Engineer- Mining (Underground)

Company Description

OceanaGold is a growing intermediate gold and copper producer committed to safely and responsibly maximizing the generation of Free Cash Flow from our operations and delivering strong returns for our shareholders.

We have a portfolio of four operating mines: the Haile Gold Mine in the United States of America; Didipio Mine in the Philippines; and the Macraes and Waihi operations in New Zealand. Our operations are supported by a global workforce with significant exploration, development and operating experience.

Our Purpose is mining gold for a better future. The gold, copper, and silver we produce are essential to the renewable energy and transport sectors, life-saving medical devices and technology which connects communities around the world. Our activities also contribute to economic growth and improved health and education outcomes in the regions where we operate. We provide direct employment for over 3,700 people and indirect employment for many more.

Our Vision is to be a company people trust, want to work and partner with, supply and invest in, to create value. This Vision is brought to life by our Values – Care, Respect, Integrity, Performance and Teamwork – which put our people, host communities, the environment and our stakeholders at the forefront of our decision-making.

Check us out - www.oceanagold.com

Job Description

No more FIFO! Live and work in the stunning region of Otago NZ. Situated a 1 hour drive from Dunedin and 2.5 hours from Queenstown & Wanaka. Join our Macraes Underground team, providing a professional mining engineering service to ensure we meet production targets.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Deliver quality drill and blast designs to operations in support of the mining plan
• Schedule short term production activities
• Continuous improvement through regular stoping reviews and reconciliations
• Inspection of CMS data and document blast performance in accordance with OGL standards
• Perform regular underground stope inspections  
• Sufficient design stocks to be maintained to ensure minimal disruption and delays to the production cycle
• Ensuring all opportunities for continuous improvement in drill and blast are documented and executed with appropriate project management
• Create detailed stope designs based on conceptual designs, development as-builts and current geological block models, that maximise extraction of the available resource

Qualifications

• A recognised degree in Engineering (Mining)
• Full and Current Driver Licence, ability to drive manual vehicles is essential
• A minimum of 12 months experience in underground mining
• Proficiency in at least one general purpose mining package and in drill and blast specific software (Deswik CAD and Aegis preferred)

Additional Information

• Grow your career at Macraes, New Zealand's largest gold mine
• 8 days on 6 days off, day shift only
• Relocation assistance available, free private medical insurance

OGC VALUES: CARE | RESPECT | INTEGRITY | PERFORMANCE | TEAMWORK

OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.

If you share the same values and have what we are looking for, please apply online now via our careers website:

https://careers.oceanagold.com/jobs

**Applications close 5 November 2024. Shortlisting will commence immediately. Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand

NO APPLICATIONS FROM EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES WILL BE ACCEPTED