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Date: 14 Feb 2024
Location: Kalgoorlie-Boulder, WA, AU
Company: northernst
Alternate Underground Manager
Northern Star Resources have a challenging and rewarding opportunity for an Alternate Underground Manager to join our world-class Mt Charlotte Undergrounds mine.
What's the role on offer?
Reporting to the Underground Manager, the primary role of the Alternate Underground Manager at the growing Mt Charlotte underground mine, is to provide leadership support to the operational and technical teams to safely and effectively execute the mining plan. This includes ensuring the short, medium and long-term mine plans are implemented to optimise the life of mine and enable the business to meet its long and short term production and cost objectives.
Working an 8/6 roster, 12-hour days. This position can be either residential or FIFO.
You will also be responsible for:
- Directly control, manage, and supervise the operational and technical services team, including external mining contractors to safely achieve our agreed business plans.
- Prepare forecasts and develop mining strategy with assistance from the geology department, planning and production engineering teams to deliver on mining cost, mine development, ore productions and key infrastructure upgrades to maximise the mine's contribution to the wider operation.
- Manage and direct the underground technical team to produce the plans and designs in line with the 12-week mining schedule to deliver monthly production that achieves the budgeted tonnes and ounces.
- Communicate with mine personnel on a regular basis, keeping them informed on the status, direction, and targets of the operation.
- Maintain open and positive communication with other parts of the Mining Operation.
- Develop personnel directly reporting to this position through coaching, training, and regular appraisals.
- Demonstrate strong leadership through well-developed communication skills including managing for performance and the ability to communicate mining operations information to management and site visitors.
- Enable and support a safety focused culture and ensure all risks associated with mining are identified and addressed.
- Analyse and report on mining operational performance to identify any early interventions required to maintain performance.
- Drive continuous improvement projects to challenge the operational status quo and seek out improvements that will enable the planned growth of the mine.
Are you our next Alternate Underground Manager?
You will be a highly motivated individual with excellent leadership, safety, and technical skills, looking to lead a mining team in the operation of an extensive, complex, and growing underground mine to meet and exceed the Company's goals.
You will display behaviour consistent to our Northern Star Values of Safety, Teamwork, Accountability, Respect and Results, looking to join the Northern Star team for the long term and be an integral part in its future growth and development.
The specifics:
- WA Underground First Class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency.
- Degree in Mining Engineering or equivalent from a recognised tertiary institution.
- Demonstrable experience in underground mine management at minimum Senior Engineer level.
- Underground production and planning experience in a mechanised hard-rock underground mine.
- Proven leadership and communication skills.
- Extensive knowledge of the Mining Work Health and Safety Regulations and Act.
- High level mine planning skills.
- Ability to prepare reports and good analytical skills.
- Flexibility to adapt to improved procedures and practices.
- Current "C" Class Western Australian Driver's Licence.
Why join Northern Star Resources?
You will join the next exciting growth stage of Northern Star. You will be engaged in a dynamic work environment where you will be valued as an integral part of the team, and where you can develop and grow with our business.
In joining Northern Star, you will experience:
- Premium Health Insurance through GU Health.
- Excellent remuneration package with exceptional benefits.
- Membership access to our GOLDSTARR reward gateway program
- A vibrant hub of activity, with the ability to be part of a successful and productive team.
- Great company culture with the opportunity to lead and develop a great workforce.
- Exciting, fast paced work environment with a motivated and driven workforce.
Ready to take the next step in your career? Click the 'apply' button now and tell us everything we need to know about you!
Diversity & Inclusion
Northern Star actively supports and contributes to the local communities in which we operate. We recognise the advantage of a diversified workplace including diversity of gender, thought, experience, and ethnicity. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and strive for workplace excellence.
Want to know more about Northern Star? Check out our website here: http://www.nsrltd.com/ or follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/northern-star-resources-limited/
Shortlisting for this role will begin immediately.
All applicants must have the right to work in Australia.
No agency referrals will be accepted.
