Underground Miner – Jumbo Operator

🕒 September 1

🐻 Alaska – Remote

🐻 Alaska – Remote

💵 $43 - $88 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Northern Star Resources Limited

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2003

🤝 B2B

🏢 Enterprise

B2B • Enterprise

Northern Star Resources Limited is a global-scale gold producer that owns and operates multiple high-quality underground and open-pit gold mines and exploration programs in Western Australia and Alaska. The company operates three main production centres (Kalgoorlie, Yandal and Pogo/Pilbara) and focuses on organic growth through targeted exploration, extending asset lives, and delivering superior returns to shareholders while emphasising sustainability, community engagement and safety.

📋 Description

• Report to the Underground Shift Supervisor • Safely and efficiently operate underground equipment • Perform underground mining tasks including truck driving, nipping, bogging, charge-up, service crew, construction, long-hole drilling, and jumbo drilling • Minimise equipment downtime and maximise productivity • Perform general labouring as required • Liaise with the Shift Supervisor and previous-shift crew before each shift to obtain work-area information • Ensure tools and equipment are serviceable and safe • Conduct workplace inspections in accordance with MSHA requirements • Communicate clearly and effectively on a two-way radio • Report hazards, incidents, and injuries immediately • Perform pre-start checks and report damage before the end of shift • Assist with fault finding and preventative maintenance • Assess and monitor ground conditions • Conduct scaling according to site requirements • Complete safety activities including Hazard IDs, pre-start checks, pre-start meetings, and incident reporting • Maintain housekeeping standards in all work areas • Perform other duties as required

🎯 Requirements

• Ability to provide leadership and training to new team members • Current Driver’s License • Awareness of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Act & Regulations • Ability to pass a background check and post-offer physical • Experience in underground hard rock mining techniques • Ability to operate the jumbo within mine design and ground support standards • Ability to minimise rework and waste and identify savings • Ability to provide accurate recording of jumbo daily activity • Ability to operate only with appropriate plans and clear understanding of those plans • Experience leading underground crews and mentoring junior personnel • Basic mechanical knowledge • Good communication skills, including ability to read and speak English • Flexibility to adapt to improved procedures and practices • Basic computer literacy • Ability to work 28 days on, 28 days off, 11.50 hours a day or more at a remote campsite • Ability to work in extreme and changing weather, dust, mud, varying noise and light levels, and confined work areas • Employees are required to stay on site at the company-provided camp during the work rotation

🏖️ Benefits

• Company-provided camp accommodation during work rotation • Dining service • Games room • Exercise and weight room • Sauna • Dormitory room with landline phone, Wi-Fi, and cable TV • Cell service available through Wi-Fi • Bus service to and from Fairbanks, Delta Junction, and Tok, Alaska