Geotechnical Technician
About us
From humble beginnings in 2010, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you'll have a bright future with us.
About Ernest Henry
Mine life extension to 2040.
At Ernest Henry, our mine life extension to 2040 and a doubling of ore reserves offers more operational diversity on site, and a bright future for our people and the community.
Your Benefits
At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future. Your benefits include relocation assistance, salary packaging (i.e. novated car leasing, remote area housing), quarterly bonuses, employee share scheme, referral bonuses, recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance, and allowances for DIDO and local employees.
At Ernest Henry, you can choose what suits your priorities. Work an attractive fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) roster from Cairns or Townsville or a drive-in/drive-out (DIDO) roster and take advantage of our top-class camp, or live local in the close-knit community of Cloncurry and be home every night.
This roster is 8/6 (days) with a 12-hour shift.
We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about the flexible work options available.
About the role
The key focus of the Geotechnician is the installation and maintenance of instrumentation systems to allow for the delivery of quality instrumentation data to Technical Services. This data is required to allow the
Geotechnical Engineers to make risk-based decisions.
Responsibilities include:
- Install Geotechnical Instrumentation when required (extensometers, Sloughmeters, geophones, etc)
- Perform maintenance on the seismic system.
- Download data and or read Geotechnical instrumentation as required.
- Order equipment and supplies to allow for the installation and maintenance of the various monitoring systems.
- Order other items as required for the Geotechnical Department.
- Assist Geotechnical Engineers with planning and ordering of Geotechnical Instrumentation and equipment for installation projects.
- Assist geotechnical engineers with inspections and travel UG
- Assist geotechnical engineers with data entry
- Assisting contractors doing pull tests
About You
You will be an experienced geotechnical technician, with relevant skills in low voltage instrumentation or as a qualified instrument technician. Experience working in an underground mining environment will be highly regarded. Key to your success in this role will be your demonstrated teamwork, ability to work unsupervised, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and strong communication skills.
At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation is in our DNA. We want the Evolution experience to be your career highlight. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are focused on keeping our people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Join our bold team to start your next exciting chapter.
To find out more about us and our Ernest Henry Operation, click here: https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/
We thank you for taking the time to submit your application.