Specialist Mine Scheduling

1 week ago


Australia BHP Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

Date: 26 Sept 2025

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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.

About the Role

Goonyella Riverside Mine is an open pit coal mine located near Moranbah on the traditional lands of the Barada Barna people. It possesses the largest autonomous fleet on any coal mine site in the world and is also BHP's biggest metallurgical coal mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin. Learn more about Goonyella Mine HERE

Reporting to the Mine Planning Superintendent, you will be responsible for developing 24Hr and up to rolling 3-Monthly Coal Blend Plans,

  • Develop and deliver short, medium, and long-term mine plans that optimise safety, production, and cost outcomes.
  • Use mine planning software such as Deswik, Vulcan, Spry, and XPAC to design, schedule, and forecast.
  • Provide accurate pit designs, dump schedules, and haulage planning to support daily and strategic operations.
  • Collaborate with engineering, geology, and operational teams to ensure alignment with business targets.
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in productivity, recovery, and efficiency.
  • Contribute to safe, sustainable mining practices across the operation.

About You

As the successful candidate, you will preferably have a tertiary education background in Mining Engineering in open cut coal mining,

  • Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering, Geology, Coal Quality, or a related field.
  • 3+ years' experience in open cut coal mining (or equivalent industry experience).
  • Experience with mine design tools (Deswik/Vulcan) and strong Microsoft Office skills; exposure to blending software an advantage.
  • Clear and confident communicator with the ability to collaborate across teams and build supportive relationships.
  • Solutions-focused, adaptable, and able to work through challenges with a positive mindset.
  • Driven to contribute to team success and deliver outcomes that make a difference.

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



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