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About the role

Located five kilometres south of Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Mt Arthur Coal is an open cut mine, producing thermal coal.

As the Civil / Mining Engineer working within a high-performance team at our Mount Arthur South in NSW, reporting to the Technical Services Manager, you will work collaboratively to deliver high-quality solutions and results.

Key 

responsibilities in this role will include:

• Utilise your design skills to develop rolling weekly excavator plans and schedules for the mining operation.
• Provide designs and any required design amendments to suit operational requirements
• Coordinate plans and schedules and monitoring of actual progress with benchmarks
• Assist in the management of the weekly dig/dump plans in consultation with the Mining Superintendents and Supervisors
• Ensure implementation and compliance of the Weekly Plan and site Safety Health and Environmental standards to ensure safe and sustainable mine standards
• Provide information to relevant staff to assist in the End of Month reporting requirements.
• Utilise in house software and data capture software to run reports as required
• Strategic planning, optimisation and monitoring of Drill and Blast activities
• Continuous improvement initiatives and technical advice
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About you

• A Minimum of 3 years prior experience working as a civil or mining engineer
• Bach of Engineering (Mining or Civil)
• Proficient in MS Office
• Experience with CAD design software essential, cross training into mine design is available
• Experience in planning and scheduling packages including Vulcan, Deswik, Spry / XPAC / XACT highly desired
• Planning, design and scheduling skills
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills

What Thiess can do for you

• Transition program available for non-mining engineers
• 5/2 Monday to Friday Roster with monthly RDO's
• Salary sacrifice options for novated leasing
• Salary continuance insurance
• Discounted health insurance
• Training and ongoing career development opportunities

About us

We partner with our clients to deliver excellence in open cut and underground mining in Australia, Asia, Africa and the Americas. For more than 80 years, we’ve operated in diverse commodities, geologies, environments and cultures. Our team uses that insight to optimise solutions for each project and create lasting value for our clients and the communities we live and work in.

Visit our website to learn more – http://www.thiess.com

Driving a diverse, inclusive and respectful culture

We’re committed to safe, healthy and respectful workplaces. A place where everyone matters always.

We welcome and celebrate the differences and similarities among people including gender, identity, ethnicity, race, heritage, sexual orientation, disability, age, culture, religion, language, appearance, parental status and education.

We believe diverse experiences and perspectives not only make us more innovative, productive and engaged, but are crucial to our success.

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How to apply

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.

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