Principal Geotechnical Engineer

About the role         

This is a career defining opportunity for a geotechnical expert ready to elevate their impact beyond a single site. You will lead with influence, guiding safe and sustainable underground mining practices across the company. If you’re motivated by mentoring others, driving innovation, and partnering with senior leaders to improve performance, this role offers it all. Unlike traditional remote mining roles, this position offers access to major operations while allowing you to live in a vibrant, outdoor-focused city in close proximity to world-class ski fields and national parks. 

As Principal Geotechnical Engineer - Underground, you will be a partner with operations, projects, and study teams to manage geotechnical risk, improve performance, and embed best practice across our underground mines. You will work in an environment where safety, learning, and curiosity are non‑negotiable, and where your voice carries weight in shaping long‑term outcomes.

In this role, you might start the day going underground, followed by reviewing the life of mine plan with site engineers and then spend the afternoon supporting decision making for caving studies. You leave knowing your work directly reduced risk and improved the business, ready to start a new day tomorrow.

Reporting to the Chief Underground Mining Engineer, you will be supported by a global central technical team and work closely with asset leaders, project teams, and study managers. Together, you will focus on strengthening underground geotechnical capability across the business through the following accountabilities:

• Champion safety above all else by ensuring geotechnical hazards are identified, communicated, and effectively controlled across underground operations and studies
• Provide high‑level geotechnical technical support to underground assets
• Support major hazard management by guiding risk assessment, monitoring strategies, and assurance activities
• Monitor and evaluate geotechnical performance, translating data and observations into practical improvement actions
• Develop, document, and continuously improve standards, guidelines, and processes, embedding lessons learned and best practice
• Strengthen underground geotechnical capability across the group through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and coaching
• Improve technical systems, data quality, and data utilization to support better decision‑making
• Provide clear, balanced, and strategic advice to senior leaders and internal and external stakeholders

What you’ll bring

• A personal commitment to safety, with a track record of protecting people through strong geotechnical risk management
• A recognized bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, geotechnical engineering, or civil engineering
• Demonstrated post‑graduate experience in underground mining operations, with depth in geotechnical practice
• Deep practical experience in geotechnical design, stability assessment, ground support, monitoring systems, and data interpretation
• Experience identifying and communicating geotechnical hazards and risks to a range of audiences, including senior leaders
• Exposure to open stoping and cave mining, along with involvement in mining studies and long‑term planning
• A sound understanding of numerical modelling and its application to underground mining decisions
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence without authority
• Demonstrated commercial awareness, strategic thinking, and sound business judgement
• Proven leadership capability, including coaching and mentoring of technical professionals