Senior Mining Engineer / Alternate Quarry Manager

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Senior Mining Engineer / Alternate to the Manager of Open Pit Mining - Mt Morgans. Opportunity to work as part of a quality technical team.

Summary about this job

Mining - Operations

Company: Dacian Gold Limited

Location: Perth

Work type: Full Time

Salary: n\a

Phone: +61-2-6928-5831

Fax: +61-2-9315-3694

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Detail information about job Senior Mining Engineer / Alternate Quarry Manager. Terms and conditions vacancy

  • Join one of Australia's newest gold mines
  • Mt Morgans Gold Operation is a significant and genuinely exciting new operation
  • Contribute to a professional and technically competent Open Pit Mining team
The Company

Dacian Gold Ltd (ASX:DCN) has recently finalised construction and commissioning of its 100% owned Mt Morgans Gold Operation (MMGO) located near Laverton in the WA goldfields.


Mt Morgans is one of the largest new gold mines to be developed in Australia in over 6 years, and has now achieved a major milestone – the successful production of first gold from a newly constructed 2.5Mtpa CIL treatment plant. The maiden Ore Reserve of 1.2 million ounces, supporting an initial mine life of 8 years, will produce ore from both the Westralia underground and Jupiter open pit mines.  A new major discovery at Cameron Well has returned spectacular results, which further increases the potential of the project.


Dacian Gold has a strong culture of technical excellence, team work and an ability to move quickly when opportunities present.

The Role

Dacian Gold is now seeking to employ a Senior Mining Engineer / Alternate Quarry Manager provide coordination and technical expertise for the mining activities of our Open Pit mining operations. 


Reporting to the Manager of Open Pit Mining, responsibilities of this role will include;  

  • Fulfil the role of Statutory Alternate Quarry Manager when required;
  • Manage the delivery of short and medium term production targets;
  • Assist with management of the open pit contractor to achieve both short and long term production targets;
  • Plan, design, review, adjust and optimise production designs and plans such as development, drill and blast and project items to ensure timely and cost effective delivery of production targets and projects;
  • Plan, review and adjust mine designs to ensure timely provision of approved mine plans for issue to operational personnel;
  • Assist in establishing mine technical services systems, processes, systems and standards, to deliver robust production functions for the MMGP. The systems established must ensure effective consultation with all technical service departments including geology and surveying;
  • Ensure that mine infrastructure requirements are adequately accounted for in all mine schedules and that infrastructure projects are comprehensively scoped, specified, procured, resourced and installed as required by the mine schedule;
  • Assist in the development of ‘Life of Mine’ designs including the provision of information that ensures designs and schedules are reasonable and achievable;
  • Liaise with MMGO technical teams and provide input and assistance as required, including advice and review of the impact of production requirements and ability to meet both short and long term development and stope production targets;
  • Provide leadership and guidance to technical personnel and manage the resources for which you are responsible such that support is available to the wider MMGP team; and
  • Reasonable duties as required to ensure smooth operation of the mine.

The Person

Dacian is in an exciting growth phase.  The culture is representative of this phase - an 'all hands on deck' team approach is taken by all staff to ensure that we meet and exceed schedule, targets and deliverables. 


We are looking for a Senior Mining Engineer who is highly motivated and enjoys working alongside like-minded professionals in a growing team and a growing company. 

This opportunity may also suit an ambitious Mining Engineer who has achieved their QM ticket, and is seeking the opportunity to formally act as the Quarry Manager. 


The ideal candidate for this position will meet the following criteria;

  • Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or related discipline
  • Unrestricted Quarry Manager’s Certificate
  • Sound knowledge of statutory safety requirements relevant to mining
  • Technical expertise in relation to Open Pit mine design, drill and blast, optimization and planning
  • Proficient with computer scheduling software (Deswick)
  • Operational site based mining experience (preferably gold ) and the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic production environment.

 
Shortlisting will commence immediately.  Please apply now.



Please note:  We respectfully request that there are no approaches from recruitment agencies in relation to this role.  We will be accepting applications and enquiries from direct applicants only.


 

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