Senior Engineer Mine (Probabilistic Mine Planning)

About BHP 

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Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

Reporting to the Superintendent Mine Scheduling & Integration, you will play a key role in the WAIO Future Planning EMP Implementation, helping shape how future mine planning is translated into achievable operational outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-profile transformation initiative, applying innovative planning approaches that enhance risk transparency, improve confidence in decision-making, and support more reliable and executable plans across our operations.

Key Accountabilities:

• Support probability model development and validation
• Apply probabilistic planning to Eastern or Central sites 2YP plans
• Translate MTP probability insights into the 2YP planning horizon
• Quantify plan confidence, variability drivers and lowest-probability plan components
• Support site-level risk appetite and mitigation conversations
• Partner with operational and technical stakeholders to understand execution constraints, dependencies and bottlenecks
• Define how probability outputs inform assumptions, buffers, sequencing and mine plan handovers
• Support site routines to interpret and act on probability outputs

About You

You are a technically capable mining professional who enjoys solving complex planning challenges, working across disciplines, and translating analytical insights into practical outcomes.

You will bring:

• A tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering, Geology or a related discipline
• Production scheduling or tactical mine planning experience
• Strong understanding of plan executability, constraints, buffers and variability
• Experience working with site teams and operational routines
• Ability to convert probabilistic outputs into practical planning actions

• Well-developed stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into practical actions and recommendations
• Experience with probabilistic planning methods or Alastri software would be highly regarded but is not essential

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team helping define how future mine planning is delivered across WAIO. You'll contribute to a significant business initiative, collaborate with a diverse network of technical specialists and operational leaders, and help establish new planning practices that improve decision making across the business.

These permanent opportunities offer flexibility in location and working arrangements, including FIFO or Perth-based options with occasional site travel, enabling you to contribute to a significant business initiative while working in a way that suits your circumstances.

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. 

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Supporting a Diverse Workforce   

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. 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.  

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

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