Mining Engineer – Medium Term Planning

Medium-term Planning Engineer – Open Pit

• A pivotal role in connecting the strategic to the operational, you will have the opportunity to have significant impact in the ongoing successes of this gold operation
• Expect to work closely with both the long-term / LOM planning team and the production function, you will translate that LT side into the three-monthlys
• This consistent interaction will enable you to extend your own technical experience, presenting opportunities for you to progress into the LT planning team
• The scale and breadth of this miner’s operations means that those opportunities needn’t necessarily be only from this site – giving you more options for progression
• Your close interactions with the production / short-term planning side will also keep

Key deliverables;

• Producing 3-Monthly mine plans aligned with quarterly budgets and forecasting
• Reporting on performance against same to long-term / LOM planning function
• Varied design work; tactical pit design, plus contributions towards project designs, including contributions towards development / closure piece
• Pit optimisation
• Developing and training the short-term planning team, ensuring they are successfully translating the medium term into weekly / daily plans and schedules

 Key info;

• Company: Renowned Australian miner with multiple domestic and global operations
• Roster(s): 8/6 FIFO ex-Perth OR Residential Kalgoorlie (or surrounds) on a 4/3 roster
• Salary: circa $165 – 170k plus super, above industry bonus structure in place (paid quarterly). Residential roster carries a remote living allowance of ~$10k.

About you;

• At least three years’ experience in mine planning, including experience with medium term
• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering (or equivalent)
• Prior experience with gold
• Comfort with mine planning and design software (ideally Deswik, Vulcan and/or Alastri)

Please note that we are only able to consider candidates with relevant working rights

Interested? Please confidentially apply using the relevant button and I will be in touch, with no representation being made to the client until we have discussed in detail and you are comfortable with the potential fit.
  
You can also email me directly on cfaulkner@sfrecruit.com.au or call/text on 0416 963 992
  
If the above is in the right wheelhouse but not quite what you’re after at this time, feel free to drop me an email anyway. I specialise in Open Pit Tech Services roles – I’d welcome a confidential discussion about what good would look like for you and I can keep you informed as / when that right thing does arise.
  
Colin Faulkner
Principal Consultant, Scotford Fennessy Recruitment
cfaulkner@sfrecruit.com.au

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