Mining Engineer

Ready to pursue your professional journey with Northern Star? As an ASX 50 global-scale gold miner, we have sizeable operations in Western Australia and Alaska. With unparalleled pathways for advancement and avenues for personal growth, we stand as Australia’s premier gold employer. Your journey starts here.

At Northern Star, we live by our STARR Core Values of Safety, Teamwork, Accountability, Respect and Results. These Values are not just words on paper; they are the cornerstone of our Company culture and guide everything we do. You will play a pivotal role in upholding these Values and contributing to our collective success.

We have a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a Mining Engineer to join our high performing Technical Services team at our South Kalgoorlie Operations. This opportunity is offered on 8/6 roster, 12-hour days, residentially based in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Reporting to the Senior Mining Engineer, the primary role is for the safe design and delivery of various mining plans, schedules and systems to support production and development activities at SKO, as well as to assist with other production requirements within the Mining Engineering team.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Design stope shapes, develop extraction strategies and prepare stope notes for approval.
• Produce short-term development designs and associated approved plans
• Produce accurate and clear work instructions for production and ancillary activities.
• Produce & review weekly (7/21) schedules to ensure priority deadlines are met for production and development activities.
• Paste fill design and coordination of paste fill activities.
• Work closely with operations and survey to prioritise and execute production activities.
• Mentoring of Drill and Blast Engineers, QA/QC of drill and blast activities
• Assist with contractor management.
• Undertake improvement projects to optimise mining practices.

Required skills and experience:

• Tertiary Qualifications in Mining Engineering.
• Current "C" Class Western Australian Drivers Licence (Manual).
• Underground production and planning experience in a mechanised hard-rock underground mine – minimum 2 years.
• Experience with mine design software - Deswik.
• Good communication skills.
• Flexibility to adapt to improved procedures and practices.
• Underground time completed (desirable).
• St Johns Senior First Aid certificate (desirable).
• Awareness of the Work Health & Safety Act and Regulations (desirable).

Discover the perks of working at Northern Star…

• Company subsidised GU Health Insurance.
• Gold Price Variable bonus incentive.
• Short-term incentive bonus program.
• Employee Share Plan programs.
• Gold standard parental leave policy.
• GoldSTARR rewards program - cash savings for everyday expenses.
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) that includes free, confidential counselling and wellbeing services.
• Salary continuance (income protection) insurance from commencement.
• Salary sacrificing benefits, including novated leasing and remote area living benefit options.

Eligibility:
Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria which includes a medical, drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work and valid Australian national police clearance.

    
Northern Star is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce.  We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

Apply now to join the Northern Star team!