What This Role Offers

• Join the team working to restore Capricorn Copper following a flooding event.
• Opportunity to progress into a Superintendent role upon the recommencement of ore processing and build a new Process Control team.
• Enjoy a family-friendly 8:6 roster in a picturesque location, working with a close-knit team.

About the Opportunity

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Process Control Engineer to join our Capricorn Copper operation in Queensland. In this role, you will report to the Planning, Compliance, & Control Systems Lead and work on an 8:6 roster.

Your focus will be on maintaining and optimising the site's distributed control system (DCS) to reduce process variance, support operations, and drive process improvements.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Managing and optimising the site’s DCS for reliable plant operation.
• Overseeing system maintenance, updates, licensing, and liaising with the DCS OEM (Rockwell).
• Driving automation and control improvements to reduce process variability and boost efficiency.
• Delivering project management and technical input for DCS-related CAPEX and upgrades.
• Collaborating with site and group teams to share knowledge and improve performance.
• Providing remote support during the wet season, with time off in lieu (TOIL) offered in the dry season.

About You

Our ideal candidate will have a strong background in process control, including expertise with DCS platforms (e.g., Rockwell, Honeywell, Citect), as well as operational experience in a base metals or similar concentrator.

Other key skills, experience, and qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in Control Systems or Computer Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience in delivering control system development and / or optimisation projects.
• Current C-class manual driver’s licence.

About 29Metals and Capricorn Copper

29Metals is an ASX-listed mining company that produces copper and other base and precious metals critical to the global energy transition. We are headquartered in Melbourne, with support offices in Perth and Brisbane.

We operate two long-life assets: Golden Grove in Western Australia and Capricorn Copper in Queensland. Additionally, we have a portfolio of exploration interests, including a strategic tenement package and exploration project in Redhill, Chile.

Capricorn Copper is a high-grade underground mining operation with a strong history of copper and silver production. Backed by substantial ore reserves of 16 million tonnes and further exploration potential, the site has a projected lifespan of over 10 years.

Following an extreme weather event, operations were temporarily suspended, but significant investment is now underway to support recovery and expansion. The Queensland Government has declared the Capricorn Copper Recovery and Extension Project a prescribed and critical infrastructure project, reinforcing its support for the mine’s full return to operation.

Next Steps

Empower your future with us; apply now.

Candidates may be required to undergo pre-employment testing, including medical, respiratory mask fit testing, drug and alcohol screening, national police clearance, reference checks, and qualifications / licences checks.