Senior Mining Engineer| Iron Ore |Yandi Production Scheduling | FIFO 5/2/4/3 Flexible Options
BHP
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.
Come and be a part of this success.
Location
Our team is located within the BHP Pilbara Operations at our Yandi Mine Site in the Northern Pilbara.
Embracing inclusion and diversity to create a vibrant culture that represents the communities in which we live, Yandi is focused on high performance, flexible work arrangements, strong Indigenous participation and gender balance.
This is a rare opportunity for a dynamic individual to be part of something big - to work in an innovative team, with evolving technology, and playing a pivotal role in the future of the northern hub.
About the Role
We are enthusiastically seeking Talented Professionals to join our team in the role of Senior Mining Engineer- Yandi
Reporting to the Superintendent Production Scheduling, this is an exciting leadership role, accountable to provide strategic direction and excellence in mine planning and design services to support our operations.
The Yandi Mine Site offers a unique career opportunity to be working with the site team in an operating mine, involvement in the early mine development stages of the next opportunity and be a part of making a positive social impact through the active closure and rehabilitation works.
Working in an inspiring and challenging environment, you will be responsible for overseeing the generation of the 2-Year to Weekly mine schedules and delivery of operational pit and related infrastructure designs. You will shape and drive improvement through a team of technical experts and be instrumental in influencing our future business outlook. You will work with our stakeholders at site and across supporting functions to develop optimised mine plans across tactical and strategic time horizons. This role is key to deliver value, provide a safe working environment and embed sustainable improvements in the planning team processes.
About You
You will have a collaborative approach, with the ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholder groups and positively influence outcomes. Your excellent communication skills include a deep understanding of stakeholder needs and preferences and an ability to support leadership teams by providing context and insight, and being able to articulate risks and potential opportunities within the plans to facilitate decision-making and strategic direction. Experience preferred includes engineering/technical roles within the Resources industry with strong leadership capabilities built through experience. Additional desirable skills include:
- Seeking to continuously improve both efficiency and value of the process through work planning practices and procedures, as well as identifying opportunities for efficiencies in the operation
- Lead and assist with productivity by design initiatives intended to leverage substantial business savings across the mines from optimised pit and haulage designs.
- Identifying and implementing cultural and process improvement initiatives within the team/operation
- Ability to supervise and mentor a team of mine planning engineers, design engineers and graduates.
- Ensuring that risk in the mine plan is proactively identified, mitigated, and where required adequately controlled
- Ensuring sound engagement of key stakeholders both with regards to gathering plan inputs and the communication of plan outputs
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.