Underground Manager

We are pleased to be partnering with Kaiser Reef to recruit an Underground Manager on a permanent basis for their Henty Gold Project in Tasmania to oversee all underground mining operations. The opportunity is offered on an 8:6 FIFO roster (ex-Melbourne). This is a senior leadership role responsible for delivering safe, efficient, and profitable mining outcomes while fostering a high-performance culture on site.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will bridge business objectives with operational execution. You will lead production, planning, and technical teams to optimise mine performance, ensuring targets across safety, cost, and production are consistently achieved. You will play a critical leadership role, representing the underground operation to both internal and external stakeholders while driving continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee day-to-day underground mining activities
• Ensure resources, workforce capability, and planning align with production targets
• Monitor and improve operational performance against cost and productivity metrics
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary underground mining team
• Build a strong safety culture and high-performing team environment
• Develop and execute production strategies, budgets, and life-of-mine plans
• Oversee mine design, scheduling, and delivery of safe, efficient operations
• Identify and manage risks, ensuring best-practice mining engineering standards
• Champion a proactive safety culture and ensure regulatory compliance
• Liaise with regulators, contractors, and internal departments
• Represent the underground operation within the broader business
• Support cross-functional collaboration across geology, maintenance, and processing.

Key Requirements

• Minimum 8 years’ underground mining experience
• Degree in Mining Engineering recognised in Australia
• Post-grad degree in business or similar, highly regarded
• Mine Managers certification
• Ability to act as Site Senior Executive
• Demonstrated contractor management experience
• Strong technical and operational expertise in underground mining
• Excellent planning, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Commercial acumen with a focus on cost and productivity optimisation
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
• Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
• Manual C class driver’s licence.

What’s on Offer:
Key leadership role with significant influence on site performance. An exceptional salary package is on offer, along with a two-tiered bonus structure.

Housing and amenities are provided onsite, along with an opportunity to work on one of Australia's best known gold mines.


Unfortunately, MPI are only able to consider people with appropriate and relevant experience, and who are either Australian Permanent Residents or have the necessary permits to work in Australia and whom are currently in Australia.