Shotfirer

2 weeks ago

Newcastle Maitland Hunter, Australia Thiess Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

Make your mark with Thiess

Everyday, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones. Take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment.

Thiess is the place to make things happen.

About the role

Mount Pleasant Operation located in the Hunter Valley Region, NSW is looking for an experienced Shot Firer to join the blast crew working a 5/4 Lifestyle 11 hour day shift roster.

Reporting to the Supervisor, Drill and Blast, as our next Shotfirer this position will see you fundamentally contributing to the success of the blasting team on site.

In this role, you will:

  • Day to day field operations, including blasting targets are met
  • A safe and healthy workplace for all employees is maintained
  • Community and Environmental compliance objectives are adhered to
  • Transport and Delivery of dangerous goods is safely conducted
  • Housekeeping in magazines, magazine compound, explosive vehicles and work areas are kept to high level

About you

  • A Current NSW Security Clearance (UHL) and Shotfiring Blasting Explosives Users Licence (EUL) for Open Cut Coal Mining
  • Experience in Shotfiring operations using electronic initiation systems
  • Operational experience in Mobile Processing Units (desirable)
  • Experience in stock management and bulk material loading
  • Collaborative communication sills
  • Ability to work in a fluid/dynamic environment as part of an adaptive team
  • Self-driven and able to work autonomously in the field

What Thiess can do for you

  • Permanent full-time positions
  • Thiess' commitment to training & development
  • Salary sacrifice options – Novated leasing
  • Range of corporate discounts including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products.
  • Gym membership

About Us

The pioneering spirit of our founders – the legendary Thiess brothers – is our legacy, and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining.

We're creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning – supporting our people to contribute to Thiess' success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We'll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. We're focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included and empowered.

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