Senior Mining Engineer | Peak Downs | BMA

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success here

About the Role

Reporting to the Superintendent Mine Scheduling, as the Senior Mining Engineer you will be engaged in planning and scheduling waste and coal movements for a large open cut mine site. Your team will be accountable for both 0-12 week planning horizon and 2 year budget delivery. 

This is a great opportunity to showcase your leadership and technical capability in a dynamic and challenging role that will set you up for a range of development opportunities. Secondary to this for the right individual a longer-term development plan will include succession planning into the Superintendent role.

Our team prides itself on flexible work and with this we are open to tailoring time onsite and at home that fits your lifestyle and will make you productive and engaged in the work. This includes provision to work 1 week a month from the Brisbane Corporate office. This role is offered on a 4/3 roster with FIFO/DIDO/residential options available depending on your preference.

In this role you will:

• Put safety above all else and strive to remove hazards
• Mentor a small team of engineers and oversee the work they complete
• Provide input into medium term schedules and designs to strategically unlock performance
• Work hand in hand with operations to take a concept and follow through to execution
• Work collaboratively with a broad range of stakeholders to produce accurate, integrated and well scoped mine plans and coal schedules
• Monitor schedule execution, drive compliance, and maintain focus on critical path activities
• Identify and implement Production Planning improvement initiatives
• Build cross-functional relationship with the Operational sub-functions and interact extensively with the Planning sub-functions

About You

As the successful candidate, you will have a tertiary education background in Mining Engineering or relevant tertiary qualification with previous experience working at an operations level. Your demonstrated experience working in mine planning teams particularly designing, planning and scheduling for open cut coal mines will see you succeed in this role.

As well as your strong communication and interpersonal skills, you will have demonstrated ability to build relationships across departments and able to communicate at all levels. A strong working knowledge of design tools (SPRY/Deswik/Vulcan), Microsoft Office, software packages are desirable.

You will also be a performance and achievement oriented professional, who is motivated by exceeding expectations and providing excellent results.

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance based bonuses and unique BHP employee share program.

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, people with disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.

We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.

BHP is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability.