Moranbah mining jobs
Purpose-built Bowen Basin mining town.
- Commodity / industry
- Coal
- Residential vs FIFO
- Residential and DIDO; some FIFO
- Typical first roles
- Village / camp · Labour hire · Operator support · Maintenance assistant
- Nearest major city
- Mackay (~2 hours by road)
How to find work here
- Purpose-built coal town. Camps take a lot of the workforce. Town beds are tight.
- Easier to be hired via a Mackay or Brisbane desk that then places you in Moranbah than to arrive cold.
Where to go
- Start in Mackay unless an employer is housing you in Moranbah or camp.
Who to apply to
Official career pages only. Addresses and phone numbers change — use the company site, not a screenshot from a Facebook group.
- BHP careers — Bowen Basin
- Glencore careers — QLD coal / metals
- Seek: Moranbah — Public ads
Recruiting events & timing
Shutdown windows drive extra labour. Ask Mackay desks for the next basin shutdown, not for a “backpacker FIFO package”.
Accommodation
Town beds are limited. Camps absorb a lot of the rostered workforce.
Current G’day jobs in the area
“88-day potential” only reflects how the employer tagged the ad. Confirm specified-work rules with Home Affairs. FIFO / DIDO / residential are rarely labelled consistently on ads — read the description.
No matching mining-related listings on G’day right now. Search the full job board
If nothing is listed here, use Seek and the career links above — most mining hiring never hits a backpacker board. Back to the mining hub