Principal Dam Engineer | Brisbane | Monday to Friday
BHP
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About the Role
As part of the BMA Asset Engineering team the Principal Dam Engineer is accountable for the assurance of the integrity of BMA's tailings and water storage facilities through engineering governance. You will provide engineering technical leadership across BMA’s Tailings and Water Storage Facilities, including management of existing facilities, dam development, remediation work, maintaining standards and guidelines for dam design and maintenance, providing technical support to the responsible dam engineers, and assisting with compliance activities. This is a Brisbane-based role with occasional travel to BMA’s Bowen Basin sites as required. Key responsibilities: As a Principal Dam Engineer you will provide subject matter expertise and technical guidance on Tailings and Water Storage Facilities. Key responsibilities include the following:
- Provide technical support and governance to other members of the Dams G&TS team and stakeholders;
- Support key risk management activities to ensure standardised approach incorporating key engineering inputs;
- Interface with the Tailings Global Practice Leads;
- Support dam risk reduction projects;
- Interface with key groups such and ANCOLD, ICOLD, CDA, and MAC on emerging practice standards;
- Develop and maintain BMA Standards, guidelines, and procedures relating to dams.
About You
You will have strong stakeholder engagement, influencing skills and the ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels and disciplines (including technical writing for a non-technical audience). You will ideally possess the following skills and experience:
- Have a strong focus on safety culture.
- Skills and Qualifications: Degree in Civil Geotechnical or Civil Engineering.
- Demonstrated experience in tailings or water storage investigation, design, construction, remediation, and operation, with a focus in the following areas;
- Design criteria (hydraulics, hydrology, seismic design, liquefaction, slope stability, etc.).
- Failure impact and consequence assessment (including dam break modelling).
- Risk assessment – using FMEAs to inform design criteria, treatment of population at risk, etc.
- Construction QA/QC & emergency response.
- Tailings monitoring and reconciliation w.r.t. Life of Asset, Five Year Plan, and short-range forecasts.
- Dam Remediation (ranges from silt removal, embankment reinstatement, removal of vegetation, etc.).
- Closure.
- Previous mining experience in an asset is preferred but not essential.
- Ability to translate theoretical concepts and specifications into practical solutions for a mining environment.
- An open Australian driving licence is required.
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.