Mining Engineer – Open Pit

Evolution Mining

Mining Engineer coordinating between Technical Services and Mine Operations teams. Ensuring standards, designing pits, and managing safety protocols in open pit gold mining roles.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeKalgoorlie • 🇦🇺 AustraliaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Mining Engineer is the key liaison between the Technical Services and Mine Operations teams.
You will be tasked with achieving and maintaining good relationships with both teams.
Identifying where plans and actions are diverging and addressing the gaps to maintain adherence to plan.
Commit to maintaining health, safety and security standards and principles.
Ensure all statutory and regulatory requirements in respect to mining activities are met.
Designing pit opti shells based on the resource geology model.
Designing open pits for mining proposals from the opti shells.
Develop and provide safe and efficient drill and blast plans.
Daily monitoring, recording and optimisation of production progress.
Manage contractors on site and assist Supervisors with day to day running of the mine.
Conduct mine process and business improvement studies as required.
Actively participate and support team activities, meetings and initiatives.
Ensure that Evolution’s policies, practices and values are complied with.
Assist the Senior Engineer in establishing and implementing safe working practices and procedures.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or similar.
Open pit production engineering and medium-term planning experience (in gold mining is preferable, but not essential).
Experience in Vulcan, Alastri (APS/ATS), Deswik CAD and Integrated Scheduling is preferable but not essential.
A good understanding of relevant Australian legislation, mining regulations and operating conditions, especially WA Work Health and Safety Act and Regulations.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong working relationships.
A strong focus on safety and the ability to work to strict deadlines.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attractive salary package + quarterly bonus + local living benefits.
Salary packaging options including novated car leasing, remote living costs etc.
Complementary life insurance and income protection.
Future opportunities to work interstate and overseas.
Referral bonuses available.

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Hard Skills & Tools

mining engineeringopen pit production engineeringmedium-term planningdrill and blast planningproduction monitoringbusiness improvement studiesdesigning pit opti shellsdesigning open pits

Soft Skills

communication skillsinterpersonal skillsrelationship buildingfocus on safetyability to work to deadlines

Certifications

tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering