Who Are We
Xenco provides businesses with executive and operational level support that significantly improves productivity, efficiencies, and company profitability. We pride ourselves on our ability to develop a rapid understanding of business issues, formulate an achievable plan, and execute it to deliver improvements to our clients’ bottom line.

The Opportunity
We're looking for an experienced Mine Planning Engineer to join our team, working directly with a leading Gold Mining Operation on the East Coast of Australia.
This is a FIFO opportunity on an 8/6 roster.
The role will suit an experienced Mine Planning Engineer with a strong underground hard-rock mining background, who can develop practical mine plans and schedules that support safe, productive and achievable production and development outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing

- Developing and maintaining underground mine plans, designs and schedules to support production and development targets
- Preparing short- and medium-term mine plans and integrating these with operational requirements
- Working closely with Mining Operations and Technical Services teams to ensure plans are practical, achievable and aligned with site priorities
- Monitoring actual mining performance against plan and identifying variances, risks and opportunities
- Providing technical planning support to optimise mining sequences, development and production activities
- Reviewing and updating mine designs and schedules in response to changing operational requirements
- Analysing mining data and performance to support planning decisions and improve operational outcomes
- Supporting the development of production and development schedules, ensuring appropriate consideration is given to resources,



equipment and operational constraints
- Identifying opportunities to improve mine planning processes, productivity and efficiency
- Providing practical technical advice and recommendations to operational and site leadership teams
- Ensuring mine plans and schedules are developed in accordance with relevant safety, regulatory and site requirements
- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across underground mining operations

What We're Looking For

- Proven experience as a Mine Planning Engineer within an underground mining environment
- Strong underground hard-rock mining experience is essential
- Experience within underground Gold mining would be highly regarded
- Strong understanding of underground mine planning, design, scheduling and production processes
- Demonstrated ability to develop practical and achievable mine plans that support operational delivery
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret mining data and identify opportunities for improvement
- Ability to work closely with Mining Operations and Technical Services teams
- Strong understanding of underground mining methods and production/development requirements
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- A proactive approach to continuous improvement and operational performance
- Strong commitment to safety and compliance

We are looking for people that are ambitious and able to use their initiative to drive outcomes. In line with this, the role will pay competitive rates and provide people with rapid and diverse experience. If you're an accountable, experienced underground mining professional ready to bring value and tackle challenges head-on, apply today!

📌 Mine Planning Engineer (Brisbane)
🏢 Xenco Services
📍 Brisbane