AddressOur Company
TerraCom Limited (ASX: TER) is an Australian based mining resources company with a global footprint, comprising a large portfolio of operating assets in Australia and South Africa within the coal sectors. We are a renowned low-cost producer focused on delivering exceptional outcomes from our high yielding diversified asset portfolio for investors. TerraCom owns and operates the Blair Athol Coal Mine, in Central Queensland. This open-cut thermal coal operation consists of a full suite of mining activities inclusive of dragline, truck and excavator, dozer push, mine site rehabilitation, coal processing, coal crushing, product haulage and train load-out activities.
The Blair Athol Coal mine is located 24 km northwest of the family-friendly township of Clermont in Central Queensland, 120 km northwest of Emerald and 275 km southwest of Mackay.
TerraCom supports our people to grow, learn and develop their skills to reach their potential. We offer an exciting working environment, with career progression opportunities, as we truly believe the capability and performance of our people is key to our success. Blair Athol Mine believes in fostering and nurturing each of our team members by providing them with a safe and enjoyable place to work, along with guidance and support from a leader they can rely upon. Come and play a key role in shaping our future!
The Role
We are currently seeking a highly motivated Operations Engineer to join our dynamic and motivated technical services team at Blair Athol Coal Mine, 24 km northwest of the family friendly township of Clermont in Central Queensland.
Responsibilities of the Role:
- Manage, develop and communicate the detailed weekly mine plan aligned to the requirements of two-weekly and 90 day plans.
- Lead the short term design process to generate appropriate plans for Dragline, Excavators and Hauling Operation optimisation.
- Provide short-term mine planning, design and optimisation solutions.
- Provide technical support for mining projects across the organisation as required.
- Support the engineering, environmental and geological aspects of projects as required.
- Provide Drill and blast design and review, analysis and optimisation solutions.
- Monitor Dragline, Excavator and Dozer Push compliance and performance to target.
- Provide weekly reconciliation updates to design adherence and mine production in accordance with the mine plan.
- Validate daily production volumes in the reporting system.
- Provide pit monitoring and optimisation analysis for the site.
- Pilot UAV to gather footage and photographs of the mine site.
Skills and Experience:
- Relevant Mining Degree Qualification with 5+ post grad open cut mining experience
- Experience within operations; preferably with exposure to a large-scale opencut coal mining operations.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to interpret and articulate technical information.
- Strong understanding and capability in industry software applications is essential, particularly Spry and Deswik.
Career Development:
- The Operations Engineer role provides the successful candidate career development and a pathway to operational leadership roles due to the nature of this appointment acting in an operational Superintendent capacity overseeing all mine operations and activities over weekends and periods of management absence. This will provide the requisite management experience in running production crews, maintenance and coal processing activities. Further development will be provided for the right candidate to progress into other senior leadership roles at the mine.
Benefits:
- This exciting opportunity is offered on a fly in fly out (FIFO) basis from Brisbane working on an 8 days on 6 days off roster located in Clermont, Queensland which includes a detailed handover at the mine.
- We offer an exciting, fast paced and flexible working environment, with access to training and mentoring from innovative leaders and established industry experts.
- Attractive salary package plus 5 weeks annual leave.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, we will only be reaching out to those who are shortlisted.
