Workplace Type: Onsite
At Newmont, people create the value in the metals we mine and are ambassadors in the communities where they live and work. As a team, we foster an environment in support of our people vision, where everyone belongs, thrives and is valued. We have built a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can bring their differences to support delivering results together.
Newmont Tanami is on Aboriginal freehold land 540km northwest of Alice Springs. It is a long-life, low-cost, world-class asset in a core Newmont region. The Tanami Expansion 2 project, aims to extend the mine life beyond 2040, investing in a hoisting shaft which will increase the production of the underground mine from 2.6 Mtpa to 3.2 Mtpa. Both the successful exploration within the underground operation and implementation of the first Tanami Expansion has laid the foundation to further develop the operation to remain a major contributor to the Newmont portfolio. A fully equipped camp is located 40km from the site offering leisure facilities for those flying in from Perth, Brisbane, Alice Springs or Darwin.
Join us and unearth your potential in a global company that is at the forefront of shaping the future of the mining industry.
The role
Operate underground loader to clear and load blasted materials from stopes or draw points in an efficient and safe manner

Face and Stope bogging

• Face / Stope bogging must keep pace with the mining cycle using approved safe work

procedures.

• Faces / Stopes must be bogged to design grade ensuring roadways are kept clean and smooth.
• Follow watering down procedure to water down development heading.
• Ensure spillage is kept to a minimum, cleaned up in a timely manner.
• Ensure truck loading bay kept clean at all times and free of spillage.

Truck Loading

• Truck loading must keep pace with production requirements and the mining cycle usingapproved safe work procedures.
• Spillage must be cleaned up immediately from the loading area.
• Conduct work in accordance with loading of oversized rock procedure.

Key Accountabilities

• Report to Supervisor prior to shift starting time by actively participating in the PASS meeting and pre-start meeting
• Follow instructions given by the Supervisor
• Conduct and document a pre-start inspection prior to commencement. Submit pre-start
• inspection checklist to Shift boss at the end of each shift.
• Operate and maintain equipment according to all Newmont Plant procedures, Operation& Maintenance procedures and fault reporting systems.
• Respond to machine warning lamps and signals immediately.
• Visually inspect materials, machinery and work area for defects and damage. Ensure all defects are reported to the supervisor and maintenance immediately.
• Ensure correct signage (Warning / Hazard) is used at all times.
• Accepts responsibility for the bogging and loading operations and is comfortable with the

authority and discipline to control these activities.

• Complete Operators shift report accurately and submit to Shift Boss
• Conduct watering of headings and dry material before bogging operations commence.
• Conduct scaling operations as per site procedures.
• Maintaining adequate ventilation.

Safety and Environment

• Following established procedures to work safely
• Helping others to work safely through support and good example and not accepting

behaviour which could cause harm

• Identifying and immediately reporting, and controlling where possible, any incident,

personal damage (injury), hazard or environmental damage you see at work

• Maintaining a duty of care to self and others and stop work if you think it is not safe
• Maintaining a high standard of housekeeping at all times
• Only performing work you are comfortable and competent to perform and for which you

have been tasked

• Performing and providing feedback on the required safety activities (e.g. SafeCheck, JHA,

hazard Identification& inspections) and other behavioural observation programs.

• Performing workplace inspections as requested and providing feedback
• Actively seek and apply coaching and feedback to improve performance
• Share knowledge, skills and information with others

Take personal accountability

Skills, Knowledge& Experience

• Experience underground.
• Underground bogging experience.
• Sound knowledge, skills, and experience in underground mining.
• Remote Bogging experience

Working Conditions
Due to the remoteness of the area, the Company maintains the camp on site for contractors and Newmont employees, who work on a fly-in, fly-out schedule.
We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!
Our business success comes from the accomplishments and well-being of our employees and contractors. Our goal is to build a workplace culture that allows every person to thrive, participate, grow, and proudly play an active role in achieving our strategy.
Newmont is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, placing and promoting the best individual for each position without regard to personal characteristics such as gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, social and indigenous origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, etc.
We invite women and applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply, particularly First Nations persons of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island descent. Newmont acknowledges First Nations People and respects their enduring connection to Country from which their culture, spirituality, and identity flow.

More About Newmont

• Website: http://www.newmont.com
• Lifecycle of a Mine: https://www.newmont.com/lifecycle-of-a-mine/
• Blog: https://www.newmont.com/blog-stories/
• Annual sustainability report: https://www.newmont.com/sustainability/sustainability-reporting/

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