Specialist Mine Scheduling | Blackwater | 8/6 or 4/3 Roster
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.
About the Role
Reporting to the Superintendent Mine Scheduling, you will use your strong technical skills and experience to work with a team of engineers to produce optimised designs and schedules that will enable operations to deliver superior performance. We have a multi-skilled planning team, allowing for team rotations and deployment into either truck shovel, drill & blast, scheduling or dragline design. In this role you will develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders and customers to ensure plan compliance and examine opportunities of continuous improvement. This role is based at Blackwater Mine, Central Queensland. Residential, FIFO & DIDO travel options are available on a flexible 8/6, 4/3 roster.
Role Responsibilities:
- Produce mine designs and update waste/coal reserves for inclusion in the mine schedule.
- Plan and schedule the mine from weekly to 18 months to maximise value and meet business objectives.
- Manage equipment interactions and enabling activities in the mine schedule.
- Monitor monthly compliance to plan and design compliance.
- Prepare strip reconciliations and share learnings within the business to continually improve the mine schedule.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with operational and functional teams.
- Mentoring of graduates, interns and new starters.
About You
You will have a tertiary education in mining engineering or equivalent. You will have demonstrated experience working as a mining engineer and demonstrate a high level safety culture. You will use your considerable communications & influencing skills to drive positive change, interacting with all levels of the business to achieve goals. Your natural curiosity and diversity of thought will be embraced along with your “can-do” attitude. A strong working knowledge of the following software packages is preferred but not essential:
- Spry
- Deswik
- 3D Dig
- Microsoft Office Suite
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.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [email protected].