Underground Production Mining Engineer

Undertake the design and execution of drill and blast designs for the excavation of long-hole open stopes and vertical capital development, including raise-bore and box-hole drilling, with oversight and approval from the Senior Mining Engineer.

Provide support both to the foreman and on-the-job during production drilling and blasting activities, ensuring compliance to standards and a maintained focus on effective QA/QC.

Collate and review drill and blast performance physicals and data daily, including the assessment of long-hole drilling and stope bogging performance to monitor progress and identify underutilised capacity and opportunities for increased output.

Coordinate explosive consumables to ensure a practical and sufficient supply is always available.

Perform duties associated with the logging and blasting of operations.

Contribute to the mine planning, stope note and level extraction plan process, including stope shape optimisation and detailed stope reconciliations.

Identify and drive the implementation of business improvement initiatives, as well as providing support to other member of the mining team.

Liaise with and provide support to external contractors in regard to underground operational requirements at Leonora Operations.

Review and maintain the accuracy of the ‘Drill and Blast Guidelines’ document.

Contribute to the mine scheduling process by identifying production constraints and opportunities regarding drill and blast operations at Leonora.

A caring and supportive culture.

Professional and positive team environments on site, and at all facilities.

A 'grow our own' approach with a preference to develop and promote internally.

Access to professional development activities and educational assistance.

Competitive salary, and options for salary sacrificing.