Alternate Underground Manager

About the role

Pantoro is seeking an experienced and motivated Alternate Underground Manager for its Norseman Gold Project, which is developing a new 1 million tonne per annum processing plant and several underground mines. The role covers technical services support for planning and production, including oversight of the underground mining contractor and statutory supervision of the underground mine. It is a full-time position on an 8/6 FIFO roster from Perth, with accommodation in Kalgoorlie or Esperance or residential.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure planning and production tasks are executed safely, efficiently and in line with the plan, and manage day-to-day production activities
• Develop mine plans and schedules from short term through to 3-month and Life-of-Mine horizons
• Oversee stoping design development and implementation
• Review and improve standard processes and systems for mine planning and production
• Keep contractor performance in line with the contract and mine plan, and identify and complete infrastructure and optimisation projects
• Produce end-of-month reports, prepare annual budgets and monitor costs against the approved budget
• Keep operating procedures aligned with risk management under the WHS Act 2020 and WHS (Mines) Regulations 2022, and lead a just safety culture

Required profile

• Degree qualified Mining Engineer or equivalent
• Previous experience with narrow vein underground gold mining and contract mining operations
• Demonstrated understanding of mine planning up to Life of Mine
• First Class Mine Manager's Certificate
• WA resident or willing to relocate to WA
• Manual driver's licence and national police clearance
• Right to work and live in Australia; recruitment agency approaches and referrals are not accepted

Required skills

• Competent use of Datamine, VentSim or similar software
• Mine planning and production management

What we offer

• A modern accommodation village with full messing facilities in the Norseman Township
• Access to town facilities and services