Lead Mine Infrastructure Planning Engineer | Adelaide with Site Travel | 5:2
BHP
About BHP
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Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
Reporting to the Superintendent Mine Planning, this role will see you project manage the Olympic Dam Mine Debottlenecking Program of Works. The Lead Mine Infrastructure Planner will play an instrumental role in enabling on-time delivery of key mine debottlenecking projects inclusive of air, power, water, vent and paste fill. Through integrating mine planning and project delivery schedules in a master schedule, the role will be integral to successfully achieving a ramped up production target. This position is based at Adelaide on a 5:2 roster with occasional site travel to Olympic Dam, flexible work arrangements are also available. In this role you will:
- Deliver a sustainable 3 month rolling infrastructure plan whilst monitoring and responding to compliance to plan, maintaining a focus on critical path dependencies;
- Deliver a 1 Month to 5 Year levelled infrastructure plan with regular quarterly forecast updates ensuring compliance to budget and capital deliverables;
- Identify and solve for mine area infrastructure capacity inputs to inform the mine plan;
- Lead problem solving activities to overcome mine and project variability;
- Develop and deliver opportunities to step-change project delivery;
- Lead cross-departmental project controls;
- Be a safety leader, demonstrating your commitment to health, safety and environmental responsibility ;
- Liaise with Projects sub-functions to drive mine infrastructure deliverables and solve for operational business risk to plan;
- Challenge and review planning inputs to be used during Forecast/ Budget;
- Provide feedback to Scheduling and Engineering functions to improve future execution plans, designs, schedules and forecasts;
- Build and maintain close working relationship with Engineering and Projects sub-functions; and
- Deliver monthly reporting to the asset lead team.
About You
The successful candidate will ideally possess the following:
- Mining Engineering degree or similar ;
- Project management experience will be advantageous;
- Minimum 5+ years mining experience and detailed understanding of the underground mining cycle;
- Experience in sub level open stoping mining method will be advantageous;
- Strong leadership and communication skills with a proven ability to influence and mentor others;
- Previous scheduling and project delivery experience;
- Experience using Microsoft Office suite, Deswik Suite including Deswik Sched.;
- Experience in Lean Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints will be advantageous;
- Demonstrated understanding of the practical application of Critical Chain Project Management; and
- Ability to work collaboratively across different work groups and proactively engage with a range of stakeholders including senior levels of management.
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 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.