At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead operational readiness for a major mining project and shape deliverables.
- Company: Xenco, a dynamic consulting firm in the mining sector.
- Benefits: Competitive day rate, hands-on role, and opportunities for travel.
- Other info: Brisbane-based role with potential for career growth in the mining industry.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on a significant open cut expansion project.
- Qualifications: Strong open cut mining background and consulting experience required.
Xenco is looking for an experienced mining consultant to take on a short to medium term engagement with a major resources client on a significant open cut project in Queensland.
The project is a brownfield open cut expansion working toward FID.
You'll come in as the subject matter expert on the mining side of operational readiness.
You'll own that scope, shape the deliverables and give the client a clear picture of what the operation needs to start safely and ramp up well.
It's a hands‑on advisory role.
You'll work closely with the client's project and operations teams in their Brisbane office Monday to Friday, with periodic trips to site as needed.
- Scope of the engagement
- Leading the mining component of operational readiness through the FID process
- Defining requirements for staged mine commencement, fleet procurement and mobilisation, commissioning, start-up and ramp-up
- Advising on workforce mobilisation, training and operator competency
- Developing the framework for mining procedures and operating systems
- Assessing what's needed for mobile equipment deployment, mine infrastructure and support facilities
- Covering traffic and water management, and brownfield interfaces
- Building and maintaining readiness plans and registers, and reporting risks and dependencies to project and operational leadership
- What you'll bring
- A strong practical open cut mining background, with credibility at the operational level
- Direct involvement in greenfield open cut, mine establishment or a major open cut expansion (essential)
- Previous consulting, owner's team or project-based work in operational readiness, studies or execution
- The ability to own a scope, work independently and deliver without needing much direction
- Comfort presenting to and advising senior client stakeholders
- Availability for a prompt start
- Engagement details
- Short to medium term consulting engagement
- Brisbane-based, Monday to Friday
- Periodic travel to a regional Queensland site
- Day rate, commensurate with experience
If you've helped set up an open cut operation from the ground up and you're open to your next engagement, we'd like to hear from you.
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Senior Operational Readiness Specialist in Brisbane employer: Xenco Group
Xenco Group offers a hands-on advisory role in the mining sector, focusing on operational readiness for significant projects. The company fosters a collaborative work environment, allowing employees to engage closely with clients and contribute to critical phases of project development. Opportunities for professional growth are supported through direct involvement in major resource projects and workforce training initiatives.
