Career Opportunities: Senior Geotechnical Engineer - Design (17127)

Requisition ID 17127 - Posted  - Laos

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G****ROW WITH PHU BIA MINING.

                D****EVELOP YOUR FUTURE.

                              R****EACH YOUR GOALS WITH  

                                                                            HIGH IMPACT RESULTS.  

• Be part of a high-performing mining company, multi-cultural team environment
• Deliver safe, high-quality geotechnical designs and analyses—including open pit and waste rock dump slope stability assessments
• Competitive salary and benefits package – residential roster 9 days on, 5 days off, multiple sites

Phu Bia Mining Limited is a Lao-registered company, 90 per cent owned by PanAust Limited, an Australian-headquartered copper and gold mining company, with the Government of Laos owning the remaining 10 per cent. Phu Bia Mining owns and operates two award winning operations – Phu Kham Copper-Gold and Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver, both located in Xaisomboun Province, 120km north of Vientiane.  

PanAust has operations in Laos and Chile, and pre-development assets in Papua New Guinea.

This is a unique time to join Phu Bia Mining. The Company’s Phu Kham Copper-Gold and Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver Operations are world-class in terms of safety, production and performance. The Company is committed to continuing to deliver outstanding operational results while developing a mine closure plan that will provide sustainable outcomes for the Government and people of Laos.

Our culture

High performance outcomes, Respect for people, Integrity, Excellence in communications, High-calibre people and Alignment of employee to company objectives

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration packaging including bonus incentive (and potential tax advantages), health insurance cover, children’s education and housing allowance (residential only), parental leave and more.

We offer many different career opportunities and as an employer who values diversity, we encourage women to apply for all available positions. Our modern mine camps provide great Lao, Asian and Western food, sport and recreational facilities and housekeeping services. Site-based employees work a roster of (9/5 days) for residential or fly in – fly out (28/14 days) for FIFO roster with travel in company time and transport to and from site provided by the company, while Vientiane – based employees work 5 days per week with 2 days off.

Reporting to the Geotechnical Engineering Superintendent, this senior site-based role is responsible for ensuring operational pit and dump designs are aligned with approved Life of Mine designs, with a key focus on slope stability analysis, geotechnical risk identification and mitigation.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Act as the technical lead for open pit slope and waste rock dump designs and provide geotechnical support to site mine planning and operational teams.
• Provide Geotechnical and Hydrogeological inputs to support LoM studies
• Undertake slope stability analyses, ground support designs, and produce high-quality Geotechnical reports to support long-term, medium-term, and short-term mine planning.
• Demonstrating a strong understanding of geotechnical analysis inputs, associated confidence levels, and the limitations of applied methodologies.
• Develop and recommend practical, realistic geotechnical solutions to mitigate risks to mining and production teams.
• Effectively communicate geotechnical designs for pits, waste dumps, and associated infrastructure to Stakeholders and External Consultants.
• Validate and interpret geotechnical databases (including mapping and rock mass characterization) through ongoing data collection, evaluation, and integration into geotechnical models.
• Ensure all geotechnical monitoring, mapping, testing, and logging data are systematically analyzed, with risks clearly identified and reported.
• Mentoring and Training of Geotechnical Design Engineers
• Development of Lao Nationals as part of PBMs career development plans

To be successful in this role, you will require:

• Degree qualification in Geotechnical Engineering, Mining, Geology or related field
• Extensive working experience in Geotechnical design, open pit with base metal
• Proficient in using RocScience Suite (Slide2, Slide3D, RS2, RS3, RocSlope 2D/3D, Dips, RocFall 2D and 3D), Leapfrog Geo, Surpac/Deswik, AcQuire/IMAGO
• Strong commitment to training and supporting the growth of Lao National employees
• Demonstrated safety focus

If you’d like to learn more about us, please visit www.PanAust.com.au

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