Build a more influential career

With Gold Fields, you’ll have access to a diverse range of unique career opportunities. You’ll work in highly prospective mines with opportunities for reserve growth and life extension. You’ll be exposed to diverse mining types and ore bodies plus exciting exploration projects. We’ll also provide the opportunity to take paid study leave and financial assistance for this so you can experience operations, technology, techniques and systems anywhere in the world.

Graduate Program

With better support for your lifestyle, better 'hands-on' opportunities and better structured experiences, Gold Fields can offer you a better start to your mining career. With us, you can build highly sought after skills in one of Australia’s most prosperous gold regions.

Our program is open to graduates in:

  • Mining Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Geology
  • Metallurgy

Enjoy tailored technical development and role specific training. Learn from an international team of talented professionals, who will advise and guide you through the first stages of your career. And do it all in an environment that is safe, challenging and rewarding. There’s no better way to build an exceptional career in mining.

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Leadership Development Program

A formal program, delivered by industry leading Institutions are available for all Gold Field employees. The leadership development program forms part of your career development plan with the company.

The various courses that are available to individuals over a 12 month period are aligned with Gold Fields global leadership competencies.

These courses range from the initial training and development of new supervisors through to executive development programs. The appropriate training will be available to you at the various stages of your career to continually enable you to grow with Gold Fields.

All Gold Fields Employees

At Gold Fields our employees are our most important commodity. We know that we need to focus our attention on developing not only our current business leaders but also giving support and opportunities to our broader workforce. To ensure that you are supported to develop your career the way you want, each employee is placed on an individual development plan. This plan outlines the goals that will help you develop a long term and rewarding career path with Gold Fields.