Ventilation Superintendent

Role Details:
Gold Fields Australia is currently seeking a Superintendent: Ventilation to join Agnew Gold Mine. Reporting to the Unit Manager: Technical Services, you will facilitate the safe and optimal extraction of gold from underground mining operations. In compliance with site and legislative Environmental and Safety Standards, you will be responsible for all ventilation aspects, including the development and implementation of strategic and tactical plans in line with short to long-term planning targets. 

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

This remote location role is offered on an 8/6, 4/3 Fly-in Fly-out roster from Perth or a Drive-in Drive-out from the Goldfields region.

Benefits include:

• Private Health Insurance Allowance

• Two-Tiered Bonus Scheme

• Salary sacrifice options

• Increased annual leave entitlements

• Long service leave pro rata after 5 years of continuous service

• Educational assistance

About the role:

• Ensure that all legislative, company, and best practice standards are met concerning ventilation planning and occupational health and safety

• Liaising between stakeholders to support a comprehensive, integrated mine plan

• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for ventilation modelling/simulation and major projects

• Timely delivery and review of ventilation plans for development, production, and project activities; complying with legislative and internal standards

• Consultation in monthly, business, and strategic planning processes with attention to ventilation-related safety, schedule, reliability and costs

• Quarterly and monthly monitoring and reporting on the performance of ventilation circuits

• Education and coaching of personnel to improve understanding of ventilation systems, plans, and practices

• Actively identify risks and threats to safely achieving targets and develop, establish, and manage programs to ensure risk elimination/minimisation

• Demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement by contributing to the optimisation of ventilation systems, processes and practices, regularly reviewing and identifying new opportunities

About you:

• Possess tertiary qualifications in recognised ventilation courses (Mining Engineering degree or similar preferred)

• Demonstrated Supervisory or Management Leadership

• Competency in mine ventilation and design software platforms (VentSim, Deswik, MS Office)

• Strongly demonstrated experience in UG ventilation engineering, with exposure to deep decline access mines,

• Exposure to the compilation of operational and strategic plans 

• Compilation of capital and operating budgets exposure is an asset

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to influence others, communicate complex concepts, and document clearly and concisely

• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems with minimal direction.

• Possess a Valid (manual) WA Driver’s License

Applications can be submitted via: https://careers.goldfields.com/Australia

Gold Fields is committed to achieving an inclusive workforce. We recognise that the diverse talent of our people will ultimately determine our growth, performance and success. We strongly encourage applications from female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds.