AddressDrill & Blast Engineer
Date: 26 Feb 2024
Location:
Mine FIFO, AU
- 8:6 Roster | FIFO Perth to Roy Hill Mine | Permanent
- Base + Super + FIFO Allowance + 3 annual bonus schemes
- Company contribution towards private health cover for employees and immediate family
- Be part of an innovative and technologically advanced mine site
About the role:
The Mining Engineering team is currently seeking a Drill & Blast Engineer to join them. Reporting to the Senior Engineer Mining, you will be responsible for providing all site mining engineering aspects including direction to set up the mine's development activity, implementation of the weekly schedule, and facilitating its execution.
Contribute to shaping practical and productive schedules for load and haul activities, as well as drill and blast operations.
Duties:
- Generate and review drill and blast designs
- Use measures while drilling data from the autonomous drills to optimise your designs
- Apply your analytical skills to seek out ways to improve fragmentation and ensure productive dig rates
- Provide technical input into the weekly and monthly planning process, as well as bench planning practices
- Undertake projects, design trials and provide technical analysis to help increase efficiency
- Manage product and accessory inventory to ensure sufficient stock on hand
Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or equivalent Open Pit Mining Certification
- Demonstrated open pit mining experience
- Competence with at least one major mining software such as Vulcan, ShotPlus or Alastri
- Demonstrated understanding of drill and blast designs and techniques
- Great communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving
- Experience working on blast crew or as an operator desirable
- Knowledge of blast vibration management desirable
Mine Site Facilities:
- Modern, comfortable camp accommodation
- High quality gourmet food options (vegan, gluten free and healthy options)
- Large fully equipped gym facility, as well as a gym specifically for females
- Heated outdoor swimming pool
- Beach Volleyball court and Golf simulators
- Village shop and extensive supporting amenities
- SWIFT in-room entertainment with comprehensive content and own-device casting capability
- Active social club with community events and activities for employees
- Lifestyle, Learning and Recreation initiative which provide events for your family
About the Company:
Roy Hill is a world class mining company, leading the way through innovative, integrated mining rail and port operations, to export iron ore safely and efficiently from West Australia's Pilbara region.
We are a company where people matter. We support our team to reach their full potential by providing generous benefits and opportunities, empowering them to actively contribute to our success and that of our state and country.
We are committed to the use of new technologies that results in higher quality product, less waste, improved efficiencies and above all, a safer workplace. Our integrated next generation mine, rail and port operations enable the sustained low-cost production of iron ore at a consistent quality and grade, allowing us to respond to changing market cycles.
We are proud to collaborate and work in partnership with the communities in which we operate, supporting programs and initiatives that help achieve positive outcomes and leave a lasting legacy.
We are dedicated to minimising our environmental footprint, designing our operations to optimise the rehabilitation of the land when and where mining has been completed.
We are Roy Hill.
Equal Opportunity:
Roy Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we proudly encourage indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and females to apply. We promote cultural diversity, gender equality and non- discrimination.
We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.
How to apply
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To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work permanently in Australia.
Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
