Mine Planning Engineer

2 months ago


Port Hedland, Australia Mineral Resources Full time

MinRes can offer you

  • We invest in your career, with a focus on leadership, upskilling, training and development programs.
  • Our people’s wellbeing is at the forefront of our thinking, with in-house Wellness Centre including on-site Mental Health Support.
  • Live Your Best Life  Our benefits offer you access to deals, support and discounts to help you unlock the important things in Life – Health, Family, Recreation and Your Future with MinRes.

The Opportunity

MinRes is seeking an experienced Mine Planning Engineer on an 8x6 FIFO roster to our Lithium Operation, Wodgina. Reporting through to the Senior Mining Engineer, play a pivotal role in optimising the weekly and daily mining sequence to ensure we are meeting our targets and utilizing our fleet to it’s potential.

You will play a key role in the improvements to our daily and weekly reporting and compliance routines, with addition in building strong relationships with our Mining Supervisors to support and respond to any Adhoc changes that could impact our productivity.

  • Delivery of the Weekly and Daily Mine Plan to ensure that all teams are informed of the required safety and production outcomes.
  • Track any non-compliances to the weekly plan and assist in the development of each weekly compliance presentation.
  • Ensure that ore stockpiling and blending strategies required to optimise plant recovery are reflected in the weekly and daily plans, and that these plans are tracked and managed each day.
  • Daily data reconciliation and consultations with the Metallurgy team and any non-conformances are escalated and resolved.
  • Delivery and management of waste dumping plans in the short term to manage our environmental commitments whilst ensuring productive outcomes for the haulage and ancillary mining fleets.

What is required?

  • Tertiary qualification in Mine Engineering or equivalent in related discipline
  • Minimum 2-3 years post-graduate experience in mining open pit operation, with a strong understanding of mining principles and techniques.
  • Proficiency in mining software and tools such as Suprac, Alastri and MaxMine is highly desirable.
  • Demonstrated experience working within daily or weekly planning
  • Previous experience in drill and blast design in hard rock operations highly desirable
  • Valid C-class manual driver's license
  • WA Quarry Manager Certificate of Competency (Advantageous)

About Mineral Resources (MinRes)

MinRes is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in lithium, iron ore, energy and mining services across Western Australia. With a focus on people and innovation, MinRes has become one of the ASX’s best-performing companies since listing in 2006.

About Wodgina

Located 110 kilometres by road south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region, Wodgina is one of the largest known hard rock lithium deposits in the world. As a Tier 1 asset, Wodgina is central to MinRes’ Lithium division and its large village hosts 704 rooms.

At MinRes, the future's bright. Be part of our next chapter.


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