Underground Production Mining Engineer

Do you ASPIRE to join a new growth story in West Australian gold? Join us!

• Undertake the design and execution of drill and blast designs for the excavation of long-hole open stopes and vertical capital development, including raise-bore and box-hole drilling, with oversight and approval from the Senior Mining Engineer.
• Provide support both to the foreman and on-the-job during production drilling and blasting activities, ensuring compliance to standards and a maintained focus on effective QA/QC.
• Collate and review drill and blast performance physicals and data daily, including the assessment of long-hole drilling and stope bogging performance to monitor progress and identify underutilised capacity and opportunities for increased output.
• Coordinate explosive consumables to ensure a practical and sufficient supply is always available.
• Perform duties associated with the logging and blasting of operations.
• Contribute to the mine planning, stope note and level extraction plan process, including stope shape optimisation and detailed stope reconciliations.
• Identify and drive the implementation of business improvement initiatives, as well as providing support to other member of the mining team.
• Liaise with and provide support to external contractors in regard to underground operational requirements at Leonora Operations.
• Review and maintain the accuracy of the ‘Drill and Blast Guidelines’ document.
• Contribute to the mine scheduling process by identifying production constraints and opportunities regarding drill and blast operations at Leonora.

• A caring and supportive culture.
• Professional and positive team environments on site, and at all facilities.
• A 'grow our own' approach with a preference to develop and promote internally.
• Access to professional development activities and educational assistance.
• Competitive salary, and options for salary sacrificing.
• Our team lives by the ASPIRE Values – Accountable. Sustainable. People First. Integrity. Results. Empower.

We would love to hear from you if you have​:

• A tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or a related Engineering discipline
•  Sound demonstrated relevant work experience in underground Mining, ideally Gold or similar .
• Strong ability to work collaboratively within a team.
• High level of enthusiasm for the work with high performance goals.
• A Dangerous Goods Security Card (preferred)