Senior Planning Engineer

Ready to pursue your professional journey with Northern Star Resources? As an ASX 50 global-scale gold miner, we have sizeable operations across Western Australia, Northern Territory and Alaska. With unparalleled pathways for advancement and avenues for personal growth, we stand as Australia's premier gold employer. Your journey starts here.

At Northern Star Resources, we live by our STARR Core Values which encapsulates Safety, Teamwork, Accountability, Respect and Results. These Values are not just words on paper; they are the cornerstone of our Company culture and guide everything we do. You will play a pivotal role in upholding these Values and contributing to our collective success.

Position: Senior Planning Engineer

Work Location: Carosue Dam

Roster: 8 days on, 6 days off

What you can look forward to:

• Direct responsibility for supervision of Mine Planning Engineers and provide them with leadership, mentorship, training, and development opportunities.
• Contribute to the underground team to deliver monthly, 3-monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts.
• Undertake all planning activities incorporating Medium, and Long-term planning requirements.
• Produce and deliver quarterly forecast, H2 reforecast, spatial compliance report (actual vs budget), annual budget preparation, and life of asset plan.
• Undertake underground mine designs, level extraction plan preparation and economic evaluation.
• Ore Reserve preparations in accordance with JORC code definitions.
• Liaising with the Production, Paste Fill, Geotechnical and Geology workgroups to ensure medium and long-term priorities are transferred into short term plans.
• Identify & implement opportunities to optimise mining processes and provide business improvement strategies.

To thrive in this role, you'll bring

Expertise & Accomplishments:

• Competent user of Deswik packages (Scheduler, CAD, SO)
• Practical experience on large scale underground mining operations, including new projects ramp up and multi-site operations
• Previous experience with financial modelling/costing
• Ability to influence, communicate risks, realistic plans and delivering compelling presentations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering
• WA First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency (desirable)
• WA Underground Supervisors Certificate of Competency (desirable)

Attributes

Success in this role will be a high performing individual who proactively engage in safety processes and adherence to required controls. Actively monitors and promotes the STARR Core Values to facilitate continuous improvement, high quality work and the management of cost in line with business strategies. The team will develop a high level of skill, integrity and ownership developed through your active coaching, engagement and standard setting behaviour.

Discover the perks of working at Northern Star…

• Company subsidised GU Health Insurance.
• Gold Price Variable bonus incentive.
• Short-term incentive bonus program.
• 5 weeks annual leave for site-based employees.
• Employee Share Plan programs.
• Gold standard parental leave policy.
• GoldSTARR rewards program - cash savings for everyday expenses.
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) that includes free, confidential counselling and wellbeing services.
• Salary continuance (income protection) insurance from commencement.
• Salary sacrificing benefits, including novated leasing and remote area living benefit options.

Eligibility:

Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria which includes a medical, drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work and valid Australian national police clearance. Northern Star is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

At Northern Star, everyone plays an important role, and we look forward to seeing how you grow with us.

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