Mining Engineer - Tactical Scheduling | BMA Caval Ridge | 4:3 Roster

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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About the Role

This role is based at the Caval Ridge Mine (CVM), Central Queensland on a 4:3 (Monday to Thursday) roster with Fly-In Fly-Out (Brisbane or Cairns), Drive-In-Drive-Out or Bus-In Bus-Out (Mackay only). Flexible work options including flexible rosters and work-from-home options available to the right candidate.

Reporting to the Lead Scheduler - this is a technical and leadership role within the CVM Mine Scheduling team accountable for development and delivery of the Mine Production Schedule from Month+1 through to Month+18 horizon. Responsibilities within the role include:

• Management and integration of key inputs including Time Usage Model (TUM).

• Liaising with Tactical teams on pit shells, reserves and sequencing to ensure Short-Term execution. 

• Schedule optimisation and identification of future bottlenecks.

• Development and communication of scheduling outputs to Site Leadership and Integration teams.  

• Providing direction to the production execution teams to enable delivery against the mine site Budget and SRF commitments.

This role will allow you to use your strong communication and interpersonal skills to work closely across a variety of operational and functional teams to deliver a safe and stable mine plan aligned to the site and business direction. You will utilise BHP Operating Systems to lead mine planning improvement initiatives, build and maintain trusted relationships across departments and communicate effectively with disciplines at all levels. 

About You

As a successful candidate, you will possess a tertiary qualification or extensive experience in mining engineering with previous experience working at an open cut coal mining operation. You will have:

• Demonstrated strong commitment to safety leadership.

• 5+ years’ experience in at least two (2) of the following mining engineering disciplines: Scheduling, Haulage Planning, Medium-Term (MT) design, Drill & Blast, Truck Stripping design, Dragline & Dozers Push design, and/or Coal Production Planning.

• Demonstrated advanced skills and knowledge of scheduling concepts in open-cut mining.

• Understanding of product supply chain, operations and field management.

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience associated with mine planning processes and tasks. Ability to provide inputs and guidance into design and the mine production schedule.

• Demonstrated experience with a range of mine design and scheduling software packages (SPRY, Vulcan and/or Deswik CAD are highly desired);

• Complex problem solving skills;

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

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.