About Newmont
Newmont is the world’s leading gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc, lead and molybdenum. The company’s world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favourable mining jurisdictions in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and North America.
Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P 500 Index and is widely recognized for its principled environmental, social and governance practices. The company is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution and technical proficiency. Newmont was founded in 1921 and has been publicly traded since 1925.
Newmont APAC Operations are located in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales and Papua New Guinea, with roles in operations, projects, corporate support and exploration. APAC Business Unit Support is provided from our offices in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne.
Who we’re looking for
Reporting to the Director Strategic Resource Development, the newly created position of Specialist Strategic Mine Planning sits within Newmont’s Resource Evaluation and Mine Planning function.
The primary purpose for this position will be to leverage extensive operational experience and industry leading mine planning expertise to deliver optimal resource development strategies for Newmont’s global mine operations as part of a team of multi-disciplinary experts in collaboration with Operational and Life-of-Mine Planning site based teams.
To be considered for the role, you will bring a depth of technical engineering expertise developed in life-of-mine/long-term mine planning in large scale, open pit and underground precious metals and/or critical minerals global mine operations.
You will also ideally bring:
A tertiary degree in Mining Engineering, Geoscience and/or a relate fieldKnowledge of long term mine planning, mine design, mine scheduling, mine operations, major projects, mine strategy and mine optimisationUnderground and open pit mine planning experience in large scale precious metals and/or critical minerals mine operationsAdvanced proficiency in mine engineering practices, designs and software applications (i.e. Deswik)Interest in continuous learning about new and emerging technologies that may benefit Newmont’s global operationsConfident ability to design and deliver presentations as subject matter expertCompetent commercial skills including budgets, forecasting, planning, analysis and reportingSolid collaboration capability across multi-disciplinary global and site based teams.
Ideally applicants will live in Perth, Melbourne or Brisbane and have full and unrestricted eligibility for employment in Australia. The role will be offered on a work from home/hybrid basis out of Newmont’s capital city office hub.
It is anticipated the successful candidate will bring flexibility in work ethic to accommodate global time zone interactions to be effective in the role and the ability to travel to Newmont’s APAC mine operation sites and internationally, as required.
At Newmont, people create the value in the metals we mine responsibly and are ambassadors in the communities where they live and work. As a team, we foster an environment in support of our people vision, where everyone belongs, thrives and is valued. We have built a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can bring their differences to support delivering results together. Join us and unearth your potential in a global company that is at the forefront of shaping the future of the mining industry.
Applications close 21 March 2025.
More About Newmont
Website: http://www.newmont.comLifecycle of a Mine: https://www.newmont.com/lifecycle-of-a-mine/Blog: https://www.newmont.com/blog-stories/Annual sustainability report: https://www.newmont.com/sustainability/sustainability-reporting/
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