Engineer - Mining

Engineer – Short Term Planning
George Fisher Mine - Technical Services, Mine Planning
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia 
Ref. No. 104081
 
Glencore is one of the world’s largest globally diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 90 commodities. Our operations comprise around 150 mining and metallurgical sites, oil production assets, and agricultural facilities – supported by a network of more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries.  

We are seeking an Engineer – Short-Term Planning to join our team at George Fisher Mine

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your Mining Engineering skills working in a large, complex production operation with approximately 220 stopes and more than 14 km of development per year. 

We are seeking a motivated, technically competent Short-Term Planning Mining Engineer to join our underground hard-rock operation. As a key member of the Short-Term Planning team, you will play a critical role in delivering safe, efficient, and value-focused mine plans that support our production goals.

In this role, you will be accountable for:

• Producing effective underground development designs that are safe, practical, and aligned with the mine schedule.
• Preparing safe and economical drill and blast designs for production and development designs, suitable for execution by the operations team.
• Completing underground development and stope inspections before design work and during operational execution to ensure compliance with design, safety standards, and production targets.
• Conducting blast monitoring and timely stope reconciliations and feeding back performance outcomes into future designs.
• Tracking activity progress and providing clear, timely feedback to schedulers and other disciplines on changes, constraints, or delays affecting the mining plan.
• Monitoring upcoming work and communicating scheduled activities and design requirements to other departments for the rolling 4-week window.
• Assisting the Senior Mining Engineer with updating Management Plans, Procedures, Guidelines, Trigger Action Response Plans (TARPs) and Standard Work Instructions (SWIs) to reflect current systems, methods and best practices.
• Providing training, guidance, and mentoring to new starters, Cadets, and Graduates to build technical capability and support their development.

To be considered for this role, you will ideally have:

• A university degree in Engineering or Geoscience.
• Minimum of 2 years’ underground hard rock mining experience, or at least 3 years’ open cut or underground experience in Coal or Hard Rock.
• Demonstrated experience in Drill and Blast and Mine Design.
• Competency in Microsoft Office, with experience using mine design software such as Surpac, Vulcan, Datamine or Deswik (Deswik preferred).
• The ability to work effectively in a team environment, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of attention to detail, pride in the quality of your work, and solid time management skills to meet deadlines in a dynamic production environment.

Success in this role is not only about what you do, but how you do it. We are looking for someone who will positively contribute to our culture and who aligns with our core values of:

• Safety
• Openness
• Entrepreneurism
• Responsibility
• Simplicity
• Integrity

If you are a proactive Mining Engineer who enjoys working close to the face, collaborating with operations, and continuously improving how work is planned and executed, we would like to hear from you.

As a staff employee of Glencore Mount Isa Mines, you are entitled to a comprehensive range of benefits aimed at attracting and retaining our people. Benefits such as training, structured development (professional and personal), step up opportunities, and recognition programs are critical to your long-term success. We also offer a competitive remuneration package inclusive of above industry superannuation, a generous incentive scheme and more. 

Applications close: 8am Friday 9th January 2026