculations and adjustments
•    Commitment to raising the profile of Macmahon technical capability, maximising contractor KPI’s and building trust and rapport with our client.
•    Examples where you have personally contributed to project improvement and team success.
•    Track record of behaviour and attitude that enhances inclusion, teamwork and promotes harmony.

 
As a part of the recruitment process for this role you may be required to complete a pre-employment medical, inclusive of laboratory drug and alcohol screen and complete a criminal history and qualification checks. Additionally, you will be asked to provide proof of working rights in Australia i.e. copy of valid Australian passport, birth certificate, citizenship certificate or current visa grant notification where applicable.