Mine Planning - Scheduling Engineer | BMA | Peak Downs | 8:6
BHP
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About BMA
BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is Australia's largest coal producer with currently seven operational mine sites and a coal loading port in Central Queensland. As the world's largest seaborne coking coal supplier, and part of the BHP group, BMA is uniquely poised to offer experience and career development opportunities difficult to find elsewhere.
Benefits
You will be rewarded with an exciting and challenging career path, an attractive remuneration package including performance-based bonus, flexible work arrangements, access to the BHP Share Scheme, employer matched super contribution, and 18 weeks paid parental leave.
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About the Role
Reporting to the Mine Scheduling Superintendent, as a Mine Scheduling Specialist you will be engaged in providing scheduling direction for the Peak Downs Operation.
This role is a technical role responsible for the delivery of the mine schedule in the short-term horizon. This includes management of the operation schedule, communication of key outputs, and providing direction to the execution teams to enable delivery of the mine plan within the 0-6 month horizon, as well as 2 year outlooks during the budget setting process. Use your already solid mine planning skills and experience in this busy and challenging short-term mine planning role to develop effective working relationships with the operational and medium-term planning teams, in order to ensure the efficient execution of your plans and schedules.
This is a great opportunity to hone your mine planning skills as you gain exposure to a variety of equipment and mine geology whilst seeing the results of work as the pit progresses. You will also have access to a supportive, inclusive and results-oriented leadership team.
This. There is access to heavily subsidised company role is being offered on either an 8 days on 6 days off roster with flexible travel / living conditions available to qualifying candidates.
Your responsibilities
- Prepare schedules in Spry;
- Communicate the designs and schedules to Operations;
- Develop and follow the Production Planning standards and processes;
- Participate in the investigation of reported events for Production Planning;
- 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 in Engineering and previous experience working at a Coal Mining operation.
- Complex problem solving skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills are a must, allowing you to build relationships across departments and to communicate with disciplines at all levels
- Prior experience as a mine scheduling engineer with strong skills in Spry, Deswik or equivalent CAD software.
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.
Please note as part of this recruitment process the successful applicant will need to conduct a Queensland legislated coal mine workers’ health assessment.
From 1 April 2023, ResHealth will be mandatory for the completion of coal mine workers’ health assessments, allowing you to submit, monitor and review the progress of your health assessment in a secure online environment.
For more information please go to the ResHealth website.
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.