Alternate Manager Underground (8:6)

Westgold Resources is an innovative and progressive West Australian gold producer located in the Murchison and Southern Goldfields regions of WA.

We are looking for people with passion and drive who want to advance their careers. With new mines, new equipment and a new energy across our business, there’s never been a better time to join Westgold.

About the opportunity

Westgold Resources is seeking experienced Alternate Underground Managers to join our growing team. Due to our recent merger and increased operational opportunities, we are looking for an Alternate Underground Manager on a permanent 8:6 roster based at our CGO: Big Bell Operation.

As a critical part of our site operations team, the Alternate Underground Managers purpose is to promote a positive safety culture and productivity targets. This role requires the successful candidate to hold a statutory position as required by the Western Australian Mines Regulations and therefore makes them responsible for the day-to-day operation of the underground mine. This is an 8/6 role FIFO from Perth.

Since commercial production was declared in FY22, the Big Bell mine has consistently produced above its designed capacity of ktpa. In FY23, Big Bell continued to expand, producing 1.13Mt of high-grade ore at 2.6g/t.

In November , the Board approved expansion of Big Bell to the zone beneath the existing sub level cave using an open stoping with paste fill mining method. This zone is expected to extend the overall mine life of Big Bell to more than 16 years while simultaneously increasing the mined grade.

The Fender underground mine, which was paused in early FY23, recommenced in October , providing additional feed to the Meekatharra processing hub. This mine operates as an extension to the Big Bell mine given its close proximity and ability to leverage Big Bell infrastructure.

The role includes

• Championing a strong safety culture and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
• Providing visible safety leadership and drive productivity improvement initiatives
• Coordinating mining engineering activities with production teams, surveyors, geologists, drill and blast and mining teams
• Mentoring, training and developing members of the Technical Services team
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
• Managing underground and surface projects
• Providing leadership to mining engineers and other staff in their day-to-day activities
• Overseeing daily underground mining operations, including production, cost control, and quality assurance
• Supporting the Underground Manager in providing statutory supervisor of underground operations when they are offsite
• Providing supervision and guidance to our in-house operational mining teams & external contractors to ensure performance and compliance to regulations

What do I need?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering or related field
• 7 years of experience working at underground mining operations. Ideally with experience in operational leadership roles
• First Class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency
• Strong technical and infrastructure background
• WA Underground Supervisors Certificate of Competency
• Current C Class Western Australian Drivers Licence

The Westgold Offer:

• A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer
• Performance based bonus
• Site Allowance (if applicable)
• Group salary continuous insurance
• A health and wellness allowance
• Health insurance discount
• A range of Family and Medical leave policies that includes IVF, surrogacy and adoption.
• Referral Bonus – bring your mates along!
• 5 years’ pro rata long service leave
• Salary sacrifice options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that include free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that includes financial advice.

Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by Work 180 can be seen on the Work180 website.

We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations, we encourage you to apply.  

Westgold is driven by our core values of Show Respect, Choose Safety and Deliver Value. We believe that these values define our culture, behaviours and actions. We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role, but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations and our values resonate with you then apply now!

Candidates must meet our pre-employment criterias which includes medical and drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work checks and be able to provide a valid Australian national police clearance and an Australian drivers licence (or be able to obtain).

Westgold is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone matters. We believe diversity is a strength and true diversity includes those from First Nations People, various cultures, age groups, Neurodiverse backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, diverse abilities and religions. We value the unique perspectives and experiences each person brings and that diverse teams leads to innovation and success. Our goal is to have safe and respectful environments where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves and we strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Westgold appreciates that standard recruitment processes are not accessible for everyone. If you believe you require additional support or accommodations, so you feel comfortable participating in our recruitment process for this or any of our roles, please feel free to email  

Westgold reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. We will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.

No Agency referrals will be accepted at this time.