Bengalla - Senior Mining Engineer

• Long term career development at a long-life operation
• Work in a highly motivated and technically capable team

About Us
Bengalla Mining Company (a member of New Hope Group)is a joint venture with a strong track record of achievement. We're focused on strong results across safety, productivity, and profitability. We have a collaborative team culture and a rewarding work environment. Operational since 1999, Bengalla is in Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, and supplies international markets with approximately 10-11 Mtpa of high-quality coal.

Bengalla is an open cut coal mine offering a residential lifestyle. The development consent for the operation provides the ability to mine through to 2039. We pride ourselves on the professionalism with which we pursue our goals and our strong links into our local community.

The Role

The Senior Mining Engineer (Medium Term Planning) is responsible for supporting the delivery of the Bengalla medium term planning requirements.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the 22-week planning process by coordinating technical, maintenance, production, CHPP and marketing input and providing analysis on output.
• Lead the quarterly forecasting and annual planning forecast process to deliver robust achievable plans and best practice stakeholder engagement.
• Provide insightful review of performance metrics to include in the 22-week planning assumptions process, and budget process.
• Identify improvement initiatives and threats to the plan and provide support in achieving improvement.
• Drive tactical, strategic and optimisation planning to add value to Bengalla through innovative and technically sound mine planning.
• Ensure infrastructure strategy is optimised and supports pit progression requirements.
• Ensuring the adequacy of the medium and long term mine and dump designs.
• Drive a positive & collaborative team environment that celebrates success & promotes continuous learning.

What you'll need:

• Ability to respectfully challenge the status quo and drive performance
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Open Cut mine planning experience with sound knowledge of relevant mining legislation and industry practice
• Ideally experience with truck waste haulage and dump management in a complex system
• High level judgement, decision-making and problem-solving capability
• Professional written and oral communication skills, numerical analysis, and data validation skills
• Strong focus on safe practices and supporting systems and experience working to guidelines and procedures
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Computer Skills (Excel, scheduling packages, mine design packages) (SPRY, Vulcan or Deswik)
• Professional Manner and a 'Can Do' Attitude

About Us
Bengalla Mining Company (a member of New Hope Group)is a joint venture with a strong track record of achievement. We're focused on strong results across safety, productivity, and profitability. We have a collaborative team culture and a rewarding work environment. Operational since 1999, Bengalla is in Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, and supplies international markets with approximately 10-11 Mtpa of high-quality coal.

Bengalla is an open cut coal mine offering a residential lifestyle. The development consent for the operation provides the ability to mine through to 2039. We pride ourselves on the professionalism with which we pursue our goals and our strong links into our local community.

The Role

The Senior Mining Engineer (Medium Term Planning) is responsible for supporting the delivery of the Bengalla medium term planning requirements.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the 22-week planning process by coordinating technical, maintenance, production, CHPP and marketing input and providing analysis on output.
• Lead the quarterly forecasting and annual planning forecast process to deliver robust achievable plans and best practice stakeholder engagement.
• Provide insightful review of performance metrics to include in the 22-week planning assumptions process, and budget process.
• Identify improvement initiatives and threats to the plan and provide support in achieving improvement.
• Drive tactical, strategic and optimisation planning to add value to Bengalla through innovative and technically sound mine planning.
• Ensure infrastructure strategy is optimised and supports pit progression requirements.
• Ensuring the adequacy of the medium and long term mine and dump designs.
• Drive a positive & collaborative team environment that celebrates success & promotes continuous learning.

What you'll need:

• Ability to respectfully challenge the status quo and drive performance
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Open Cut mine planning experience with sound knowledge of relevant mining legislation and industry practice
• Ideally experience with truck waste haulage and dump management in a complex system
• High level judgement, decision-making and problem-solving capability
• Professional written and oral communication skills, numerical analysis, and data validation skills
• Strong focus on safe practices and supporting systems and experience working to guidelines and procedures
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Computer Skills (Excel, scheduling packages, mine design packages) (SPRY, Vulcan or Deswik)
• Professional Manner and a 'Can Do' Attitude

What We Offer

Bengalla values its people and their contribution to the operation. Our well-established employee benefits program offers choice and flexibility to enhance the lifestyle and wellbeing of our team. With benefits including subsidised health insurance, salary packaging, self-education assistance and gym memberships we make the health, safety, and well-being of our people our absolute priority.

This is a great opportunity to join the professional and friendly team at Bengalla Mining Company and opportunities such as this are few within the region.

To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below.

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