Ready to pursue your professional journey with Northern Star Resources? As an ASX 50 global-scale gold miner, we have sizeable operations across Western Australia, Northern Territory 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 Resources, we live by our STARR Core Values which encapsulates 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.

Position: Senior Mining Engineer – Open Pit

Location: Thunderbox Operations

Roster: 8 days on, 6 days off

What you can look forward to:

• Review engineering designs and planning to ensure that all necessary safety requirements are met.
• Develop, deliver and manage the execution of rolling monthly and weekly mine plans which are all validated as capable of execution.
• Review execution Drill and Blast designs against the pit design and with respect to slope stability, ore recovery and blast movement.
• Optimise pit designs, dump designs and bench plans in line with the Northern Star’s standards to ensure safe and efficient recovery of ore.
• Communicate current performance against operational targets, including collection and compiling monthly and weekly reports.
• Contribute to the development and review of resource allocations and budgets (people and equipment) to ensure they reflect the business drivers and intent.
• As required, fulfil all legislative duties and responsibilities to comply with the requirements of an Alternate Quarry Manager.

To thrive in this role, you'll bring:

• Qualification in Mining Engineering with experience in contract mining environments and a variety of commodities, styles of mineralisation and scales and application of mining.
• Unrestricted Quarry Managers certificate (desireable).
• Competence with mining software packages e.g. Deswik.
• Good analytical skills and high level planning knowledge. 
• Ability to influence, mentor and coach multidisciplinary teams.

Attributes for success

Success in this role will be a high performing individual who proactively engage in safety processes and adherence to required controls. Actively monitors and promotes the STARR Core Values to facilitate continuous improvement, high quality work and the management of cost in line with business strategies. The team will develop a high level of skill, integrity and ownership developed through your active coaching, engagement and standard setting behaviour.

Discover the perks of working at Northern Star

• Company subsidised GU Health Insurance.
• Gold Price Variable bonus incentive.
• Short-term incentive bonus program.
• 5 weeks annual leave for site-based employees.
• 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.

At Northern Star, everyone plays an important role, and we look forward to seeing how you grow with us. 

Ready for a change? Click the 'Apply' button to submit your application or E-mail your CV to Kevin Nguyen at knguyen@nsrltd.com