Discover what's possible with us

It's an exciting time to be a part of Newcrest's journey to building Australia's largest and most technically advanced block cave.

We're turning tough deposits into tier one assets with our extensive experience in block caving, using selective processing skills to push boundaries and discover new growth opportunities. Cadia is leading the world in developing the next generation of block caving - undercutless caving.

Operations near and far

Cadia Valley Operations is located in Central West New South Wales, approximately 25 kms outside the vibrant regional town of Orange and three hours from Sydney. Employees reside in the varied accommodation options in Orange and the surrounding winery and national park areas to enjoy. Have access to the area's wide range of amenities, including a prominent health sector, excellent educational facilities, shopping, transport and other services such as childcare. Working at CVO offers a unique opportunity for employees and their families to enjoy a mining career while living in a large active, local community.

Who we're looking for

Reporting into the Manager - Strategy, Planning & Performance, this highly visible position will provide and support a strategic, dynamic and integrated approach to the whole mine value chain. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing team where you'll have accountability in optimising mine life planning and incorporating strategic improvement opportunities to maximise value, growth and sustainability.

You will be working with all departments to coordinate and complete business improvement initiatives that add value to the organisation, are delivered on time, within budget and achieve expected outcomes. You will lead a team of three direct reports.

A firm focus will be on teamwork and fostering the development of a team. We are looking for a strong communicator and influencer and someone who is familiar with working in a highly collaborative environment with a strong emphasis on innovation and best practise.

You will be safety focused, team oriented, enjoy continuous improvement and be willing to strive for results. Relationship building, drive and strategic thinking are second nature to you. You will have a background in business improvement/continuous improvement preferably in the mining, chemical or heavy industries with a skilled mind for business acumen.

In addition to the above you will also have:

• A business improvement qualification i.e. Lean Six Sigma
• Degree level qualifications will be highly advantageous, preferably in engineering, or another relevant discipline
• Demonstrated leadership experience
• Critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Highly competent with Microsoft Office Suite

Our commitment to you

The welfare of the communities in and around our operations is critically important to us. Through engagement and investment, we build and maintain close relationships with our local communities, ensuring our work creates a positive social impact.

Keeping our people safe and healthy is our most important asset. Our commitment to safety, health and wellbeing is supported by systems and standards that embed our safety culture.

Cadia is a smoke free site since 1 st January 2020.

At this stage, we are not accepting any external agency CVs for the opportunity.