Backfill & Ventilation Mining Engineer

Hone your strengths in backfill or ventilation in a well supported Tasmanian UG mine offering career growth, great culture and relocation benefits.

• Move your career forward with a reputable UG hard rock mining company in Tasmani
• Relocate to west coast Tasmania for a residential role or DIDO in Tas or FIFO
• Great opportunity to move your career forward in backfill and ventilation

The Company & Mine

Join a highly regarded and established mining principal operating at the forefront of their industry sector, that also boasts an impressive balance sheet. Employing up to 600 people on site the mine offers a wide range of employee benefits including a modern camp set up and meals.

• Open stops mining method
• Large budget for exploration and site CapEx investment
• Located on the west coast of Tasmania
• Relocation options with attractive residential allowances or DIDO with camp/ meals provided

Roster

Whether you live residentially or decide to DIDO, this 8:6 roster allows for strong work life balance. The roster will include;-

• 8 days on, 6 days off - day shift only
• 00am start on Wednesdays to start the shift and be involved with pre-starts
• 00pm (approx.) finish on day 8 giving you time to head home early
• For those FIFO you will be required to fly in on day -1, however you'll return home on day 8

Your location

• For those looking for a residential role where you'll be able to return home each evening, then is role offers a great opportunity to live in Zeehan, Strahan, Queenstown or Rosebery
• For those looking for a residential role, you'll enjoy receiving a $9,500 residential allowance per annum plus salary sacrifice rental (which makes residential living in the area at very little cost to you)
• For those to relocate to elsewhere in Tasmania and DIDO, accommodation and meals are provided in the camp
• Relocation costs will be paid to anywhere in Tasmania
• FIFO is offered from east coast major airports. FIFO to Davenport and drive 2 hours to the mine site (travel in on your time and on the afternoon of day 8)

About the role

We are looking for an energetic, results driven Mining Engineer to join the Technical Services team. The mine site is in the middle of a complete ventilation upgrade, one exhaust system was commissioned in 2022, a second is underway, along with a fresh air intake system. The paste plant was commissioned in 2023, and the underground reticulation is to be expanded this year. The Backfill and Ventilation Engineers are responsible for the design and optimisation of our CRF, LRF and paste backfill processes, as well as design, optimisation and maintenance of our ventilation systems.

The position runs back-to-back with another backfill/ventilation engineer and reports to the Technical Services Superintendent. You'll be part of a team who are focused on working together to deliver improvement. This is a role that would be suitable for those with strong existing skills in the field or those interested in learning from a very experienced team.

Core responsibilities

• Optimisation of ore extraction through backfill design.
• Management of our paste fill system.
• Be involved in the design and construction of a major ventilation upgrade.
• Have technical input into an experienced team always open to new ideas.

Engineering responsibilities

• Build and maintain a ventilation model to allow the accurate and realistic modeling of ventilation scenarios to support sequence optionality, long term planning and emergency management.
• Maintain a Masterfile of ventilation infrastructure in deswik to allow the co-production of mine emergency plans with the survey department.
• Develop backfill guidelines to guide the provision backfill plans that allow the safe, efficient and cost-effective backfilling of voids in line with LOM and MOP plans.
• Provide rolling monthly forecasts of requirements for consumable purchasing to enable smooth production.
• Provide input for capital purchasing.

Your Skills and Experience:

You will have come from a tertiary educational background in mine engineering and have previous experience working in UG hard rock mining as a mining engineer.

• Exposure to backfill mining and or ventilation will be essential in our success in this role
• Wide range of training and development options available, however a good baseline knowledge is essential
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build connected relationships through the teams on site
• Deswick knowledge and a working knowledge of Venetism (is highly regarded)
• Excellent safety standards and a high regard for safety processes

Why apply?

This is a standout opportunity to relocate to Tasmania and live in a state that's two thirds world heritage listed. Not only is this a unique opportunity to move your career forward with a highly regarded mining principal, but one that will allow you to embrace your passion for the great outdoors, hiking, fishing, mountain biking, climbing or your love of arts, restaurants, wineries and cultural events.

For those more interested in FIFO, these options are available from east coast major airport location. All transport cost paid for and provide by the company.

You will also enjoy;-

• Working closely with a well-connected team of engineers and senior tech services professionals
• Moving into a role you can make your own where you'll have autonomy and process improvement is encouraged
• Working closely with an experienced back-to-back mining engineer
• 8:6 roster where you'll head off at around 2.00pm on your last shift
• Working for a mining principal with a bright future ahead and some exciting expansion plans
• Taking on a challenging role that will develop and progress your skills in your specialisation
• Residential with resi allowances and salary scarified rent costs, DIDO of FIFO with camp provided
• Competitive salary package plus super plus bonuses

How to apply

Opportunities like this don't hang around too long! Apply now for more information or call Cassandra Deakin on 0484 107 660 for a full site pack on the role and project.

In the past 5 years we have been extremely humbled to have placed over 16,000 people into meaningful employment. This equates to 21 lives enhanced every day!

Cassandra Deakin | cdeakin@marble.com.au | 08 6144 2200

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