Make your mark with Thiess
Everyday, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity and embrace change.
Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones. Take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment.
Thiess is the place to make things happen.
What you’ll do
Reporting to the Principal Estimator, you will play a key role in preparing competitive and accurate tender submissions while providing valuable commercial and technical insights to support business growth.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the development of detailed cost estimates and tender submissions for mining projects.
- Work closely with mine planning engineers to optimise mine plans for tender opportunities.
- Analyse direct costs, overheads, production data, and site performance to inform tender pricing.
- Support project budgeting activities and identify opportunities to improve operational cost effectiveness.
- Apply commercial and contractual knowledge to ensure estimates align with project requirements.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, finance, legal, operations, and project teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and support knowledge sharing across the estimating team.
- Champion Thiess' commitment to safety, sustainability, and operational excellence.
What you’ll bring
You'll be a commercially minded mining professional who combines strong technical expertise with exceptional analytical and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering, Surveying, or a related discipline.
- 8+ years' experience within a mining engineering environment.
- Experience working on large-scale open-cut and/or underground mining operations.
- Strong mine design, planning, and scheduling experience.
- Demonstrated experience developing mining tenders and cost estimates.
- Knowledge of mining principles, operations, and relevant regulatory requirements.
- High proficiency with mine planning, design, scheduling, and estimating systems, including CATS.
- Advanced analytical skills with the ability to connect technical outcomes to commercial performance.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
What we offer
- Flexible, hybrid work model
- Supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and continuous improvement
- Opportunity to work with an amazing team on a high impact project
- Collaborative, values-led culture with a global reach.
- Access to leading-edge technology and systems.
- Competitive salary and employee benefits package
About us
Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining.
The pioneering spirit of our founders – the legendary Thiess brothers – is our legacy, and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.
At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining.
We’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning – supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining.
We’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.
We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of better together. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included and empowered.
Learn more http://thiess.com/makeyourmark
Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at [email protected]
How to Apply
This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.
Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.
Please click the “apply” button to apply for this role.
Applications close: Friday 24 July 2026
