AddressAbout Us:
Victory Minerals Pty Ltd is a successful gold explorer and producer 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 our high-grade underground gold mine in Ballarat, which started producing gold in December 2005, and consistently produces 30,000 to 40,000 ounces of gold per year.
The 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 Bogger Operator, to join the Underground Mining team. Reporting to the Underground Shift Supervisor, the Bogger operator is responsible for:
- Bogging of development headings production stopes
- Loading stockpiles to trucks
- Keep trucks operating at full efficiency
- Bog out and clean faces
- Inspecting for miss-fires including notification to Shift Supervisor, hosing down and scaling
- Remote Bog from open stopes using Tele-Remotes
- Tram material from stockpiles and other bogging duties as required
- Keep all roads in working area tidy and free from pooling water and other potential hazards
- Manual and tele-remote bogging of production stopes to stockpiles
About You:
To be successful in the role, you will possess:
- 3 years+ Underground Mining experience
- Experience with underground hard rock mining techniques, including watering, scaling, bogging of development headings and production stopes
- Initiative and a flexible approach to work
- A willingness to build a safe and productive work culture with a high focus on quality and the ability to work autonomously
- Strong team player
- Ability to operate Sandvik/Cat loaders
- Experience in production charging
- Current Vic Shotfiring/Black ticket (advantageous)
- Tele-remote experience (advantageous)
- Valid C Class Drivers License
- Full Australian working rights
Mandatory:
- 3+ years previous experience in Underground mining as a Bogger operator
- Very high standard of safety focus, and observance and compliance with all safety policies and procedures
- Have or can successfully obtain a Senior First Aid certificate
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent team building skills and organisational skills
- Excellent oral, listening, and written communication skills
Desirable
Experience in working in a narrow-vein mining method experience
Benefits:
- Residential mine, located centrally in booming Ballarat - live close to home, no more FIFO
- Excellent remuneration and benefits
- Excellent roster (7:7, Wednesdays to Tuesdays), 12-hr shifts
- Free car parking
- Uniforms supplied and fully laundered on site
- Flexible and supportive team
- Ongoing training and professional development
- On-site gym and EAP
We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are proud to reflect the diversity of communities in which we live and work, and we are an Equal Opportunity employer. We encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.
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. 115,000 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 you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please submit your resume by clicking the "Apply Now" button. Shortlisting will commence immediately, and interviews scheduled thereafter.
Please note that as part of the process, you will be subject to a pre-employment medical, and police check, in order to be considered successful for this role. Only applicants with valid working rights will be considered.
Due to the volume of applications anticipated, only successful candidates will be contacted. Enquiries from agencies are respectively declined.
