Drill & Blast Engineer | Mt Arthur Coal | Muswellbrook
Australia
About BHP
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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.
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About Mt Athur Coal
Mt Arthur Coal is an open-cut coal mine 100 per cent owned by BHP. Located in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales it's the largest producer of energy coal in the region, operating alongside olive growers, wine makers, horse breeders and the nearby residential community of Muswellbrook.
Our greatest asset is and has always been our people and communities, which is why we are committed to working together on our Pathway to 2030 - a program to responsibly close Mt Arthur Coal. We are about doing the right thing and working with everyone to co-create a shared vision for the future of the region.
About the Role
This is a fantastic opportunity to join BHP’s Mt Arthur Coal Mine’s Drill & Blast function. Develop and refine your D&B engineering capabilities in one of the more complex large scale through-seam coal mines. You will be part of an immediate four person D&B team as part of the Short Term Planning team. The role has strong peer/senior support and opportunities for development, both within the discipline of D&B, and also the broader function of Tech Services.
The position is currently offered on a residential Monday-Friday basis, with flexibility an option.
Some of your responsibilities will include:
⦁ Undertake design, optimisation and reconciliation of drill and blast activities for safe and productive mine progression.
⦁ Undertake weekly and monthly D&B performance reporting
⦁ Analyse customer needs, developing and providing solutions to increase productivity, safety, and value
⦁ Develop and provide explosive forecasting associated with the mine plan
⦁ Build healthy working relationships will the Drill and Blast operational team to ensure drill and blast outcomes are achieved in-line with schedules
⦁ Manage risk through the application of geotechnical controls in drill and blast design
About You
- Degree qualified in Mining Engineering or equivalent
- Demonstrated experience in drill & blast engineering, preferably in open cut through-seam coal
- Experience with mine planning packages such as Blastlogic, Vulcan, Spry, Deswik etc. well regarded
- Well-rounded stakeholder management experience and excellent communication skills
- A strong desire to innovate and problem solve
On Offer to You
This is a unique opportunity to have a rewarding career in a sought-after lifestyle location. Mt Arthur is a large, open-cut truck shovel operation, providing you with an opportunity to develop innovative solutions to technical problems.
Base in the scenic Hunter Valley, you will be minutes away from world-class restaurants and vineyards and a short distance away from the iconic beaches of Newcastle and Central Coast.
You will benefit from a rewarding career path and an excellent remuneration package inclusive of competitive salary, performance bonus, employee share options and a relocation package to take up a residential role in the Hunter Valley.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
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.