Senior Underground Drill and Blast Professional

1 day ago

Perth, Western Australia beBeeEngineer Full time $90,000 - $120,000

Westgold is shaping the future of gold mining in Australia. We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our operations who share our vision of building a sustainable and profitable major Australian gold business.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking an Underground Drill and Blast Engineer to join our Technical Services teams across our Northern and Southern Operations. This opportunity offers a competitive remuneration package and a bi-annual bonus within a continuously growing company, whilst on an 8 day on, 6 day off roster.

  • Completion of drilling plans aligned with 13-week schedules
  • Completion of charging plans
  • Tele remote plans for underground bogging activities
  • Preparation of short-term weekly schedules
  • Assume responsibilities as Ventilation Officer (if required)
  • Completion of Primary and Secondary Ventilation Surveys in accordance with WA Mine regulations
  • Adherence to Project Operation Safety Plan (POSP)
  • QA/QC duties to ensure safety and productivity of drill and blast activities underground
  • Highlight key activities and critical path processes of budgets, forecasts and weekly plans
  • Track operational performance of key indicators and report to management
  • Management and administration of contractor database systems
  • Management of adhoc projects as directed by the Senior Mining Engineer and Underground Manager
  • Proposal and implementation of business improvement initiatives
  • Proposal and participation in process improvements within the organization
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • A tertiary qualification in Engineering (mining preferred)
  • At least 2 years' experience in UG Mine Engineering
  • UG time completed (or close to)
  • Previous exposure of underground drill and blast practices, preferably within a gold mine, to be able to design and implement drill and blast plans
  • Working closely with production operations to achieve drill and blast excellence
Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

  • Performance-based bonus
  • Group salary continuous insurance
  • Health and wellness allowance
  • Health insurance discount
  • Family and Medical leave policies that include IVF, surrogacy and adoption
  • Referral Bonus - bring your mates along
  • 5 years' pro rata long service leave
  • Salary sacrifice options
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that includes free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that include financial advice
Our Culture

Westgold is driven by our core values of Show Respect, Choose Safety and Deliver Value. We believe that these values define our culture, behaviours and actions. We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role, but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations and our values resonate with you then apply now.

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