Underground Mining Manager

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About the role

We are seeking an experienced visionary Underground Mining Manager who can take our Underground Team to the next level. This is a role for a leader who can put safety first whilst setting clear direction and drive performance through building a strong culture with disciplined execution.

This role provides strategic leadership to ensure the safe, efficient, and sustainable delivery of underground production, while developing a high‑performing and accountable leadership team that delivers to support the site success. It brings together strategic influence, operational oversight, and people leadership requiring an individual who excels across all three.

In this high‑impact role, you will:

• Lead with purpose - Define a clear, inspiring departmental vision and strategy and ensure every person understands their role in delivering it.
• Drive operational excellence - Oversee the reliable execution of budgeted production, embed effective systems, and maintain high standards of work quality.
• Champion a proactive safety culture - Create an environment where people freely report hazards, raise concerns, and contribute to a safer, stronger workplace.
• Build and develop a high‑performing team - Mentor and uplift Superintendents and crews skills, strengthening leadership depth, engagement, and accountability 
• Accelerate improvement and innovation - Identify breakthrough opportunities, sponsor improvement projects, and embed changes that drive measurable gains in safety, cost, and productivity.
• Strengthen cross‑functional alignment - Partner effectively with all departments across site to deliver cohesive, site‑wide success.

Are you wanting a role where you can shape culture, grow capability, and influence the long‑term trajectory of one of Evolution’s key operations. You will leave a legacy here, one defined by strong leadership, empowered people, and exceptional operational performance.

About you

We’re looking for a bold, strategic, and people‑centric leader to take charge of our Underground Mining Department and elevate it to peak performance. As the Underground Mining Manager, you’ll own the vision, set the pace, and drive the delivery of safe, consistent, high‑quality production. Your leadership will shape culture, sharpen performance, and ensure we’re geared for long‑term success. You’re an energised, forward‑thinking mining leader who knows how to balance strategic direction with on‑the‑ground execution. You are confident, composed, and credible, someone who inspires trust, builds capability, and gets results through people.

You will bring:

• 10+ years’ underground mining leadership experience, including 5+ years in a senior supervisory role.
• First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate (required)
• Extensive knowledge of underground operations, statutory legislation, and safety management systems.
• Proven success leading multidisciplinary underground teams with strong performance and compliance outcomes.
• Strong capability in planning, cost control, operational delivery and data‑driven decision‑making.
• High competence in Pronto, Word, Excel, and demonstrated strength in coaching, performance feedback, and developing leadership capability.
• C Class Manual Driver’s Licence.

About us

From humble beginnings in 2011, 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.

At Mungari

At Mungari, now with a mine life through to 2038, our people have a longer future with opportunities to grow. With underground and open pit mining, and an expansion of the processing plant completed, the operational diversity and unique work experience is great for building and uplifting careers. Located in the Western Australia Goldfields, you can choose what suits your priorities. Work an attractive fly-in/fly out (FIFO) roster from Perth or live local and enjoy our close-knit communities and local lifestyles.

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), life insurance and income protection, annualised performance bonuses, employee share scheme, referral bonuses, recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance and local employee benefits.

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. We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and 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 Mungari, click here https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/  

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