Principal Ventilation Specialist

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you’ll have a bright future with us.
Working in at either Brisbane or Sydney Office, you have a front row seat to our company vision and are a part of the bold, inspired teams who are engineering its success. We’re an agile, entrepreneurial company and we value smart people and creative thinking. When you work with us, you’ll always have the opportunity to progress from where you started. Based in either the Brisbane CBD or Sydney, our people work with teams located across Australia and Canada which makes for interesting work and countless ways to learn and grow.
Your Benefits
At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future. Your benefits include relocation support assistance, novated car leasing, life insurance and income protection, short-term and long-term incentives, an employee share scheme, referral bonuses, a recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance and wellness days.
We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about the flexible work options available.
The Principal Ventilation Engineer will enable the planning team to unlock the value of our operations through an integrated Group function. As part of our continuous development, we have an opportunity for an experienced Principal Ventilation Engineer to influence and deliver strategic and tactical objectives through our LTP team all our Evolution Mining sites.
About the role
This role is responsible for identifying opportunities for value accretion across the business, supporting the development of ongoing and new projects and providing guidance on current Evolution Ventilation Engineering matters.
Maintain a ventilation model for each operation.
Recommend cooling, heating, primary and secondary ventilation specifications to ensure efficient recovery of the Life of Mine mineral resource inventory
Identifying and analysing opportunities to improve site value through strategic improvements.
Estimation of ventilation capital and operating costs to support life of mine option evaluations
Liaise with site Ventilation resources to scope and manage ventilation action plans identified in the life of mine
Prepare reporting as requested by Group Manager Long-Term Planning CGO & MGO Assets.
Provide miscellaneous technical support assigned by Group Manager Long-Term Planning CGO & MGO Assets.
About you
To succeed in this position, you will have proven experience in ventilation engineering over multiple mining methods. It is also important that you have or can demonstrate:
Effectively communicate complex process ideas at all levels with an ability to build relationships across functions and operations from Operator to Board level.
Proven experience at a comparable level within an organisation in either a Group (or significant Site based operation) where you held accountability, delivering operational efficiency, driving accurate and reliable interpretations/decisions, and implementing best practice in both technical and operational areas.
Bachelor or Masters qualification in mining engineering or related discipline
Qualification as a ventilation engineer an advantage.
10 years plus ventilation experience in the Mining Industry
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