Principal Specialist Underground Mining AO

5 days ago


Bunbury, Australia Gold Road Resources Limited Full time

Principal Specialist Underground Mining AO

Location: Perth, WA, AU, 6001

Company: Gold Fields Group Services (Pty) Ltd

Overview

Join a high-impact team shaping the future of underground mining performance at Gold Fields to deliver safe, reliable, cost effective and consistently stable operations. As part of our Asset Optimisation team, the Principal Specialist Underground Mining will play a pivotal role in strategic decision-making, operational improvement, performance optimisation, and ensuring consistency across our underground operations. You’ll provide leadership and collaborative influence across Gold Fields, championing best practice underground mining to help sites achieve their business plans.

Responsibilities

- Drive underground mining excellence by offering technical and operational guidance, promoting safety and risk awareness, and supporting performance across the Group.
- Mentor and influence operational leaders to embed improvements that consistently deliver on business objectives.
- Benchmark KPIs and technologies, while identifying and managing operational risks and opportunities across regions to support stable and consistent operations.
- Collaborate with sites and stakeholders to implement improvements and ensure alignment with business plans.

Qualifications

- Extensive underground mining experience with a Mining Engineering degree.
- Deep technical expertise spanning underground mining operations, fleet performance and continuous improvement.
- Strong project and financial modelling skills with the ability to manage complex tasks across regions and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Strategic and collaborative leadership with resilience, adaptability, and drive to deliver results.

Benefits

- Competitive remuneration packages with short and long-term bonuses.
- Benefits including private health insurance allowance, access to Long Service Leave after 5 years, and both salary continuance and life insurance.

Additional Information

At Gold Fields, we are dedicated to creating a workplace culture that reflects our commitment to our core values, emphasizes safety, and drives high performance, to help us fulfill our purpose of creating enduring value beyond mining.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 9 NOVEMBER 2025

We work across geographies, with diverse teams and cultures. This diversity of talents, backgrounds, experience, and knowledge drives our growth and ability to deliver safe, reliable and sustainable production with lasting value for all our stakeholders. We are committed to continuing building a safe, respectful, and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and follow an inclusive recruitment process with all qualified applicants considered.

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