Title: Production Operator
Production Operator | Meandu Mine | 12-Month Fixed-Term
About Us:
BUMA’s vision is to build a modern mining and rehabilitation company that drives growth, sustainability and prosperity. This is supported by our core values of safety, integrity, progress, collaboration and people.
With a strong commitment to safety, innovation and technology, BUMA pursues a relationship-based long-term approach to ensure the mutual success of all projects. Ensuring we provide value to our clients through all stages of mining is a mainstay of our business and we have the expertise and equipment to deliver total mining services to any surface operation.
Meandu Mine
BUMA Australia provides a total mine service to Stanwell Corporation’s Meandu Mine to deliver coal to the adjacent Tarong power station. We are responsible for both managing and operating the mine.
Services provided include planning, drilling, overburden removal, coal mining, coal processing, rehabilitation, and maintenance of mobile and fixed plant. The project uses a combination of dragline and truck-and shovel operations. Meandu Mine currently has five working pits, with sufficient coal to fuel the stations until at least 2037.
Please note that this is a Residential Mine – no camp accommodation or housing provided. As such this role would be best suited to current or returning residents of the Kingaroy region.
About the Role:
Our Meandu team are seeking experienced Production Operators to join the BUMA team. If you are passionate about operating big machinery and are looking for an opportunity to join a long-standing team closer to home then we would love to hear from you!
The ideal candidate would have demonstrated experience in the following:
- Bucyrus BE1370W dragline
- Hitachi EX8000 excavator
- Hitachi EX5500 excavators
- Hitachi EX3600 excavators
- Caterpillar D11 tracked dozers
- Caterpillar D10 tracked dozers
- Komatsu WD900 wheel dozer
- Caterpillar 24M grader
- Caterpillar 16M graders
- Caterpillar 14M grader
- Cat 777F water truck
- Komatsu HD785 water trucks
- Caterpillar 657G scrapers
- Caterpillar 631G water cart
About You:
- Current Standard 11 (desired)
- Coal Board Medical (desired)
- Valid drivers license
- Proven experience operating mining machinery outlined above via transcripts
- Safety focused with a high attention to detail
- A passion for operating big machinery with a positive 'can do' attitude!
Working at BUMA:
BUMA Australia is a people focused business, with a strong emphasis on safety, training, development and continuous improvement. As a BUMA employee at Meandu you will have access to:
- Competitive salary package with yearly EA increases
- Annualised weekly pay
- Lifestyle roster at a residential mine allowing you additional time spent with family
- Career progression opportunities through a number of training and mentoring programs such as trainer and assessor courses
- Numerous financial, lifestyle, health & wellbeing benefits including salary sacrifice flights, novated leasing, discounts and support programs
At BUMA, our people are the source of our success. We are determined to invest in individual development and provide positive leadership. We work effectively with our partners and strive to exceed our employee, client and community expectations.
To be considered for this opportunity please click "Apply Now" to submit your application!
All final applicants for this position will be asked to consent to a police check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. Email applications and agencies are not accepted.