New Porgera Limited (NPL) is a company incorporated in Papua New Guinea and owns the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province. NPL is a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corporation, Zijin Mining, and the Papua New Guinea Government, combining global mining expertise with a shared commitment to responsible resource development and long-term value creation for Papua New Guinea.

About the role

As a Senior Drill & Blast Engineer - Underground at Porgera Operations, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient execution of drilling and blasting activities in the underground gold mine. This will include:

- Developing detailed stope design process and subsequent drill and blast designs maximizing recovery and managing dilution, compiling to industry best practice safety procedures.

- Reconciliation of mined plan versus actuals, identifying improvement areas as well as cost saving initiatives

- Develop strong working relationships with planning, operations and geology teams to minimise disruptions and improve productivity.

- Provide technical guidance and training to junior engineers and operators, enhancing team capability and overall performance

- Model safety behaviours and coach and develop your team, working with your team to assess and manage risk.

NPL operates in a complex environment that requires the successful applicant to be a self-starter,



with strong ability in delivery to support the mines successful operation whilst coordinating the efforts of your team members to complete projects according to plan in a timely and safe manner.

About you

- Hold a degree in mining engineering or a related field, with a minimum of five years’ experience in underground drill and blast engineering

- Practical long hole open stoping experience in large high output underground operations

- Proficiency in Deswik, Scheduler and Ventsim

- Minimum of three years’ experience in environments similar to the Porgera Joint Venture

- This position requires a high energy individual, hands-on management style and desire to continuously improve you and your team’s knowledge and systems and methods of work.

- You will demonstrate a ‘One Team’ approach, providing effective leadership and development for your local team to reinforce NPL’s culture and values, always promoting a safe work setting.

Why New Porgera

You will be joining a world-class mining operation with the opportunity to impact the development and upskilling of our predominantly local workforce, combined with a team keen to learn and absorb knowledge. This offers a unique opportunity to further shape the department and improve NPL’s social performance and people knowledge.

This role is offered on a FIFO basis from either Papua New Guinea, Australia/Recent Zealand with a 21/14 roster on a contract basis with a highly competitive remuneration package.

This advert will close on the 15 October 2026. To understand more about this position, please contact ***********@npltd.com

📌 Senior Drill & Blast Engineer - Underground - FIFO to PNG (Perth)
🏢 New Porgera
📍 Perth