Engineer Mine Production | Olympic Dam
Australia
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
Working across our extensive underground operation, you will provide specialist advice and execute analysis and benchmarking of Underground Production’s end-to-end performance. You will identify and implement a portfolio of improvement initiatives that enable excellence and support business priorities for continuous improvement.
Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, operating on an 8/6 roster, with residential or FIFO options available.
Core responsibilities are:
- Liaise with underground crews to ensure that new ideas are developed and practically implemented and build cross-team relationships;
- Compile reports & provide expertise to other teams in analysis of production performance indicators and metrics;
- Analyse and determine equipment capability assumptions;
- Identify functional capability gaps and recommend improvement opportunities;
- Prepare inputs to form the production budget and produce operating standards, procedures and work instructions;
- Provide feedback to the Planning & Technical teams to improve future execution plans, designs, schedules and forecasts; and
- Engage with Reliability teams for modifications needed to plant and equipment, and with Technology teams to explore new capabilities.
About You
You will be degree-qualified Mining Engineer or a closely related field, and operational underground mining experience is preferred.
You will have thorough understanding of the underground production cycle, including stope drilling and blasting, truck loading and haulage, and raise drilling.
Your previous experience in managing and implementing improvement initiatives will be highly regarded.
You will consistently follow the standards and procedures designed to enable you to work safely and effectively every day.
How to Apply
Please apply before 30 November 2024
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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