Make your mark with Thiess 

Every day, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones, take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration, and empowerment.

Thiess is the place to make things happen.

About the role

Thiess is currently seeking an experienced Technical Services Superintendent to join our projects in the Bowen Basin, Queensland.

As our next Technical Services Superintendent, you will lead a team of Mine Planners & Surveyors to provide accurate, timely, and innovative mine plans that can be implemented safely and efficiently. You will lead the development and communication of standardized systems and processes for mine planning and provide mentoring and guidance to on-site Mine Planning.

Additionally, you will:

• Facilitate periodic reviews of all critical mine planning inputs and reconcile actual vs. planned performance.
• Lead the development of mine design, weekly planning, and scheduling process documents, seeking feedback/review through the mine planning COP.
• Participate in regular client and internal meetings to address ongoing mine planning methodologies and strategies.
• Ensure regular engagement and collaborate with site technical services personnel, providing mentoring in technical development.
• Understand and communicate contractual requirements both internally and with clients.
• Provide mentoring to graduates.
• Provide expert input into the Mine Planning COP.
• Develop mid-term mine plan volumes and financial forecasting.
• Identify project risks from technical, HSE, and cost perspectives during the mine planning phase to ensure potential impacts on the project are identified, documented, and communicated.
• Ensure that risk management checklists are used for mine design and scheduling activities.
• Identify appropriate risk mitigation strategies and make recommendations to Technical Services, Site, or Project Management.

About you

To be successful in this role, you should have a minimum of 8-12 years' experience in a broad range of Mine Engineering and Senior Mining Engineer roles in Open-cut Coal/Metalliferous Mining, demonstrating the ability to lead and complete planning, scheduling, haulage modelling, and generation of reports for estimators and mine plan documentation.

Additionally, you will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Mining or Civil Engineering (or equivalent).
• Experience with forecasting and financial analysis.
• Practical experience in risk management in Mine Design.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written.
• High proficiency in MS Office, Vulcan, XPAC or SPRY, and Deswik Software, 3D Dig.
• Knowledge of planning and scheduling best practice methodologies.

Benefits

• 5/2 4/3 roster – spend weekends at home
• Paid flights from Brisbane, DIDO allowance or local living rental assistance
• Thiess’ commitment to ongoing training & development
• Health & wellbeing rewards program through AIA Vitality
• Salary continuance insurance
• Salary sacrifice options – Flights & novated leasing 
• Range of corporate discounts including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products.

About us

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia, and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining.

The pioneering spirit of our founders – the legendary Thiess brothers – is our legacy and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition and developing services to enable sustainable mining.

We’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning – supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration, and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included, and empowered.

Learn more http://thiess.com/makeyourmark 

Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at hiring@thiess.com 

How to apply

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.

Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.

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