Granny Smith Mine (GSM) is an underground gold mining operation located 740km northeast of Perth, Western Australia.
Our people fly to the site on a chartered jet departing Perth Airport’s Terminal 2 four days a week to Laverton with a travel time of around 85 minutes, or via road for employees residing in host community towns including Laverton and Kalgoorlie.
Role Details:
Reporting to the Paste Fill Coordinator: Underground Mining, you will be responsible for overseeing Paste Crews on daily basis, operating and maintaining at the paste plant, QAQC of paste fill samples, and assistance to underground crews, when necessary, with quality and timely underground mining support service.
This role is offered on 8 days on and 6 days off roster and would be FIFO from Perth or residential for the local community.
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 with the purpose of creating enduring value beyond mining.
Benefits include:
- Stability – Granny Smith has a 12+ year mine life
- 6 % Site Allowance & Quarterly Bonus Scheme
- Private Health Insurance Allowance
- Salary continuance scheme and life insurance
- Continual training and the ability to expand your career
Duties of the role:
- Display a high level of knowledge and proficiency in supervising paste fill infrastructure installation and underground mining operations.
- Proven understanding of paste fill infrastructure, surface, and underground.
- Contribute and support the delivery of training to the crew enabling skill development
- Maintain a working knowledge of all task instructions & procedures ensuring that these are consistently adhered to in the operation of the mine, training personnel, and ensuring that they are competent prior to complete works.
- Actively coordinate with Underground Mining to ensure required assistance is provided to achieve Paste Filling.
- Coordinate with the scheduling team to ensure all Paste Fill tasks are captured in weekly/monthly plans.
- Actively undertake regular stock takes of inventory/material (paste pipes, valves, cement, etc.)
- Undertake tasks as instructed or directed by Paste Fill Coordinator.
- Appraise Paste Fill Coordinator or Mine Management for issues that may affect safe and efficient production through frequent communication.
About You:
- Prior experience with Paste Fill activities including supervisory and underground mining exposure
- Collaborate and innovate with the team to deliver to the plan
- Have a sound understanding of a paste plant and underground machinery/infrastructure
- Valid driver’s license
- Working at Heights card
Applications can be submitted via: https://careers.goldfields.com.au
We are committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce, and strongly encourage applications from female, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds.
- Stability - Granny Smith has a 10-year mine life
- 6 % Site Allowance & Quarterly Bonus Scheme
- Private Health Insurance Allowance
- Salary continuance scheme and life insurance
- Virgin Velocity reward points
- Continual training and the ability to expand your career
- Salary Sacrifice options
- Own rooms and full phone/WIFI coverage in camp
- Short travel times
