Senior Production Engineer | Carrapateena

About the Role:

The Carrapateena Team is accountable for delivering value at the Asset in the short, medium and long term, against the needs of all stakeholders.  With an immediate and core focus on delivery production outcomes, they have a secondary focus on leading the expansion of the mine by transitioning from a Sub Level Cave to a Block Cave – this will extend the Carrapateena mine life beyond 2039.  At Carrapateena, we create a safe to fail environment where leaders support, trust and empower individuals to test our own thinking and question the status quo.  

Our goal is to deliver each business plan and project milestone safely and on time with value creation at the heart of how we operate. 

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Location: Carrapateena, South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: 8 days on; 6 days off
Department: Mining Operations
Manager: Superintendent – Operations  
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time

Applications close: October 18 2024

In This Role You Will:

• As Carrapateena enters a new phase of production ramp-up and operational readiness for the block cave, you will be responsible for guiding the production engineers and using the Production Management Plan and guidelines to identify and drive production, safety, process and systems improvements.
• Executing the 13-week mine production plan, encompassing production physicals and vertical development (raise bore), while maintaining safety performance and cost compliance to budget. Working with key Operations contractors will be crucial to success.
• Provide input into the mining methodology and schedules as well as reviewing and signing off plans. You will do this through providing the interface between our BHP Mining and Technology Team (the planners) and our numerous mining contract partners (those doing the work).
• You will be actively working with several contracting partners; engaging and collaborating with these contractors to ensure their performance is reflective of our business expectations and aspirations.
• Being a leader amongst the short-term technical services team; providing guidance and mentoring to Engineers, several of which will be your direct reports. To do this you will require strong leadership qualities and emotional intelligence.
• This is a leadership role within the Carrapateena Mining Team, the team with the largest workforce on site, and with it comes the responsibility and opportunity to have a significant impact on the performance, safety and culture of the operation.

About You:

• Strong leadership skills with demonstrated experience in safety leadership.
• At least 5 years’ experience in underground mining, specific experience in Production; SLC or BC experience highly regarded.
• Experience in mine design, scheduling, and production activities.
• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or equivalent.
• Completed UG experience (minimum one year) is essential.
• Ability to interact successfully with multiple internal stakeholders.
• Experience in contract administration highly regarded.
• Project management experience highly regarded.
• Strong time management and problem-solving skills are key.

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]