Senior Engineer Mine
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
Reporting to the Superintendent Production Scheduling, you will play an integral role by:
- Support and inform the delivery of mine plans and mine designs in the team’s scope (Weekly to 2Years) by completing analysis, identifying and framing the risks and opportunities, managing change and communicating the operating strategy without compromising on quality and sustainability, whilst maximising productivity
- Utilise sound judgment in the application of inputs to effectively schedule production activities in alignment with the long term plans
- Through peer reviews and validation of work, ensure all schedules and designs consider practicality, productivity and safety, and work packs are created and adequately communicated to mine operations
- Understand the economic drivers that underpin both revenue and cost within the operation to ensure these are effectively leveraged through the mine schedule
- Maintain that the mine schedule is well aligned with the supply chain demand (logistics capacity)
- Ensure that mine schedules and mine development are well aligned with the long term direction whilst at the same time validate that longer term direction is appropriate to operational constraints
- Drive continuous improvement both in efficiency and value of the process through work planning practices and procedures, as well as identifying opportunities for efficiencies in the operation
- Identify and implement cultural and process improvement initiatives within the team/operation
- Proactively identify, mitigate and control risks within the mine plan
- Engage key stakeholders to gather plan inputs and communicate plan outcomes
- The seniority associated with the role requires you to take the lead in embedding sound standards in collaboration with the team and the wider Production Scheduling team across sites and developing the broader team through mentoring and coaching.
About You
You will bring a collaborative approach with the ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholder groups to achieve positive outcomes. Your strong communication skills include a deep understanding of stakeholder needs and the ability to provide context and insight to leadership teams. You can clearly articulate risks and opportunities within plans to support informed decision-making and strategic direction.
Preferred experience includes engineering or technical roles within the resources industry, combined with strong leadership capabilities developed through hands-on experience.
Additional desirable skills include:
- Drive continuous improvement in efficiency and value through enhanced work planning practices and identify operational efficiency opportunities
- Support and guide Productivity By Design initiatives to deliver significant business savings through optimised pit and haulage designs
- Identify and implement cultural and process improvement initiatives within the team and broader operation
- Supervise and mentor a team of mine planning engineers, design engineers, and graduates
- Proactively identify, mitigate, and control risks within the mine plan
- Ensure effective stakeholder engagement for both gathering plan inputs and communicating plan outputs.
Location
This role is based at BHP’s Pilbara Operations on a FIFO 5/2/4/3 roster. These locations offer a unique opportunity to work within an operating mine, contribute to early-stage project development, and make a positive social impact through active closure and rehabilitation initiatives.
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 inclusion@bhp.com.