Shift Supervisor (Underground Coal) – Permanent

Have a blasting certificate and a clean safety record? The underground coal colliery near White River needs your crew leadership. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is White River-based, with most of your time spent at an underground coal colliery. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Stop work when a condition is unsafe, using your right to withdraw
• Book explosives in and out of the magazine and keep the register accurate
• Do the early entry examination and make the workplace safe before the crew enters
• Report misfires straight away and handle them strictly by the procedure
• Mark off drilling holes to the standard pattern and check the drilling
• Charge up holes and connect initiation systems for the blast
• Clear the area, post guards and blast on time as the blasting certificate allows

• Grade 12 or equivalent, plus the MQA-accredited miner training
• No serious safety transgressions in your record
• Sound knowledge of your commodity's mining method and support standards
• Certificate of fitness from the mine medical station, including heat tolerance screening where required
• Valid blasting certificate issued under the Mine Health and Safety Act

• First aid certificate current
• Rock engineering or ventilation short courses

• Underground allowance for every shift below surface
• Housing or living-out allowance
• Production bonus based on metres or square metres achieved
• Pension fund with employer contributions

• List each mine, commodity and mining method on your CV, like "conventional stoping, platinum, 4 years".
• Mines check your safety record with previous employers. Mention any safety awards or zero-harm periods your crew achieved.