Principal Haulage Engineer | Saraji
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About the Role
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About the Role
Reporting to the Superintendent Mine Planning, as the Principal Haulage engineer for Saraji Mine you will be engaged in haulage planning and design. You will be accountable for driving the direction of haulage planning for the Saraji truck fleet ranging from monthly to budget level horizons.
This role is offered as a flexible role based out of Brisbane with a 50/50 split of time spent in the Brisbane BHP office and onsite at Saraji Mine. The development opportunities available through a large organisation like BHP are second to none in the mining industry with structured development plans in place for all team members.
In this role you will:
- Put safety above all else and strive to remove hazards;
- Deliver haulage plans that meet business needs and requirements;
- Mentor engineers in best practice;
- Communicate model outcomes and your haulage vision/strategy to Production Coordinators and Operational teams;
- Participate in the investigation of reported events for Production Planning;
- Identify and implement Production Planning improvement initiatives;
About You
You are forward-thinking and inclusive with a strong focus on safety, people, delivery and improvement. Comfort with change is imperative; you are innovative with a bias to action and take a collaborative approach to find sustainable solutions. You have a learning mind-set, challenging yourself and inspiring the team achieve their full potential.
- You will have a tertiary education background in Mining Engineering with previous experience working in operations. Your demonstrated experience working in mine planning teams (particularly planning and scheduling for truck and shovel) will see you succeed in this role.
- You will have excellent communication skills, verbal and written along with your ability to influence stakeholders, providing sufficient communications to gain agreement and commitment. As well as a proven background working in complex environments to achieve results at an operations level.
- A strong working knowledge of design tools (SPRY, Deswik, Vulcan) and Microsoft Office packages are desirable.
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.
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].