About New Porgera
New Porgera Limited (NPL) is a company incorporated in Papua New Guinea and owns the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province. The Porgera Gold Mine will employ nearly 3,000 Papua New Guineans at full production, and over the last 30 years of life of the mine it has contributed approximately 10% of Papua New Guinea's total annual exports.
About the role
We are seeking Loader Operators to join the Porgera Underground Mining team. In this role, you will lead, coach, and train the underground team to ensure safe, efficient operations while achieving production targets. Responsibilities include developing and implementing safe work practices, operating underground loaders for decline, sump, and stockpile bogging, and safely loading underground haul trucks. You will also support other underground operations, promote a strong safety culture, and provide training and upskilling for the national workforce. Experience with remote loader systems is highly advantageous.
You will model safety behaviours and coach and develop your team, working with your team to assess and manage risk. NPL operates in a complex environment that requires the successful applicant to be a self-starter, with strong ability in delivery to support the mines successful operation whilst coordinating the efforts of your team members to complete projects according to plan in a timely and safe manner.
About you
As a Loader Operator - Underground you will provide leadership, direction, and training to the underground mining team to ensure safe, efficient operations and achievement of production targets. Support the development of safe work practices, perform underground loader tasks including decline, sump, and stockpile bogging, load underground trucks, and assist broader underground operations while training and upskilling the national workforce. Remote loader experience is advantageous.
You will demonstrate a 'One Team' approach, providing effective leadership and development for your local team to reinforce NPL's culture and values, always promoting a safe work environment. The position requires a high energy individual, hands-on management style and desire to continuously improve you and your team's knowledge and systems and methods of work.
Why New Porgera
In return, you will be joining a world-class mining operation with the opportunity to impact the development and upskilling of our predominantly local workforce, combined with a team keen to learn and absorb knowledge. This offers a unique opportunity to further shape the department and improve NPL's social performance and people knowledge.
You will be joining an operation that prioritises safety, leading a team toward best-in-class safety practices while contributing to the development of a highly capable national workforce—making a lasting impact on the industry.
This role is offered on a FIFO basis either from Papua New Guinea, Australia/New Zealand with a 21/14 roster on a contract basis with a highly competitive remuneration package.
This advert will close on the 20 January. To understand more about this position, please contact