About New Porgera

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.

The Porgera Gold Mine will employ nearly 3,000 Papua New Guineans at full production and, over its 30-year operating history, has contributed approximately 10% of Papua Recent Guinea's total annual exports, making it one of the country's most significant economic assets.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Superintendent – Geotechnical to join our Mine Technical Services team at the Porgera Gold Mine based in the Western Highlands of Papua Current Guinea.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role in supporting both our open pit and underground operations, ensuring the safe, efficient and sustainable extraction of ore. You'll lead a team of geotechnical professionals, providing expert guidance across rock mechanics, slope stability, underground ground support, geotechnical monitoring and risk management.

Working closely with our Mine Operations, Planning, Survey, Geology, Projects and Processing teams, you'll help shape the future of our mining operations by providing technical leadership, driving continuous improvement and implementing best-practice geotechnical solutions. Your expertise will be instrumental in managing geotechnical risks, optimising mine performance and contributing to a safe and productive workplace where people can thrive.

You will 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 To be successful in this role,

- You will hold a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, Civil Engineering or Geotechnical Engineering, with a postgraduate qualification in Rock Mechanics or Geotechnical Engineering highly regarded.
- Minimum 10 years' experience in mining geotechnical engineering, with demonstrated expertise across both open pit and underground hard rock mining environments, ideally within large-scale gold mining operations.
- Proven leadership experience, including leading multidisciplinary technical teams, is essential, along with experience working in major hazard facilities and remote FIFO or international mining environments.
- Possess strong technical capability across rock mass characterisation, slope stability analysis, underground excavation and ground support design, numerical modelling, geotechnical instrumentation, failure investigations, geotechnical risk management, seismic interpretation and hydrogeology.
- Experience working in Papua New Guinea or similar developing jurisdictions, along with exposure to sub-level open stoping or long-hole stoping mining methods and managing specialist geotechnical consultants, will be highly regarded.





We're looking for someone who is proficient with industry-standard geotechnical software, including the Rocscience Suite (RS2, RS3, Slide2, Dips, UnWedge and RocFall), FLAC3D, Leapfrog Geo, Deswik, Vulcan, AutoCAD, GIS applications and the Microsoft Office Suite. Experience with MineSight and Power BI will be considered advantageous. 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 environment. The 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.

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.

You will be joining an operation that prioritises safety, leading a team toward best-in-class safety practices while contributing to the development of a highly capable national workforce—making a lasting impact on the industry.

This role is offered on a FIFO basis either from Papua New Guinea, Australia/New Zealand with a 21/14 roster on a contract basis with a highly competitive remuneration package. If you're passionate about technical excellence, enjoy leading high-performing teams, and want to make a meaningful impact at one of the world's premier gold mining operations, we'd love to hear from you.

This advert will close on 13 November, 2026. To understand more about this position, please contact [email protected]

📌 Superintendent - Geotechnical (FIFO to PNG) (Brisbane)
🏢 New Porgera
📍 Brisbane