Are you a
Principal Mining Engineer
with strong scheduling and optimisation skills looking for a tough, challenging role?
Eltirus is a mining consulting company servicing Australia, New Zealand and North America that is expert in the digital transformation of extractive operations.
We are seeking a Principal Mining Engineer with strong Deswik.CAD and Deswik.Sched experience and resource optimisation (preferably Deswik.GO) skills to join our team.
As Principal Mining Engineer, you will be working with our team of surveyors, geologists, mining and geotechnical engineers, etc.) on projects that provide
real benefit
to our clients and their communities.
Projects are varied and challenging, with work including strategic planning, optimisation, due diligence studies, resource development programs and resource assessment studies amongst others.
Who we are
We have set ourselves the mission of bringing advanced survey, geological, geotechnical, optimisation, mine planning, and scheduling solutions to the quarry, cement and industrial minerals industry in Australia, NZ and the US.
Based in Brisbane, we are a Deswik, Seequent and Strayos partner and have been involved in a range of world first projects.
We demand high standards of work performance and pride ourselves in solving the mining problems that others can't.
What You'll Do
Based in Brisbane, you will undertake and provide technical advice on mining issues to clients including:
* Mine design, scheduling, optimisation, technical reviews and due diligence work.
* Providing leadership and guidance to project teams, including the supervision, review and evaluation of work undertaken by junior (and other) staff.
* Mentoring and development of staff in alignment with employee long-term career objectives and operational needs.
* Producing industry leading reports to document the work you and your team do.
* Coordinating with Sales and Business Development staff to produce Quotes and Estimates.
* Managing customer projects and relationships to a successful outcome.
The work is
tough and intellectually challenging
and while primarily Brisbane based, involves some travel to sites (usually for 1-2 days at a time each month).
About You
* Currently a Principal Mining Engineer OR a motivated Senior Mining Engineer looking for the jump to more responsibility.
* You hold a Bachelor / Master of Mining Engineering or related discipline.
* RPEQ qualified.
* Demonstrated experience in mine design using Deswik.CAD.
* Strong mine scheduling experience using Deswik.Sched and IS including the ability to create a schedule from scratch.
* Experience in resource optimisation (preferably using Deswik.GO).
* Extensive mining experience, ideally within both operational roles and a consultancy.
* Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills.
* Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent attention to detail.
* Extensive project management skills and the ability to build relationships with both internal and external clients.
If you believe you have what it takes to make a major contribution to our mission and team, we look forward to speaking with you.