Five mine staff sought
11 April 2018
The Pike River Recovery Agency has today started advertising for five new mine staff to assist in managing and running
the Pike River mine site.
Chief Operating Officer Dinghy Pattinson says the appointment of these five roles will complete the Agency’s mining
statutory roles.
The agency was established this year to develop a plan for safe manned re-entry to the mine drift; to provide advice to
the Minister on whether that could be safely achieved; to oversee the implementation of that plan if the Minister makes
a decision to proceed on the strength of that advice; and importantly, to try and find out what happened to create the
explosion which killed 29 men, and to recover any bodies in the drift.
“We need people who are able to quickly build strong working relationships based on trust and transparency to manage,
contribute to and complete operational elements of the Pike River Re-entry work programme. These are fixed term roles
based in Greymouth through to June 2019,” Mr Pattinson says.
The roles include:
• Mine Underviewer/Health & Safety Manager
• Electrical Superintendent/Mine Gas Technician
• Control Room Operator/Mine Worker
• Mine Deputy/Mine Worker
• Senior Mine Assistant/Mechanical Superintendent
“It’s probably a bit unusual to have all these jobs out there at once, and some of them are joint roles. We’re a new
agency and we’ve got a lot to do to plan the safe manned re-entry of the mine. The people in these positions are going
to be vital to making sure we’re running a modern, up-to-date and compliant mine site, in the knowledge that our role
here is not actually mining, it’s recovery of the drift and supporting any forensic work that needs to happen
alongside.”
The positions are being advertised on the Ministry of Business, Innnovation and Employment website, and people can contact Mr Pattinson with any questions at the Agency, +64 (3) 966 9222 or email dinghy.pattinson@pikeriverrecovery.govt.nz. The positions close on Sunday 22 April at 5pm.
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