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 days valid means the employer marked specified work and the town and job type can count. Confirm 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