- Progress into other mining roles (e.g., production, planning, projects)
- 8:6 roster, FIFO from Perth or Geraldton, 1-hour travel time to site
- Long-term employment potential at a long-life mining operation (10+ years)
What This Role Offers
- Exposure to a mix of longhole open stoping and remnant mining.
- Opportunities to progress into other roles within the Mining Team (e.g., production, planning, projects).
- Support to upskill, including financial assistance for further education, seminars, and conferences.
About the Prospect
An opportunity has arisen for a Mine Scheduling Engineer to join our Golden Grove operation in Western Australia. This site-based role reports to the Senior Production Engineer and operates on an 8:6 roster.
Your focus will be on developing integrated weekly mining, milling, and maintenance schedules to ensure operations run efficiently and are aligned with business objectives.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Developing and maintaining weekly mining schedules, ensuring alignment with the Three-Month Plan (3MP) and rolling 13-week plan.
- Ensuring scheduling files are accurate, current, and well-controlled.
- Preparing and presenting daily and weekly production plans, and tracking compliance in planning meetings.
- Incorporating safety standards and statutory requirements into all scheduling activities.
- Monitoring performance against schedules, analysing variances, and preparing timely reports.
- Collaborating with operations, geology, maintenance, projects, and processing teams to improve scheduling and support business planning.
About You
Our ideal candidate will have some post-graduation experience in a mining environment, including exposure to underground mechanised mining.
Other key skills, experience, and qualifications:
- A tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or a related discipline.
- An understanding of underground mining practices, ideally including longhole stoping.
- Some experience in ring design software.
- A current C-class manual driver’s licence.
About 29Metals and Golden Grove
29Metals is an ASX-listed mining company producing copper and other base and precious metals critical to the global energy transition. Headquartered in Melbourne, we also have support offices in Perth and Brisbane.
We operate two long-life assets: Golden Grove in Western Australia and Capricorn Copper in Queensland, along with a portfolio of exploration interests, including a strategic tenement package and project in Redhill, Chile.
Golden Grove is a high-grade underground mining operation producing copper, zinc, and precious metals. With a mine life exceeding 10 years, it has strong potential for further extension. The site is currently undergoing an expansion, including the development of a new mine, the extension of existing operations, and major infrastructure upgrades.
Next Steps
Empower your future with us – apply now.
Candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment testing, which may include a medical assessment, respiratory mask fit testing, drug and alcohol screening, national police clearance, working rights verification, reference checks, and qualification / licence checks.
📌 Mine Scheduling Engineer (Short-Term)
🏢 29Metals
📍 Perth