AddressDrill & Blast Engineer
McArthur River Mine | Northern Territory
Glencore's McArthur River Mine (MRM) is a world-class zinc-lead mine with a long future. You'll find our mine in the Gulf of Carpentaria 900 km southeast of Darwin and 64 km from Borroloola. We produce and process zinc, lead and silver from our open cut mine. It is then stored and transported to our Bing Bong loading facility and shipped to our customers worldwide. Our customers use our essential commodities in everyday products for mobility, infrastructure and communications.
About the role:
The Drill & Blast Engineer is responsible for design and management of the Drill & Blast pattern design process and will work with the operational team to deliver a consistent high-quality output of broken material for the mining operation. The engineer is responsible for the development and maintenance of systems, schedules, reporting and design work that integrates input from all technical and operational mining groups toward the drill and blast output.
The ideal applicant for the role should possess:
- Bachelor of Engineering majoring in Mining or similar relevant tertiary qualification from a recognized tertiary institution.
- Demonstrated knowledge of mining engineering systems in open pit mines that includes a minimum of three years' site based experience.
- Experience in identifying improvements and implementing mining project outcome.
- Previous experience with blast design and modelling software (ShotPlus, BlastIQ) and mine design software (Vulcan).
- An eye for detail, excellent house-keeping and genuine pride in your area of work.
- The desire to make a lasting contribution at MRM and the wider Glencore group.
Benefits:
- 13% Super
- 15 days on, 13 days off roster.
- Excellent career development opportunities.
- salary sacrificing vehicles.
- Benefits program including discounts with Health Insurance providers, online and in-store discounts through Glencore Rewards.
As a Glencore team member, we want to set you up for success. You'll get to do this with our team of experts through coaching, mentoring opportunities, and exposure across our operational departments. We will help you connect with new colleagues so you can build strong work relationships, grow your knowledge of the mining & metals industry, and provide you with an environment that empowers you to get on with the job.
At MRM, we support the Northern Territory first, and Territorian applicants or those prepared to relocate with our assistance will be highly regarded for this role.
For further information, please contact:
mrmjobs@glencore.com.au
