Engineer Scheduling | Olympic Dam | 8:6
BHP
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.
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Olympic Dam - Our Operations
As one of Australia’s largest underground mines and most complex minerals processing operations, it’s quite unique in that we produce Copper, Uranium, Gold and Silver. The local township of Roxby Downs is an active and progressive community offering a variety of modern, well-equipped housing, educational, health, sporting, leisure, shopping and cultural facilities. Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, operating on an 8/6 roster with residential or FIFO options available.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Engineer Scheduling to join the Short-Term Scheduling team at Olympic Dam. Through collaboration with execution, planning and design teams, you will deliver a schedule that enables safe, efficient and productive mining. In this role you will:
- Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility, and sustainable development.
- Consistently follow the standards and procedures designed to enable you to work safely and effectively every day;
- Liaise with stakeholders to produce an accurate and comprehensive mine area plan, ensuring all scheduled activities have been scoped and integrated into the mine schedule;
- Provide input into the medium-term schedule process to produce an executable medium term schedule;
- Deliver a rolling 28 day plan of mine area activities which aligns to the 3 month rolling plan;
- Balance resources considering all area plans, planned maintenance and execution department capability, as well as scope all activities in the rolling 3 month schedule;
- Collaborate between Scheduling, Planning & Technical, Execution and Maintenance functions;
- Support the schedule escalation process through investigation and documentation of variance;
- Build cross-functional relationships with the operational sub-functions and interact with planning teams;
- Identify and implement process improvements to benefit our customers and the overall value chain.
About You
Ideally you will have:
- Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm’s way;
- Project Management or Mining Engineering qualifications and experience advantageous;
- Ideally have several years mining experience across different execution disciplines, mine production, development, rehabilitation and mine services.
- Knowledge of sub level open stoping extraction method;
- Understanding of ventilation systems and networks;
- Competent in developing planning strategies, identifying and escalating schedule threats, risks and opportunities;
- Proven communication skills including accurate documentation of work area status and compliance priorities;
- Ability to work collaboratively across different work groups and proactively engage with a range of stakeholders;
- Experience using Microsoft Office suite is essential, SAP, Deswik.CAD & MDM, production reporting databases and platforms will be advantageous.
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.
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people, BHP requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in line with BHP’s Covid Policy and any relevant State health directives. If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce.
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 a 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 we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.