Planning Engineer

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

FIFO 8:6 | Northern Operations | Westgold Resources

This pivotal role reports to the Senior Planning Engineer and operates on an 8 days on, 6 days off FIFO roster from Perth. Based at Westgold's Northern Operations, this is an excellent opportunity for a motivated mining professional with 2+ years of experience in a Production Engineering role and a strong interest in transitioning into the Planning space.

You'll play a key role in supporting the mining operations team by delivering safe, timely, and accurate plans aligned with production targets and industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop development designs in line with 13-week plans
• Prepare stope designs for production engineering use
• Deliver Mini-DAF and DAF designs
• Complete stope notes and stope reconciliations
• Assist in preparing 13-week schedules as required
• Review drilling and blasting plans
• Produce ventilation models for short- to medium-term planning
• Manage ad hoc projects as directed by the Senior Mining Engineer and UG Manager
• Identify key activities and critical path processes for budgets, forecasts, and weekly plans
• Mentor and support junior engineers

What You'll Bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering
• Minimum 2 years' experience in production drill & blast
• Planning experience is desirable but not essential
• Exposure to forecasting and budget preparation
• Familiarity with Deswik UGDB or similar design software
• First Class Mine Manager's Certificate (desirable)

The Westgold Offer

A range of benefits including:

* A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer

* Performance based bonus

* Group salary continuance insurance

* A health and wellness allowance

* Health insurance discount

* A range of Family and Medical leave policies that includes 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 include free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that includes financial advice.

Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by Work 180 can be seen on the Work180 website.

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

Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria which includes medical and drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work checks and be able to provide a valid Australian national police clearance and an Australian driver's licence (or be able to obtain).

Westgold is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone matters. We believe diversity is a strength and true diversity includes those from First Nations People, various cultures, age groups, Neurodiverse backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, diverse abilities and religions. We value the unique perspectives and experiences each person brings and that diverse teams leads to innovation and success. Our goal is to have safe and respectful environments where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves and we strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Westgold appreciates that standard recruitment processes are not accessible for everyone. If you believe you require additional support or accommodations, so you feel comfortable participating in our recruitment process for this or any of our roles, please feel free to email

Westgold reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. We will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.