Geotechnical Engineer

3 days ago

Perth, Western Australia Gold Fields Australia Pty Limited Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

Gold Fields is a globally diversified gold producer with nine operating mines in Australia, South Africa, Ghana, Peru, Canada and Chile.

Gold Fields' mining assets in the Australia region include a 100% interest in the St Ives, Agnew and Granny Smith mines and a 50:50 interest in the Gruyere JV project with Gold Road Resources.

Reporting to the Senior Geotechnical Engineer, you will be responsible for the provision of a qualified geotechnical support service within the mine that will assist in the achievement of production and schedule targets, meeting all statutory and site-specific standards including cost, safety, and environment.

Safety is a core value at Gold Fields, and we expect all levels of employees to always act in a manner that seeks to enhance the safety culture and performance of our company.

This role is offered on 8 days on, 6 days off roster and is Fly in Fly out from Perth.

Benefits include:

  • Stability - Granny Smith has a 10-year mine life
  • 6 % Site Allowance & Quarterly Bonus Scheme & Private Health Insurance Allowance
  • Salary continuance scheme and life insurance
  • Virgin Velocity reward points

Duties of the role:

  • Daily production tasks relating to geotechnical engineering including review of development plans, stope and drill designs, documentation of inspections and data collection (core logging/mapping), geotechnical monitoring, stability analyses, design recommendations, QAQC and paste fill design.
  • Proactive communication of geotechnical issues in mining to the workforce and management
  • Be involved in short, medium and long-term projects and ensure that all geotechnical risks are considered, evaluated and have adequate controls.
  • Collect and analysis geotechnical parameters to ensure future mining recommendations are forthcoming when required.
  • Capable of running geotechnical aspects of a mine with some input from other senior staff. Undertaking work for medium term requirements of mine.
  • Undertake and review performance of mining areas including back analysis to assist with optimising mine design and planning recommendations and process improvement opportunities

About You:

You will have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in mining engineering, Geological Engineering or Geology with Post Graduate qualifications in Geomechanics
  • Previous experience in geotechnical engineering
  • Experience within underground hard rock mining
  • Experience using Microsoft Office Suite and mining software such as Vulcan, Deswik, Datamine, RS3D, Rocscience, Map3D, mXrap, IMS software such as ticker3D, Trace, Vantage and Synapse
  • Paste Fill experience is desirable.

Applications can be submitted via:

We are committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce, and strongly encourage applications from female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds.

At Gold Fields we work together as a team to deliver excellent results and take pride in what we do. We actively seek input from others and truly believe that diverse views improve the quality of our work. We work hard, so when the business achieves its goals, employees can share in better salary increases and bonuses, and we have more money to invest in communities and ongoing renewable energy projects.

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