New Porgera Limited (NPL) is a company incorporated in Papua New Guinea and owns the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province. The Porgera Gold Mine will employ nearly 3,000 Papua New Guineans at full production, and over the last 30 years of life of the mine it has contributed approximately 10% of Papua New Guinea’s total annual exports.

About the role

We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Production Engineer – Underground to join our Underground Mine Engineering Services team. Reporting to the Superintendent - Mine Engineering Services, this opportunity supervises the Underground Production Engineering team comprising of short-term scheduling, backfill, projects & ventilation engineers and dispatch department, enabling the achievement of short & medium term mine plans in partnership with the underground operations team.

Key responsibilities

- Provide the UG operations team with all the required daily plans and tracking reports that assist them to deliver safely to target, as well as reporting of underground mine performance to all required stakeholders
- Develop practical extraction plans that align with strategic objectives, optimising ore extraction, and monitoring performance
- Collect and analyse data to assess performance, statutory compliance, and system efficiencies, while recommending improvements and supporting planners in sourcing and integrating inputs for short and medium plans, budgets, and forecasts




- Ensure consistency and alignment across planning horizons and effectively communicating plans is essential whilst leading change management and business improvement initiatives

About you

- Tertiary qualifications in mining engineering along with significant experience (minimum 5 years as a Senior Engineer) in underground mine production planning engineering including drill and blast
- Experienced in the development of short-term schedules (7/21), ensuring they are realistic and achievable, along with Stope notes process, level extraction plans and infrastructure planning
- Be a natural self-starter who will bring initiative and ideas to your team, set a clear accountabilities and visible leadership with a focus on safety supporting production
- A high level of Deswik proficiency is required
- Exposure to dewatering/water management and ventilation is highly desirable.

Why Recent Porgera You will be joining a world-class mining operation with the opportunity to impact the development and upskilling of our highly capable, predominantly local workforce, combined with a team keen to learn and absorb knowledge.

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

This advert will close on 28 October,2026. To understand more about this position, please contact ••••@npltd.com

📌 Senior Production Engineer – Underground (FIFO to PNG) (Brisbane)
🏢 New Porgera
📍 Brisbane