Principal Geotechnical Mining | Adelaide Based | Monday to Friday
BHP
About BHP
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Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
Working within the broader Planning and Technical Team, the Principal Geotechnical Mining role provides geotechnical excellence for the Olympic Dam mine extension and potential Oak Dam resource. Working in a small, dynamic technical team in a flexible work environment, your technical skills and collaborative approach will enable you to work across disciplines.
Your focus on safety, material risk management, technical standards and industry best practice will support the creation, delivery and safe execution of mine plans.
With a passion for geotechnical practice, you will:
- Collaborate with the mine geology team members in acquisition of rock mass characterisation data and establishment of geotechnical databases;
- Define geotechnical and hydrogeological domain models and rock mass failure criterion for the unique mining blocks;
- Provide geotechnical recommendations to the mine planning team members in the design of key mine infrastructure and mine layouts for the geotechnically unique mining areas;
- Develop geotechnical monitoring strategies;
- Establish and embed emerging technologies; and
- Turn orebody information into mining knowledge through following the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle with the site geotechnical team members.
- Field time at Oak Dam and Olympic Dam as required
- If you are passionate about delivering industry best practice technical work, the role of Principal Geotechnical Engineer could be your next step.
About You
- Previous exposure to the mining and minerals processing industries.
- Experience in geotechnical design and monitoring
- Advanced skills in rock mass characterisation, instrumentation and monitoring, and numerical modelling methods
- Knowledge of project management techniques.
- Ability to think laterally and visualise in 3D.
- Proven ability to influence and mentor others in HSEC principles and behaviours.
- Ability to operate across disciplines where required.
- Professional association affiliation (i.e. RPEQ – CPGeot)
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.