Principal Strategic Mine Planning | RCoE | Brisbane / Adelaide / Perth
BHP
About BHP
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Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
BHP’s Resource Centre of Excellent (RCoE) is looking for an experienced Long Term Planner (Mining Engineer) to join the enterprise wide “Future Planning” Program as Principal Strategic Mine Planning. Reporting to the Global Practice Lead Mine Planning, the role will support our global assets and functions to achieve technical excellence, by applying deep expertise and advanced techniques in strategic mine planning. The role is responsible for enabling assets and functions to apply best practices and innovation in long term mine planning practices, standards, capability, and tools to meet future business needs. The successful candidate will work closely and collaborate with multiple disciplines including geoscience, water, geotechnical, closure, planning managers, processing and BHP’s Digital Factories teams. Further the role will gain significant exposure to and promote best practices in enterprise optimisation. Responsibilities include:
- Work as a key member of the Future Planning Program to deliver the improvement initiatives and new ways of working.
- Scope, lead, execute and deliver high value, global projects to improve strategic mine planning.
- Communicate regularly with all assets and functions involving the Future Planning Program, typically Planning Managers and Superintendents.
- Focus on understanding and supporting significant mine planning issues and initiatives, finding solutions, and where no solutions exist, driving the development of solutions, and developing those solutions to be applicable globally.
- Promote mine planning as the vehicle that supports, collates, and drives forward all technical disciplines and asset optionality (bottom-up and fully informed mine planning).
- Promote and enable front-end loading understanding to inform the capital allocation plan cycle (CAP) – particularly best practice enterprise optimisation.
- Identify and communicate significant gaps between mine planning current and best practice.
- Provide technical support for independent peer reviews (IPRs) and globally significant mine planning projects, studies, and reviews.
- Provide second line of defence assurance activities for mine planning as part of the BHP risk management framework, support the third line as required.
- Represent and promote BHP externally as a leader in mine planning.
About You
As a successful candidate you will possess the following:
- Demonstrated experience in mine planning and business analysis with deep understanding and expertise in mine planning, business valuation, and strategic planning.
- A deep understanding of the key value drivers across a range of commodities and geographies aligned with BHP’s portfolios.
- Demonstrated deep technical knowledge of mine planning as an integrated activity with all other technical disciplines.
- Tertiary qualification in relevant fields such as mining engineering, processing, and geoscience required. Business qualifications desirable.
- Diversity of mine planning experience across multiple mining methods, commodities, and jurisdictions will be highly regarded.
- Excellent communication skills with capability to positively influence peers in assets and functions.
- The ability to demonstrate collaborative work relationships, which focus on solutions, value-add and sharing knowledge.
- It is not mandatory, however Chartered Professional or Fellow of AusIMM is desirable (or meets criteria to apply).
- It is not mandatory, however Competent or Qualified Person is desirable (or meets criteria to apply).
This role has global exposure across all assets and several functions. The role provides a platform to build understanding of BHP’s global business and what role that might excite you next.
Location
In this full-time permanent position, there is flexibility for the role to be based at our corporate office in Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth and working on Monday-Friday roster while flexible work arrangement is also offered.
Reference Number – 63109
- This opportunity is currently only open to candidates with the right to work in Australia.
- We reserve the right to commence recruitment proceedings immediately.
- You may be requested to complete a video assessment as part of the initial recruitment process. Video assessment is only applied to external applicant.
- Application closes on Sunday, 18th December 2022. While Virtual Assessment closes on Tuesday, 20th December 2022 (not applicable for BHP Internal applicants). Please note late applications will not be accepted.
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.