Ventilation Engineer

Role Details:
 

Reporting to the Superintendent: Ventilation, you will be responsible you will be responsible for facilitating the optimal extraction of gold ore from mining operations through a comprehensive strategic and operational perspective on ventilation demand and supply ensuring maximum return to the business in alignment with EHS standards.

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 role is offered as either FIFO or residential opportunity.  As a Fly in Fly out 8 days on 6 days off. Or as residential in Kambalda or Kalgoorlie on 5 days on 2 days off, 4 days on 3 days off day shift only roster. Bus transportation is offered to and from site for residential candidates.

Benefits include:

• 6% Site Allowance

• Private Health Insurance Allowance

• Quarterly Bonus Scheme

• Salary sacrifice options

• Relocation Assistance if you like to work and live locally

About the role:

• Contribute to site strategy by providing input into LOM ventilation requirements necessary to achieve business goals.

• Secure planned production and safety targets by collaboratively developing and monitoring quarterly ventilation work plans for the team.

• Ensure the mining team has a clear understanding and direction of objectives by controlling the ventilation coordination of weekly and monthly mine production planning meetings.

• Assist with ventilation projects and ventilation capital infrastructure planning.

• Share and establish ventilation constraints and ensure ventilation instructions are accurately recorded and distributed including field directions and work instructions.

• Guarantee that all statutory responsibilities and obligations are fulfilled promptly and that accurate

• Maintain up-to-date record keeping, as well as communicated to underground personnel to ensure that short- and long-term planning of the ventilation circuit with mine development and needs of the mine are meet.

• Assist with internal & external contractors and Graduate Engineers' exposure to ventilation plans and systems.

About you:

• Tertiary Qualifications in Mining Engineering or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated experience within Underground Engineering with exposure to longhole drilling, blasting, ventilation, projects, planning and scheduling - preferably gold

• Demonstrated practical experience to suffice the requirements for Shift Supervisors Certificate and/ or First Class Mine Managers Certificate.

• Possess planning, project and organisational skills

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite, and mining software such as Deswik CAD

• Experience with Ventsim would be highly regarded.

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.