MPI - Mining Equipment Operators & Drilling Jobs | MPI Recruitment

Mining equipment varies incredibly in size, shape, power and usage. The environment in which the gear is used also varies widely requiring different skill and experiences to match the right job with the right mine site and employer.

As a result, finding an operating job where your specific skills and experience are useful can be difficult. At MPI we understand this and have consultants who can talk your language across all of these specific work places :

Underground Operators
Surface Operators
Civil Operators
Drill & Blast
Exploration Drilling

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For over 25 years, we have found jobs for literally thousands of people across hundreds of different surface and underground operating related roles. Position titles include the following:

Civil Operators:

Excavator, All Rounder, Dozer, Grader, Loader, Watercart , Dump Truck, Scraper, Roller, Crane, Road Train Driver.

Surface Operators:

Face Shovel, Excavator, All Rounder, Dozer, Grader, Loader, Dump Truck, Watercart.

Underground Operators and Miners:

Jumbo, Production Driller, Air Leg Miner, Chargeup , Bogger, Grader, Service Crew, Trucks, Nipper.

Drill and Blast:

Blast Hole Driller, Diamond Driller, Exploration Driller, Drillers Offsider, Underground Diamond Driller, Bulk Explosives.

Available Operators Jobs

Excavator Operator

Precision. Production. Performance. Stability and security paying $80/hr for skilled Excavator Opera...

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Paste Crew

Upskill Your Underground Career | Training Provided | Up to $65/hr

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Service Crew

Take your underground career further – top rates, modern camp facilities and long-term stability - ...

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Mine Control

Put Your Underground Experience to Work in Mine Control

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MPU Operator

Your next MPU role starts now! We're after experienced MPU operators to start ASAP on a long-term p...

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Please note that while there may be none (or only a small number) of jobs, MPI experiences a continuous flow of positions over all Job Categories, including accounting.

Time constraints placed on us by our clients, as well as confidentiality issues, result in many vacancies being filled only by a search of our targeted databases. If you have not yet registered with MPI Recruitment you may wish to do this now to take advantage of any positions filled in this manner. As always, our confidentiality promise applies.

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Looking to get a start within the industry?

Our Promise is to be honest with you and advise you if we are not able to help. The vast majority of MPI Recruitment’s clients require us to present candidates with at least 12 months of recent Australian mining experience.

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Career Progression

Check out the information below for training and career progression suggestions

Tickets & training courses

Various sites have different requirements but for the most part, we recommend looking into obtaining some or all of the following tickets:

A minimum HR Drivers Licence is generally required for surface operating roles. A full C class Drivers Licence is required for drilling and underground operating roles.
Dangerous Goods Security Card
Confined Spaces
Working at Heights

Career progression

Drillers usually start in a Drillers Offsider role
Trainee Truck Drivers typically get their start in a mining town like Kalgoorlie, WA or Mount Isa, QLD. Career progression for Truck Operators includes being trained on other machinery i.e. dozers, graders, watercarts and diggers/shovels
Underground candidates usually start off as a Nipper and are then trained in other roles i.e Underground Truck Operator, Service Crew, Bogger Operator, Grader Operator, Charge Up, Jumbo Operator. You can then move into Shift Boss role (certification required) and eventually into Underground Foreman role.