About Us

Prime Mining is an Australian based consultancy that specialises in supplying the mining industry with high calibre professionals.

With clients across Aus and Internationally, we take pride in our team of some of the industry’s best mining professionals.

From our humble origins of a small band of mining professionals in 2011, we’ve ensured a proven track record of supporting our team and our clients, enabling us to have grown into one of Australia’s leading technical consultancies.

With clients including all the large and medium mining companies in the country, as well as strategic partnerships with multiple leading mining companies, we strive to maintain our reputation of quality people and industry leading remuneration options, whilst supporting each of our team members’ individual goals.

Further to this, we also offer our team a unique range of remuneration options, working with you to maximise value for your situation and setup, including offering assistance with ABN Company options, allowing for the benefits that come with it.

The Roles

We are looking for a Dragline Engineer and a Medium and Long Term Scheduler to join our coal clients in the Bowen Basin, QLD. The Dragline Engineer works an 8/6 roster and the Scheduler a 4/3 roster, both with FIFO from Brisbane.

As the Dragline Engineer, you report to the Technical Services Superintendent and own dragline planning and design for a large open cut coal operation. You design strips, set dig methods and sequences, and plan spoil placement. Much of the job is about getting more out of every bucket. You track productivity, find the causes of lost time and work with operators, drill and blast and the prestrip team to fix them, then reconcile performance against plan.

As the Scheduler, you also report to the Technical Services Superintendent and build the medium and long term schedules for an open cut coal operation.



You turn the mine design into a practical sequence, balancing truck and shovel and dragline capacity, coal exposure and product quality targets. Your schedules feed budgets and forecasts, so you run scenarios, test design and equipment changes, and put explicit options in front of site leadership.

All flights, travel time and accommodation are covered.

To be considered you must meet the following criteria:

- A tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or a related field.
- A current Coal Board Medical, or willingness to obtain one.
- Located near an airport and able to fly from Brisbane to site.
- Previous practical experience in open cut coal mining in Australia and an established understanding of mining operations.
- For the Dragline Engineer role, proven experience in dragline planning, design and operations, including strip design, dig methods and spoil placement.
- For the Scheduler role, proven experience building medium and long term schedules, with sound knowledge of coal quality and reconciliation.
- Confident with industry standard mine design, planning and scheduling processes and software.
- Exceptional and professional communication skills to engage and influence operators, supervisors and site leadership.
- Current Australian drivers licence and full working rights in Australia.
- An overriding commitment to health, safety and environmental responsibility.

What makes Prime Mining the team to join: Stable work & ongoing contracts as part of one of the countries leading Mining Professionals teams,



with an extensive client base across the country.

An industry leading, unrivalled pay rate, with complete flexibility of PAYG or ABN contract options, and support with setup and streamlining of these.

A chance to experience a unique lifestyle while developing your career with a consultancy with a reputation for top talent.

The ability for you to expand and develop skills through varied roles and clients.

Work on a range of exciting and challenging client projects, with our streamlined business model always keeping us competitive.

Recognition and reward for outstanding work.

An opportunity to join a diverse well-established team with a strong reputation and genuine culture.

FAQs:

How can you pay so much?

A company philosophy for the most efficient and lowest overheads (no staff, offices or inefficient processes) and a mission to pay top dollar to get top talent, which in turn continues to build our brand.

Will I be out of pocket?

Not at all. We cover flights, accommodation, meals, along with uniforms, medicals and anything else the role requires. We also factor nominal time off into the package so the figure you see is genuinely comparable to a staff salary.

Can I speak to someone who already works for you?

Yes! We have close to 100 people across the country and there is a good chance you have already worked alongside one of them on site. Have a look at the team on LinkedIn, and feel free to reach out to them, or us directly for a chat

Do you hire international people?

Unfortunately no. We don’t have capacity to hire internationally, with the exception of New Zealanders who wish to FIFO for certain roles. If you are already working on a mine in Australia under a visa, such as a 482, we can take over that visa sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor you from overseas at this stage.

📌 Dragline Engineer and Mine Scheduler - + Mining Engineers (Brisbane)
🏢 Prime Mining
📍 Brisbane