Ventilation and Projects Engineer

Westgold Resources is shaping the future of gold mining in Western Australia. We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our team who shares our vision of building a sustainable and profitable major Australian gold business.

We’re looking for a technically strong Ventilation & Projects Engineer who combines solid fundamentals with a genuine willingness to learn and grow with Westgold.

Reporting to the Senior Planning Engineer, you’ll play a key role in supporting the safe and efficient extraction of gold across underground operations, owning ventilation systems, contributing to major projects, and continuing to build your expertise in a hands-on environment.

Why This Role

• Exposure to complex underground ventilation systems and project work
• Work across planning, operations, and projects, not siloed
• This role is ideal for a capable engineer who has solid grounding but is still wanting to build depth
• Exposure to major ventilation or underground projects

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with WA Mines Safety & Inspection Regulations, site standards, and best-practice ventilation and safety requirements
• Deliver and review ventilation plans for development, production, and project activities
• Support the management of ventilation systems across underground operations, including modelling and simulation (Ventsim)
• Conduct primary and secondary ventilation monitoring, identifying improvement opportunities and required system upgrades
• Assist in managing and delivering underground projects, including:
  • Booster fan chamber installations
  • Dewatering upgrades
  • Compressed air system improvements
• Support the management and auditing of underground escapeway systems
• Identify risks and contribute to strategies to minimise operational and safety impact

Skills & Experience

• Experience in underground mining environments
• Working knowledge of ventilation planning and monitoring (Ventsim experience highly regarded)
• Understanding of WA mining legislation and safety standards
• Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or related discipline
• Current C Class Driver’s Licence
• (Desirable) First Aid Certificate

The Westgold Offer

A range of benefits including:

• A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer
• Performance based bonus
• Group salary continuous insurance
• A health and wellness allowance
• Health insurance discount
• A range of Family and Medical leave policies that includes IVF, surrogacy and adoption.
• Referral Bonus - bring your mates along!
• 5 years' pro rata long service leave
• Salary sacrifice options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that include free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that includes financial advice.

Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by Work 180 can be seen on the Work180 website.


Westgold is driven by our core values of Show Respect, Choose Safety and Deliver Value. We believe that these values define our culture, behaviours and actions.

We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role, but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations and our values resonate with you then apply now!


Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria which includes medical and drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work checks and be able to provide a valid Australian national police clearance and an Australian driver's licence (or be able to obtain).

Westgold is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone matters. We believe diversity is a strength and true diversity includes those from First Nations People, various cultures, age groups, Neurodiverse backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, diverse abilities and religions. We value the unique perspectives and experiences each person brings and that diverse teams leads to innovation and success. Our goal is to have safe and respectful environments where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves and we strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Westgold appreciates that standard recruitment processes are not accessible for everyone. If you believe you require additional support or accommodations, so you feel comfortable participating in our recruitment process for this or any of our roles, please feel free to email inclusion@westgold.com.au


Westgold reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. We will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.