Mining Engineer

MinRes can offer you!

• We encourage innovation, the courage to take on the impossible and the passion to make it happen.
• Our people’s well-being is at the forefront of our thinking, and we have an in-house Wellness Centre that includes on-site Mental Health Support.
• Live Your Best Life! Our benefits offer 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

Reporting to the Superintendent Technical Services, your primary responsibility will be to support our operational team in a dynamic work environment which requires you to roll up your sleeves and think on your feet. You will be accountable for site mine engineering and technical services activities, operational and mine reconciliation reports and the preparation and delivery of mining plans across several time horizons.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting mine design including pits, waste dump staging and modifications, other infrastructure designs

• Delivering D&B pattern designs, load plans, tie-in plans, post blast analysis & heritage packs.

• Providing technical contribution to the development and submission of operational License and Approvals Process

• Acting as the primary owner of process and practice improvement between the mine planning and operations team

• Delivering the Two-Week & Three Month Mine Plans including development of planning inputs, stakeholder engagement, and summaries of physicals, outputs and future requirements

• Providing project management support to small and medium scale projects

• Proactively identify risks and opportunities within the short‑term and tactical planning horizons, including relevant deep‑dives to support management decisions

• Perform mining related daily data entry as required

Your Experience and Skills:

• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or related discipline

• Experience and knowledge of mine operations in the resources industry, preferably in an open cut metalliferous environment

• Unrestricted Quarry Manager’s ticket is highly regarded

• Competency with major recognised mine design and scheduling software such as Surpac, APS, ATS or similar

• High level of communication, organisational and problem-solving skills

• Strong analytical skills

About Wodgina

The Wodgina lithium is a world class hard rock lithium asset, located 120km south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. MinRes manages all mining operations at Wodgina, including a spodumene concentrate processing plant with an annual capacity of 900,000 tonnes (SC5.5).

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.

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