Mining Engineer

About Us:

Balmaine Gold Pty Ltd (trading as Victory Minerals - Ballarat Gold Mine) is a successful gold explorer and producer with five significant goldfields in Victoria's gold belt. The company has entered an exciting new era, under new ownership and exploring untapped new opportunities. The primary focus is the high-grade underground gold mine in Ballarat, which started producing gold in September 2011, and consistently produces 40,000 to 50,000 ounces of gold per year. 

The Ballarat Gold Mine is located within the beautiful regional town of Ballarat (located just 100km west of Melbourne), which is experiencing unprecedented growth and development. 

Role:

A rare and exciting opportunity has become available for a Mine Engineer. Reporting to the Technical Services Superintendent, the Mining Engineer’s role is to support the Mining team to develop and produce from designated ore blocks. This role requires a combination of technical and operational skills. Mine scheduling, Mine design and operations support are the major areas of responsibility, as are:

• Maintaining leadership safety standards within the Mine Operations Team.
• Ensuring mining standards are met.
• Establishing and maintaining a proactive safety culture.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Maintaining leadership safety standards within the Mine Operations Team, ensuring mining standards are met.
• Establishing and maintaining a proactive safety culture.
• Develop and execute mining methods for upcoming ore production, in conjunction with the Mine Foreman and Geology team.
• Assist with the preparation weekly plan by the Mining Foreman
• Mine Design for development and production
• Co-ordinate any consultants work on mine design.
• Assist with monthly ventilation.
• Collaboration with consultants within the mining department.
• Develop and execute the mining methods for the upcoming ore production, in conjunction with the Mine Foreman and Geology team.
• Direct meetings, reviews and interaction with Mining crews and technical personnel underground, on a day-to-day basis, to ensure smooth delivery of development metres and production, to ensure efficient and productive ore mining to maximize grade recovery.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory: 

• Degree in Mining Engineering 
• Previous Underground Mining experience (minimum 2 years will be considered) 
• Experience in working in a narrow-vein mining methods
• Excellent interpersonal, team building skills and organisational skills  
• Excellent oral and written communication skills at all levels (internally and externally).
• Manual C-Class Driver’s licence
• Proficiency with Microsoft suite of products (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Proficiency with specialist software packages (Deswick)
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and be flexible
• Coolness under pressure, good team member
• Capable of getting along with a wide range of people in an underground and office environment
• Show respect and support for members of the team
• Positive, can-do attitude

Desirable:

• Completed at least 1 year of Underground experience 
• Exposure to/knowledge of Ventsim
• Exposure to weekly scheduling processes
• Stope reconciliation. 
• Able to prioritise task depending on important

Benefits:

• Residential mine, located centrally in booming Ballarat - live close to home, no more FIFO
• Excellent remuneration and benefits
• Excellent roster (8:6, Wednesdays to Wednesdays)
• Free car parking
• Uniforms supplied and fully laundered on site
• Flexible, supportive, and fun team environment
• Ongoing training and professional development
• On-site gym and health benefits

At the Ballarat Gold Mine, we are equal opportunity employers. We value having an inclusive, equitable, diverse and merit-based workplace. As an employer, we are proud to reflect the diversity of communities in which we live and work. We commit to a continued focus on equitable hiring, training, promotional practices and policies.

The Ballarat Gold Mine offers an exceptional opportunity to balance work, life and family as we are located in a major regional centre, with a population of approx. 120,000 people.  Ballarat has excellent educational facilities, health services, restaurants and retail, together with a variety of sporting, recreation and community opportunities – all of this under 90 minutes from Melbourne. Here's your opportunity to ditch FIFO or remote work!!

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! Please click “Apply for this job” including your cover letter and resume (no more than 2 pages). For any queries on this role please email **@victoryminerals.com. 

Candidates will be shortlisted as they come through, and interviews will commence immediately. Only candidates with valid work rights will be considered. Please note that a police check and pre-employment screen form a mandatory part of our screening and onboarding process.

Enquiries from agencies are respectively declined.