Blast Crew Managers

• Strong leadership role with high performing team
• Competitive salary + benefits
• Stepping stone to great career opportunities

About us

Orica is an Australian-owned, publicly-listed global company. We are also one of the few truly global Australian based companies with operations in around 50 countries and customers in twice as many. Orica Mining Services offers commercial explosives, initiating systems and Blast-Based Services to the mining, quarrying and construction industries.

The role

Orica Mining Services currently has multiple opportunities across Australia for safety and customer focused Blast Crew Managers to join our organisation.  This role has a key focus on being the interface between the client and the Mining Services Group.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring your team are trained and comply with Orica Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Procedures and statutory regulations
• Management and Coordination of production & delivery activities
• Ensuring products are supplied to the customer in a timely & effective manner
• Providing strong, effective leadership and building a culture of employee empowerment, involvement and continuous improvement
• Assisting the Operations Superintendent with setting operator KPI's and communicating performance targets to the team
• Assisting with defining employee development needs and managing poor performance are also natural parts of this management position.

This role is on-site with the client so you’ll also be developing positive working relationships and ensuring site compliance to Orica Mining Services’ and our customer quality expectations.

About you

You’re a proven leader with strong supervisory and people management experience. We’d like you to have had exposure to the mining industry but we acknowledge that your skills may have come from a different sector. Underground charge up experience will also be highly regarded. Most importantly though is your ability to clearly communicate, lead a team and balance competing priorities will ensure your success.

What’s on offer

• You’ll be working with a team of great people, committed to continuous improvement and personal development
• Exposure to a variety of challenges and a chance to utilise your well developed knowledge to enhance operations
• Competitive remuneration package including bonuses and a host of employee benefits including share plans, healthcare plans and much more

This is an opportunity to develop your career with an international market leader in the chemicals and mining explosives industry.

Orica operates a drug and alcohol free environment and is an equal opportunity employer.

If this is you, please contact David Duenzl on 03 9665 7769 or email your application to david.duenzl@orica.com.

www.oricaminingservices.com