Underground Manager

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Detail information about job Underground Manager. Terms and conditions vacancy

• 8/6 Roster
• Fast Moving Company with Potential Growth
• FIFO and DIDO roles available

Westgold Resources is a Western Australian gold producer with four operating mining centers spanning Norseman to Doolgunna. Since acquisition of its first gold asset in October 2013, the company has completed five other significant acquisitions with all assets since purchase in production within a 18 month timeframe. Westgold is a mining producer – from Res Def drill bit to Gold Room crucible the company focuses on safe, profitable and productive mining.

Westgold is currently operating 8 open pit mines and 6 underground mines – feeding the four separate Processing Plants in each mining center. Forecasted  production for CY2018 is 300koz with targets of +400koz in coming years – with growth from internal expansion as well as external acquisitions / agreements.   

The Cue Gold Operation (CGO) is the newest of the four operating centers, with a 10 year LOM Plan (market released on 8th December 2017) incorporating underground and open pit mines. CGO is the ‘playground’ for underground mining engineers with the operation having multiple superior Australian UG gold assets. Of particular note, Great Fingall and Big Bell – coming into production in FY2019.

Big Bell Gold Mine (since 1904) has produced 32.8Mt’s @ 2.8g/t for 2.9Moz, and is known as one of 5 top UG mines in Australia. WGX is in its final stages of dewatering 2.0M cubes of water within the sub level cave void and has commenced rehabilitation of the historical decline over the last 12 months. Current mine plan has 10Mt’s @ 3.0g/t for 965koz (10 year Reserve) with extraction utilizing twin declines and abutment retreating sub level cave fronts. First development ore is forecast in November 2018. WGX has setup this operation as a long term asset with fully refurbished surface facilities, mining services and modern underground autonomous gear.

Great Fingall Mine (since 1899) is one of the highest grade mines in Western Australia having produced an inventory of 1.9Mt’s @ 19.5g/t for 1.2Moz. Since mining ceased in 1923, no UG extraction has occurred with recent 1990’s history excavating only an open pit on the reefs surface expression. WGX mine plan has 806kt’s @ 7.5g/t for 194k oz with narrow vein mining methods (3 year Reserve). WGX has completed dewatering of the existing pit void and is poised to commence  portal mining in July 2018.

The multiple underground mines within the Cue Gold Project are within 30 minutes’ drive of a modern and well establish camp facility located within the township of Cue, with direct 8:6 flights to Perth from the towns airstrip.  

CGO is seeking experienced UG Managers to autonomously plan, build, manage, extract and optimize these significant underground mines and place their names in the history books of the Murchison’s mining chronicles. Reporting to the CGO General Manager, the successful candidate would also have links to the company’s Operating Officer and Technical Services Division to order to communicate and resource adequately.    

Your Experience, Skills & Attributes:

• First Class Managers Ticket with 10+ years’ experience in UG Mining.
• Demonstrate strategic planning exposure and managing personnel from owner operator UG miner through to senior technical personnel.
• Display ability to plan and schedule safety parallel to mining physicals rather than having safety being managed downstream.
• Exposure to various mining methods with ability to ‘think beyond’ the handbook.  
• Experience in Surpac, and or an equivalent software design package.
• Budgets and cost control should be inherent to the applicant.

Get on the WGX CGO Bus for the journey and start directing the destination.