Mine Designer

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low carbon technologies.

You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the Role

Make a real difference in a thriving mining environment!

Alcoa's Mining Operations is seeking a motivated and goal-oriented individual to join our Mine Design team during an exciting period of growth.

You'll play a pivotal role in our site's performance by developing detailed mine designs and providing essential technical expertise.

Benefit from a Monday to Friday schedule with an attractive leisure day off every four weeks, promoting excellent work-life integration.

While initially based at our Huntly Mine site, this role will involve periodic travel to our various WA Mining locations.

Key responsibilities will include:


* Develop detailed mine designs for development, production, and rehabilitation, ensuring we meet and exceed our performance targets.


* Leverage your expertise to advise on strategies that maximize the value of our mine resources.


* Create precise pit designs and associated ore/waste extraction plans.


* Develop initial rehabilitation profiles and final landscaping designs, contributing to responsible mining practices.


* Effectively communicate mine plans and schedules to stakeholders across all levels.


* Assist in the development of long-term (Life of Mine), medium-term (36-month rolling), and short-term (up to 12-week) plans.


* Provide detailed performance analysis against the annual plan for the mine site.

What’s on offer


* Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.


* Flexible hybrid working options available.


* Employee growth and development opportunities.


* Parental leave support for all caregivers.


* 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregivers.


* Paid employee volunteering hours within our community.

What you can bring to the role


* Ideally you will hold a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, Geology, Mine and Engineering Surveying, or a closely related field, coupled with demonstrated experience working in large open-cut mining environments.


* Exceptional analytical skills with a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to identifying and driving continuous improvement.


* Proficiency in mine planning software (ideally Deswik or Surpac).


* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively within multi-disciplinary technical teams.


* Strong team player with the ability to communicate clearly across all organisational levels and tailor content/reports to the audience.

Additional information


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