Senior Medium Term Mine Planning Engineer

Company: Gold Fields
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The Opportunity

As we expand the team, you’ll work closely with a diverse, high-performing team that embodies our core values and fuels our success as a Senior Medium-Term Mine Planning Engineer at St Ives.

Reporting to the Superintendent: Mine Planning, you will facilitate the optimal extraction of gold ore through comprehensive underground mine planning, design, evaluation, and scheduling that drives the success of our operation.

Benefits

  • Permanent role with a leading gold producer
  • 6% Site allowance plus monthly private health insurance allowance
  • Generous Short-Term and Long-Term Incentive Bonuses
  • 5 weeks of annual leave, long service leave after 5 years, paid parental leave

What You’ll Do

  • Ensure the business can make informed decisions by identifying, planning, and communicating extraction strategies, critical path, and high-risk areas as part of an iterative scenario planning process.
  • Create, support, and manage underground short- to medium-term mine design, scheduling, and evaluation work, including the design of all aspects of an underground mine, such as ventilation, backfill, and other infrastructure.
  • Lead and mentor the team to add further value to the Technical Services team.
  • Role model our core values and create a culture where every team member feels seen, supported, and valued.

What You’ll Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering
  • First Class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency is desirable.
  • High level of skills displayed in Deswik CAD, Deswik SO and Deswik IS.
  • Extensive underground mining experience in production, ventilation, projects, paste fill, planning and scheduling

Closing date for applications: 26th June 2026

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Posted: June 12th, 2026