An open shift bleeds production every day it sits empty.

DrawPoint places mining and engineering specialists across Africa and Australia. Certified, vetted, ready for site. We have worked these operations. We know the difference between a CV and a person who can do the job safely, shift after shift.

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Specialists who have done the job, placed where the job is.

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Certified & vetted

Right-to-work, competency and blasting certificates, medicals and inductions — verified before you see a name.

Africa & Australia

We source where the skills are and place where the work is — across the African mining belt and into Australian operations.

A short list

People who can do the job, screened against the role and the site — not a long list you have to wade through.

The market

THE SHORTAGE IS STRUCTURAL, NOT A CYCLE

The industry lost a decade of new engineers, and the retirement cliff peaks in this one. Every hiring conversation now sits inside these numbers:

The gap

2×

Specialised workforce must double by 2030

The specialised mining workforce must roughly double — from around 300,000 to around 600,000 people — by 2030 to enable the energy transition.

Source: McKinsey · The Net-Zero Materials Transition, 2023

The pipeline

−63%

Mining-engineering enrolments, Australia, since 2014

Enrolments collapsed through the industry's lost decade: down roughly 63% in Australia, 45% in the US and 33% in Canada. With a four-year training lag, supply cannot catch up before 2030.

Source: SME · Minerals Tertiary Education Council · Statistics Canada

The pressure

71%

Mining leaders blocked by talent shortages

71% of mining leaders say talent shortages are blocking production targets, and 75% of executives are not confident they can resolve onsite labour shortages. Workforce risk is #6 on EY's Top 10 mining risks for 2026 — up from #13.

Source: McKinsey, 2023 · EY Top 10 Business Risks for Mining and Metals, 2026

Demand no longer moves with the commodity cycle — it is written into law. The US Inflation Reduction Act, the EU Critical Raw Materials Act and their counterparts put a permanent floor under critical-minerals demand. And nearly half of mining engineers reach retirement age this decade. The people who can run these operations are the binding constraint.

McKinsey · IEA Critical Minerals Outlook · Deloitte · Royal Academy of Engineering

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Where we work

AFRICA & AUSTRALIA

South Africa and the broader African mining belt, through to the iron ore, coal and gold operations of Australia. We source where the skills are and place where the work is.

AFRICA

South Africa and the broader African mining belt — proven specialists from regions with deep mining heritage, placed into operations across the continent.

Gold Copper & Cobalt Platinum Group Diamonds Chrome & Manganese Coal

AUSTRALIA

The iron ore, coal and gold operations of the Pilbara, Goldfields and beyond — where the work is, and where proven specialists are placed into permanent roles.

Iron Ore Gold Lithium Nickel & Copper Critical Minerals

Pilbara, WA | Goldfields, WA | NSW | QLD

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Sectors

THE ROLES WE FILL

Underground and open-pit mining, drill and blast, mineral processing, fixed and mobile plant maintenance, and the engineering disciplines that keep an operation running. Specialists screened against the role, the certification and the site.

Approach

HOW WE PLACE

We do not forward CVs and hope. Every specialist is screened against the role, the certification and the site before you see a name. You get a short list of people who can do the job, not a long one you have to wade through. Backed by 11 years of mining and engineering recruitment data.

TELL US THE ROLE

The discipline, the site, the certifications required. We have worked these operations and know what the job actually demands.

WE SCREEN

Every specialist is checked against the role, the certification and the site — competency, tickets, medicals and references, verified.

YOU GET A SHORT LIST

A handful of people who can do the job safely, shift after shift — not a long list of CVs to wade through.

ON SITE

Offer and compliance supported through to start date. Local placements go straight to site; on international ones the employer runs the visa and relocation — our candidates arrive screened, certified and sponsorship-ready.

AI ranks. Humans decide.

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About us

BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE WORK

We come from these industries, not from generalist recruitment. We did not come from recruitment into mining — we came from mining into recruitment. When we put a name forward, our own reputation is on it.

11 Years of mining and engineering recruitment data behind every short list.

2 Continents — one corridor. Sourced where the skills are, placed where the work is.

6 Sectors covered, from the underground to the finance office.

FROM MINING INTO RECRUITMENT Led by a mining and engineering finance executive with 20+ years across multi-national African operations — placement backed by the Hired1st platform. About us → COMPLIANT BEFORE DAY ONE ISO 27001 POPIA GDPR PDPA The checks we run →

Specialists who have done the job, placed where the job is.

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