# Senior Mining Optimisation Engineer

Sandfire is a sustainable mining company transforming into a global copper producer of significance. With a demonstrated commitment to the highest safety and environmental standards, the company is strongly placed to support the electrification of the global economy. We are a values-led organization and bring our people, communities, and other stakeholders together to make a positive long-term, sustainable contribution where we operate. We are a safe, diverse, and inclusive company and are proud of our capability in the mining and processing of minerals. Our people are unwavering in their commitment to energize communities, business, and industry by creating positive socioeconomic benefits - so come and join us. Sandfire invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for the following positions tenable in Ghanzi: MINING POSITION: Senior Mining Optimisation Engineer (Ref 350) Job Summary Employer: Sandfire Job Type: Full-time Location: Ghanzi, Botswana Category: Mining Closing Date: 2026-11-23 Key Responsibilities This position is responsible for leading mining productivity and cost improvement using validated operational data and practical field analysis. Support effect

- **Id**: 4244426
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sandfire-senior-mining-optimisation-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Ghanzi, Botswana
- **Countries**: BW
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T04:03:22Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T04:03:22Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1639
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Precious Metals, Mining

## Company

- **Id**: 3886615
- **Name**: Sandfire
- **Domain**: sandfire.com.au
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sandfire-com-au>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Botswana** — Iso: BW; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T12:22:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 44
- **Reasons**: seen:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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