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Granny Smith Mine (GSM) is an underground gold mining operation located 740km northeast of Perth, Western Australia.
Our people fly to the site on a chartered jet departing Perth Airport's Terminal 2 four days a week to Laverton with a travel time of around 85 minutes, or via road for employees residing in host community towns including Laverton and Kalgoorlie.
With a 10-plus life of mine - stability plus!
Job description:
Role Details
Reporting to the Manager: Mining, you will be responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of the underground operations to meet all safety, production, and cost targets, whilst ensuring that all mining and planning activities support and are driven by the short, medium, and long term needs to the mine and fully aligned with the strategic goals and objectives of the business unit and Company. As an employee at Gold Fields, we expect all levels of employees to act in a manner that seeks to align and enhance the values, safety culture and performance of Gold Fields to create enduring value beyond mining. The successful incumbent will be responsible for ensuring site and department targets are met in a safe, efficient manner following GFA standards, and fully compliant with relevant legislative and statutory requirements. This role is offered on an 8 days on 6 days off roster and is Fly in Fly out from Perth.
Benefits include:
- Site Allowance
- Virgin Velocity reward points
- Private Health Insurance Allowance
- Annual bonus & long-term incentive scheme
- Educational assistance
- Consistently lead and act in a manner that demonstrates commitment to the safety culture and performance of Gold Fields
- Manage and support the performance of all direct reports to ensure they can deliver expected outcomes.
- Manage and oversee the production and development activities of the mine, taking into consideration the long-term requirements of the mine as well as responding to the daily requirements, to achieve the budget.
- Monitor the completion of works to ensure that they are undertaken in accordance with the expectation detailed in the plan and implement timely remedial action when required.
- Monitor development, stoping and mining projects' progress against weekly, monthly, and quarterly targets.
- Maximise mined recovery and minimise dilution in stoping activities.
- Instigate improvements and ensure requirements and proposals of the underground operations are considered by the Mining Manager by openly promoting, supporting, and sharing suggestions and ideas.
- Maximise mined recovery and minimise dilution in stoping activities.
- Oversee the preparation of schedules of mining activities to create accurate forecasts and budgets by ensuring that the development schedule is matched to the production requirements.
- Support a learning organisation & diverse thinking to meet business requirements.
- Recognised Tertiary Degree in Bachelor of Engineering (Mining)
- WA First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency in WA
- Significant experience in an underground mining environment
- Extensive experience in a senior/supervisory operational role with proven experience in utilising your WA First Class Mine Managers Certificate
- Demonstrated experience in providing leadership, managing training/development, career progression and performance management of personnel
We offer:
- Stability - Granny Smith has a 12-year mine life
- Join our mine that has solar power and more renewable energy projects to come!
- Site Allowance
- Annual and Long term Incentive Bonus Scheme
- Private Health Insurance Allowance
- Salary continuance scheme and life insurance
- Virgin Velocity reward points
- Continual training and the ability to expand your career
- Salary Sacrifice options
- Own rooms and full phone/WIFI coverage in camp
