Geotechnical consultancy specialising in underground hardrock mining and civil tunnelling. Clients this financial year include MMG, Thiess Underground Mining & BHPBilliton Nickel West

Providing geotechincal guidance to Perseverance Underground Operations and Rocky's Reward open pit.

Key Role Requirements:• Ensure mining operations adhere to the Mining & Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 and Mining & Quarrying Safety and Health Regulations 2001. Liaise with Mines Inspectorate and respond to/action any DEEDI directives. • Maintain the Ground Control Management Plans and develop Major Hazard Awareness protocols for micro-seismicity, airblast & inrush.• Analyze and evaluate geotechnical risk to personnel, infrastructure and production.• Manage and… Show more Key Role Requirements:• Ensure mining operations adhere to the Mining & Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 and Mining & Quarrying Safety and Health Regulations 2001. Liaise with Mines Inspectorate and respond to/action any DEEDI directives. • Maintain the Ground Control Management Plans and develop Major Hazard Awareness protocols for micro-seismicity, airblast & inrush.• Analyze and evaluate geotechnical risk to personnel, infrastructure and production.• Manage and review stope designs and extraction sequence (numerical stress modelling using Map3D). • Design and coordinate geotechnical investigations for Prefeasibility and Feasibility level reports to NI43-101 standard.• Engage and supervise contractors for variety of tasks, including installation of micro-seismic monitoring system. Show less

Olympic Dam is the world’s fourth largest Copper deposit and second largest Uranium depositKey responsibilities included the day to day management and mentoring of a team of 6 geotechnical engineers engaged in providing geotechnical inputs into the safe running of a 12Mtpa polymetallic underground mine. Managing the planning and timely delivery of numerous geotechnical projects per year, such as: Fibrecrete Optimisation Study Development of Rock Bolt Overcoring… Show more Olympic Dam is the world’s fourth largest Copper deposit and second largest Uranium depositKey responsibilities included the day to day management and mentoring of a team of 6 geotechnical engineers engaged in providing geotechnical inputs into the safe running of a 12Mtpa polymetallic underground mine. Managing the planning and timely delivery of numerous geotechnical projects per year, such as: Fibrecrete Optimisation Study Development of Rock Bolt Overcoring Rig Geotechnical Risk Ranking of Major Infrastructure Numerical Stress Modelling of 5 year Extraction Sequence using Map3D Show less

Mapping all excavation faces to BS5930. Installation of geotehcnical monitoring devices such as rod extensometers, load cells, strain gauges etc. Geotechnical data collection and presentation