Mining Engineer | Lead Mining Engineer | Daunia & Blackwater Mine | FIFO, DIDO or Residential

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About the Role

Reporting to the Superintendent Mine Scheduling, you will use your technical skills and experience to produce designs and/or schedules that will enable operations to deliver superior performance as a truck-shovel engineer, coal quality engineer or mine scheduler. 

Current opportunities exist in truck/shovel, coal quality and scheduling teams at both engineer and lead engineer levels. We have a multi-skilled planning team, and maintain strong focus on developing our people through rotations into drill & blast, dragline design, mid-long term planning, truck-shovel, scheduling and coal planning.

In this role you will develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders and customers to ensure plan compliance and examine opportunities of continuous improvement.

The roles are based at Blackwater & Daunia mines, Central Queensland. FIFO, DIDO and residential travel options are available on a flexible 8/6, 5/2, 4/3 rosters.

Responsibilities may include;

• Produce mine designs and update waste/coal reserves for inclusion in the mine schedule;
• Plan and schedule the mine from weekly to 18 months to maximise value and meet business objectives;
• Forecast coal production and quality in collaboration with logistics and marketing teams
• Manage equipment interactions and enabling activities in the mine schedule;
• Monitor monthly compliance to plan and design compliance;
• Prepare strip reconciliations and share learnings within the business to continually improve the mine schedule;
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with operational and functional teams;
• Mentoring of graduates, interns and new starters.
• Lead engineers would have the added responsibility of leading 2-4 engineers

Divestment of Blackwater and Daunia Mines On 18th October 2023, BHP announced that BHP and Mitsubishi Development have agreed to divest the Blackwater and Daunia mines to Whitehaven Coal. Whitehaven will assume operating control of the Daunia and Blackwater mines on completion of the sale, which is expected to occur in Q4 FY24.  Whitehaven will provide an offer of employment to each employee directly supporting the Blackwater and Daunia mines.   

The successful candidate will receive an offer of employment and contract from BMA for the role, and once the role has commenced, they will receive a second contract from Whitehaven on conditions of employment that are no less favorable on an overall basis.   

The offer of employment from Whitehaven will start on Legal Day 1 once Whitehaven assumes operating control of Daunia and Blackwater Mines. Until Legal Day 1, BMA will maintain operating control of Daunia and Blackwater Mines.

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 applicant’s 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 flexible rostering and work location. 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.